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CQ News Morning Headlines - May 20, 2016

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MCCAIN PLANS $17 BILLION DEFENSE BOOST ABOVE BUDGET CAPS	
Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain said Thursday he will introduce a floor amendment to the annual Pentagon policy bill that would increase authorized defense spending by about $17 billion above mandated caps.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892816?srcpage=cqnamt

SENATORS TO BOMBER PROGRAM: CONTROL COSTS OR DIE	
The defense authorization bill the Senate plans to debate next week would force the Air Force's new stealth bomber program to either control its costs or face possible termination.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892843?srcpage=cqnamt

PENTAGON COULD PLAN GITMO ALTERNATIVE UNDER SENATE DEFENSE BILL	
The Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the annual Pentagon policy bill reignites a long-simmering debate over the Guantanamo Bay detention facility with a new provision that would allow the Defense Department to plan and design a stateside facility to one day house the detainees.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892841?srcpage=cqnamt

TWO MORE APPROPRIATIONS BILLS, ZIKA DEAL ZOOMTHROUGH SENATE	
Senators with relative ease passed, 89-8, a sprawling two-bill appropriations package Thursday afternoon that also contains $1.1 billion in emergency funding to combat the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892633?srcpage=cqnamt

SENATORS AGREE ON BIPARTISAN $1.1 BILLION ZIKA RESPONSE	
Senators easily reached agreement to attach a $1.1 billion Zika aid package to a dual-bill appropriations measure Thursday, providing extra funds to combat the mosquito-borne virus that is known to cause serious birth defects.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892090?srcpage=cqnamt

SENATE APPROPRIATORS BACK CONVENIENCE STORES IN FOOD FIGHT	
Senate appropriators sided with convenience store operators Thursday by voting to deny funding for the Agriculture Department to finalize a proposed rule that would make stores ineligible to accept food stamps if they do not meet new requirements to carry a diversity of foods.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892248?srcpage=cqnamt

SENATE BYPASSES FAIR HOUSING RULE FRACAS IN SPENDING BILL	
The Senate passed 87-9 an amendment by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, to bar the Housing and Urban Development Department from using a new fair housing rule to influence local zoning laws and actions, despite its author acknowledging that she thought the provision, aimed at assuaging conservatives' fears, was unnecessary.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892707?srcpage=cqnamt

SENATE APPROPRIATORS APPROVE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH MEASURE	
Senate appropriators Thursday approved 30-0 a $3.02 billion Legislative Branch spending bill for fiscal 2017 that increases spending on information technology security.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892213?srcpage=cqnamt

TOXIC CHEMICAL BILL MAY REACH OBAMA NEXT WEEK, SENATORS SAY	
The latest version of a compromise measure to overhaul the nation's toxic chemical review law would reach the president's desk by next week after months of Senate-House negotiations, a bipartisan group of senators said at news conference Thursday.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892202?srcpage=cqnamt

NO 'BEAR HUGS,' BUT QUALIFIED SUPPORT FOR PUERTO RICO BILL	
The day after a revised version of a Puerto Rico rescue bill was released by congressional Republicans, the reaction around Washington seemed to be cautious optimism, as both Republicans and Democrats offered qualified support for the legislation that seeks to fix the U.S. territory's crippling debt woes.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892637?srcpage=cqnamt

DEMOCRATS POUNCE AFTER REPUBLICANS FLIP ON LGBT PROTECTIONS	
Democrats are finding an election issue in the votes of seven House Republicans who allegedly switched from "yes" to "no" Thursday on a measure that would have protected LGBT workers from discrimination in federal contracting.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892794?srcpage=cqnamt

WYDEN, PAUL BILL WOULD BLOCK EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENT HACKING	
Sens. Ron Wyden and Rand Paul introduced legislation Thursday that aims to block a recently approved change to criminal rules permitting U.S. judges to issue warrants to remotely search multiple computers, cell phones and other electronic devices, even ones located in foreign countries.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892292?srcpage=cqnamt

SENATE BANKING CLEARS MOST OF ITS BACKLOG OF NOMINEES	
The Senate Banking Committee removed most of its backlog of nominations Thursday, sending five nominees to the full Senate, including two for the Securities and Exchange Commission.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892797?srcpage=cqnamt

METRO RELEASES FINAL PLAN TO SPEED REPAIRS TO RAIL SYSTEM	
Washington's Metro released final plans Thursday to shut down or restrict service on 15 segments of its rail system as the agency seeks to pack three years' worth of much-needed repairs into nine months.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4892682?srcpage=cqnamt

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