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Weekly Trek: June 12, 2015

Weekly Trek

June 12, 2015

Top Political News

  • Democrats win their 7th straight Congressional Baseball Game. Roll Call
  • Hillary Clinton will evoke Roosevelt and try to ease fears on trust in her major campaign speech since she began her bid for the White House in April. NY Times
  • The massive hack into federal systems announced last week was far deeper and potentially more problematic than publicly acknowledged. Washington Post

Transportation

  • The House late Tuesday passed the fifth of a dozen spending bills for fiscal 2016 to fund transportation and housing projects. The Hill
  • Travel group offers compromise on airport passenger fees. The Hill
  • Oil firms agree to pay tens of millions of dollars into a compensation fund for deaths and damage caused by a 2013 oil-train explosion in Quebec, though the energy industry has maintained it wasn’t responsible for the disaster. WSJ
  • DOT cites “profound” limitations in a congressionally mandated study on truck size-and weight limits. Transport Topics
  • CEOs warn of protectionism in foreign airline subsidy fight. The Hill

 

Energy & Natural Resources

 

  • Obama Administration Readies Big Push on Climate Change. WSJ
  • Oregon Department of Forestry spokesman earns national award for wildfire education. Mail Tribune
  • GOP appropriations want to use a funding bill to block several controversial EPA rules, Republicans on the committee announced Tuesday. The Hill
  • The New York Times Editorial Board makes a case for a carbon tax.

 

Labor

 

  • Scott Walker and the Fate of the Union. NY Times Magazine
  • 6 Things You Need to Know Now About Obamacare’s Cadillac Tax. Huffington Post
  • Because the Department of Labor must have its new fiduciary rule in place before Jan. 20, 2017, the day the new administration takes office, DOL will push to issue a final rule by May 2016, according to one ERISA lawyer. Think Advisor

 

Foreign Affairs, Trade, & Defense

 

  • Rebuffing Obama, Pelosi and Democrats Scuttle Trade Deal. Roll Call
  • A filibuster-proof Senate majority back the Export-Import Bank Wednesday night, but prospects for extending its charter before it expires remain doubtful. US News
  • History made as new general takes command at Wright-Patterson. Dayton Daily News
  • 5 things to know about the war fund. The Hill
  • The US will send up to 450 more personnel in non-combat roles to assist Iraqi security forces. Defense News
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