Here’s a selection of articles the Federal Relations team has been reading this week.
TPA Tanking – The President and the Senate had a bumpy week as the Senate Democratic Caucus bucked the President and came out in opposition to fast tracking trade promotion authority for a pan-Pacific trade pact. Read more at Politico. And here. And here.
Arctic – Good overview of arctic security and natural resources issues in the region. Read more at Foreign Policy.
Cheaper $$$ – It’s about to get cheaper to borrow money for college. Read more at the Washington Post.
Core Sciences – The House’s COMPETES reauthorization cut the Geosciences directorate by over 8% and the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate by 45%. Now, Congressman John Culberson (R-TX), who chairs the CJS Appropriations committee, agrees that NSF should be funding more of the “pure sciences.” Read more at Science Insider.
More Defense Drama – The Democrats we’re the only ones rallying against the NDAA this week. A group of House Republicans also rallied against the bill because the bill encouraged “DREAMers” into the Army. Read more at Politico.
Some of us found this amusing.
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