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H.R. 341: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, Straits of Florida, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico planning

Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ6]

This bill was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.

H.R. 324: To prohibit monetary payments by the Federal Government to employees, officers, and elected officials of foreign countries for purposes of bribery, coercion, or any activity that is illegal or undermines the rule of law or corrupts a public off

Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA13]

This bill was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.

De Blasio Announces Healthcare For All NYC Residents, Regardless Of Immigration Status

De Blasio Announces Healthcare For All NYC Residents, Regardless Of Immigration Status

New Yorkers will soon have access to comprehensive healthcare, available to everyone, regardless of their income and/or immigration status, through a newly announced program called NYC Care. Mayor Bill de Blasio first broadcast the plan on MSNBC Tuesday morning, offering more details at a press conference held at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx. [ more › ]

Erdoğan chides Bolton and calls on US to hand over Syria bases

The wannabe Sultan is upset! Wants to start Kurdish genocide quickly.

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US security chief tempers withdrawal claims, jeopardising Turkey’s plans to target Kurdish groups

Turkey has asked Washington to hand over its bases in Syria as the Trump administration appeared to reverse plans to withdraw from the country’s north-east on Tuesday, jeopardising Ankara’s plans to launch a widespread military operation targeting Kurdish groups.

The fresh row between the two Nato allies broke out as the US national security adviser, John Bolton, visited Ankara to row back on a surprise announcement by Donald Trump in December that US forces would leave Syria imminently, abandoning Kurdish proxies who had led its ground war against the Islamic State terror group. Turkey views those same Kurdish groups as mortal foes.

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