Thursday roundup
Thursday - 20Dec2018 Filed in:
Headlines&Ecology“Federal funding for climate change research, technology, international assistance, and adaptation has increased from $2.4 billion in 1993 to $11.6 billion in 2014, with an additional $26.1 billion for climate change programs and activities provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009.”“Are we really going to shut down the internet because Hillary Clinton ran a bad campaign and blew an easy win?”
“The new report from the Government Accountability Office — a federal auditing agency — shows that of the $3.7 trillion the federal government spent in 2015, $3.2 trillion of it didn't require authorization by Congress that year. In other words, Congress only specifically approved 14% of what the federal government spent that year.”“A $5,571 bill to sit in a waiting room, $238 eyedrops, and a $60 ibuprofen tell the story of how emergency room visits are squeezing patients.”
Not Federal. Texas.
“Reversing the Obama-era “Dear Colleague” letter will make schools safer.”
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