Democratic U.S. senator from Washington and bill co-lead
4 stories from The GOP Files, newest first. Last in the news Nov 13.
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“Americans are facing increasingly dangerous and costly weather disasters, and better forecasts give communities more time to prepare and get out of harm’s way”
“Rolling back carbon pollution limits from power plants is a step in the wrong direction.”
The bipartisan bill would modernize storm forecasting and protect some warning jobs from hiring freezes. It does not directly restore positions cut in 2025, and the House has yet to act.
Letters made public in a lawsuit show Medicare officials pressed four private companies over delays and denials in a pilot that could pay them from savings. The Dec. 11 spending deadline may be Congress's next chance to act.
On Friday the Trump EPA said its rollbacks saved $1.6 trillion in a single year. Most of that total comes from repealing the car pollution rules, and fact-checkers say that figure counts what automakers avoid spending but leaves out what drivers will pay for gas and what everyone pays in health.
The Social Security Administration says it has corrected nearly 15% of active Social Security numbers, adding death dates and citizenship status. Seniors' advocates warn that the immigration database it relied on has flagged real citizens as noncitizens, and that those errors could now sit in the files that pay benefits.
