Anti-social Federal & State Political legislation: Jan 20th, 2017 – Present
- House Republicans pull plan to gut independent ethics committee – CNN By Deirdre Walsh, Manu Raju and Stephen Collinson, CNN – January 3, 2017
- House Republicans Vote to End Rule Stopping Coal Mining Debris From Being Dumped in Streams – Time Magazine – Feb. 1, 2017
- Trump to halt Obama fiduciary rule – Bloomberg News – Feb. 3th, 2017
- Lawmakers in ten states have recently proposed laws that would make it a serious crime to assemble in groups and express political dissent. – Feb. 11, 2017
- Trump Administration becomes subject of Congressional panel investigating Campaign/Administration ties to Russia. – Feb. 17, 2017
- House Republicans advance nine pieces of legislation intended to deprive citizens of a host of protections for citizen and national resources – Mar 4, 2017
- Republican effort to replace the ACA with a widely disliked alternate bill fails – House Speaker Ryan pulls the bill without allowing a vote on it – Mar 24, 2016
- House Republicans launch effort to repeal Endangered Species Act – Mar 29, 2017
- First steps taken to transfer oversight of the US Internet to the FTC from the FCC – Mar 29, 2017
- The House voted to restrict the kind of scientific studies and data that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can use to justify new regulations. – Mar 29, 2017
- House and Senate voted to prevent any Federal funds going to any health care agency that performs abortions in any measure as any part of their services – Mar 30, 2017
- Federal Judge approves $25 Million Settlement in class action lawsuit against Trump University – Mar 31, 2017
- House passes a bill that requires applicants for unemployment benefits be drug tested before receiving benefits. – Apr. 2, 2017
- On April 3, 2017, President Donald Trump signed House Joint Resolution 69 (HJR 69) into law which liberalized “hunting and trapping regulations for wolves and bears,” allowing controversial killing practices that wildlife advocates deem inhumane.
- Trump signs bill allowing States to choose Title X compensation distributions for agencies based on the agency’s support for abortion – Apr 13th, 2017
- House passes bill to repeal the ACA – May 4th, 2017
- Trump signs executive order which directs the IRS to exercise “maximum enforcement discretion” over the Johnson amendment, which prevents churches and other tax-exempt religious organizations from endorsing or opposing political candidates – May 4th, 2017
- Trump fires James Comey, the head of the FBI for what Trump claims was Comey’s handling of the Clinton email scandal or the Russian investigation – May 9th, 2017
- North Carolina Senate Republicans vote to strip educational funding in Democratic districts – May 15th, 2017
- Continuing the Administration’s relentless deconstruction of Obama era environment actions Trump cancels America’s participation in the “Paris Accord” on Climate – June 1, 2017
- House passes CHOICE bill which attempts to gut the Dodd-Frank and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – June 8th, 2017
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