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» Congressional travel to Cuba surged last year
The visits coincide with a furious behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign to normalize relations with Cuba.
» Administration starts Obamacare’s final enrollment blitz
Advocates are dubbing Thursday “National Youth Enrollment Day” to convince young Americans to sign up.
» Timothy P. Carney: Apple boosts its lobbying, but the Beltway Beast will demand more
Apple’s new CEO is playing ball with Washington, but they company still lags behind in lobbying spending.
» States push ahead with 20-week abortion bills
Almost a third of all states have passed laws, or similar laws, banning abortions after 20 weeks.
» Watchdog: Medicare lost $35M on powered scooters, wheelchairs for ineligible recipients
47 of the 100 prescriptions reviewed were wrong, often because a doctor had never even seen the patient.
» A bipartisan moment on superbugs?
Antibiotic resistance has become a hot topic as many nations struggle to contain once-routine infections.
» Editorial: Awakening to the damage done by teachers’ unions
Something new and bipartisan is happening in the world of education policy.
» Energy boom muddles Obama’s climate agenda
Obama faces a tension between expanded oil development and his goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
» Senate Democrats give Obama deadline on Iran
The senators effectively gave Obama until March 24 to get Iran to agree to limits on its nuclear program.
» Byron York: Will Jeb Bush deport four million illegal immigrants?
“A great nation needs to control its border,” Bush told an audience in San Francisco.
“Let’s see if there’s bipartisan support for the idea the president may have overreached,” said Sen. Graham.
» U.S. Africa Command: ‘We can’t see’ enough to monitor violent extremist groups
AFRICOM’s ability is limited not only by limited resources, but by the vast area under its watch.
