COUNTDOWNS: NFIP Expiration (7 days) Government Shutdown (7 days) New Congress (20 days) Congress is racing to the edge of the cliff….again! No, they won’t all fall off. Only part of the federal government (not Congress) will shut down a week from today if the President and Congress can’t agree on money for the border…
It’s Time to Bring Back Earmarks by Howard Marlowe [yop_poll id=”1″] It has been nearly eight years since Congress gave away control over spending. Next January when the new House of Representatives meets to adopt its rules, it can correct that mistake by striking its “temporary” ban on congressionally-directed-funding, or earmarks. Since 2008, Congress has only once passed a few funding bills on time, and the Congressional…
History is about the present. Think about it. People had to live their lives centuries ago just like you do today. Food, shelter, and safety were their concerns, as well as yours. In the early 1800’s, they didn’t have all the comforts of daily life we take for granted today. For example, transportation from one place to another was literally…
The headlines for June 21, 2018 weren’t much different from most over the past 18 months. Immigration dominated the headlines, with the major story being the presidential decision to end the forced separation of immigrants crossing into the U.S. It was also the day the Trump administration announced its plan for a major reorganization of parts of the Federal…
Many of you have been to the beach this summer while others of you have worked in your offices. Your play places and workplaces have one thing in common: sand. Last October, we highlighted the critical issue of the dwindling world supply of sand. Recently, I’ve seen several articles on the subject, including this one…
Hurricane Season: June 1st marks the beginning of hurricane season with a bunch of named storms predicted this year. Until Maria hit Puerto Rico last year, it was fairly accurate to say that the U.S. is good at responding to disasters. Not that responses to Katrina and Ike were faultless by any means, but we…
Let’s start with the Good News! The House will act on its WRDA bill next week. The time for filing amendments has passed, although we don’t yet know which will be allowed. HR 8 is the bill number WAIT, THERE’S MORE. Because you’ve been so patient, we also expect that the House will act on…
The birthing watch remains on for the Corps’ FY18 Work Plan. Unspecified Issues between ASA & OMB continue to hold this up. It could come out any day this week.
As we send this message, it’s after Midnight ET and the FY18 Corps Work Plan has not been posted. Our sources reported Tuesday afternoon that it was being worked on with plans to go well into the evening at the Assistant Secretary’s office. We think they were having a tussle with the folks at the…
WRDA The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman, Bill Shuster (PA), has introduced a WRDA 2018 (props for having no silly name). It’s text can be found here: HR 8 Among the provisions that may be of interest to WaterLog subscribers are these: A produce that would automatically appropriate all Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund revenues…
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