Rogan's List

11/21/19

NATIONAL ISSUES

Addresses (District) for Members of the House of Representatives

(Including Emails & Twitter)

All Addresses for All US Senators

(including District Offices, Website Emails, Twitter & FB)

Fax legislators for free:

Reps: https://faxzero.com/fax_congress.php

Senate: https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php

Or use Resistbot: https://resist.bot/

Or use StampsLicked to have messages hand-delivered to our own legislators: https://stampslicked.org/

White House contact: https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/white-house

CORRECTION: “UNIFIED SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN”: From one of our own: Twitter warriors (#TW) and Demcast (#DEMCAST) are working together to coordinate social media campaigns across various Resistance and pro-democracy groups. Our purpose is to join the collective power of our voices to support Blue electoral wins in 2020. If your group would like to join us, we will add you to a group in an application called basecamp and as a team will pick no more than 2 campaigns per month to cross promote within our groups. Our first campaign is for ACA - #GetCovered Let’s sign up:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Xqhxz7RPU5vR4JHOSbze-W_4PqmzEQG3se0iHoTrKus/viewform?edit_requested=true

CORRECTION: PRESSURE THE SENATE TO TAKE IMPEACHMENT SERIOUSLY: After a week of damning public testimony, Republicans in the Senate are refusing to consider the many ways in which Trump risked national security for his own political gain, instead calling on every tactic to deflect the issue to illegally outing the whistleblower and focusing attention on the Bidens.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/470746-impeachment-hearings-dont-move-needle-with-senate-gop. Let’s keep telling our Senators that we expect them to put country over party and consider the evidence in the upcoming impeachment as impartial jurors, the way the Constitution dictates.

IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS: US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland testified Wednesday before the House Intelligence Committee during the Impeachment Hearings and revealed far more than was expected about the culpability of Trump, Pence, Pompeo, and Mulvaney: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/20/trump-impeachment-hearings-gordon-sondland-testimony Let’s get all hands on deck to respond: 1. Call the White House to demand Trump’s resignation 1-202-456-1111 2. Call our MoC to demand their support for impeachment (Congressional reps) and removal (Senate) 3. Contact friends and family (particularly in red and purple states) to ask them to also contact their MoC to help create a critical mass. 4. Prepare to attend an Impeach and Remove protest which will occur the night before the eventual impeachment vote: https://www.impeach.org/event/impeach-and-remove-attend/search/

SUPREME COURT COULD CRIMINALIZE IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY: The Supreme Court will be hearing a case on whether a federal law that criminalizes “encouraging” undocumented immigrants to stay here violates First Amendment free speech. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/us/politics/supreme-court-immigration-speech.html and https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/11/supreme-court-criminalize-immigration-advocacy-sineneng-smith.amp?. This will make it even more difficult for attorneys to provide due process to clients they are trying to help. Let’s ask our MoCs what can be done to amend and clarify the intent of that law so that attorneys can still give their immigrant clients due process and people’s First Amendment rights can be protected.

IRONIC, MITCH COMPLAINS OF CONGRESS HOLDING BILL: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ripped House Democrats on Wednesday, arguing they were holding President Trump's trade deal with Canada and Mexico in perpetual limbo. Speaker Pelosi has refused to allow a vote," he said. "In public, House Democrats insist and insist and insist that they care about more things than simply impeaching the president. They insist that they want to work together and legislate. But actions speak louder than words." https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/471278-mcconnell-rips-house-dems-for-holding-up-usmca-trade-deal Mitch neglected to mention the 200 bills that are sitting on his desk that he has refused to place for a vote in the senate that congress has sent to him. Let’s tell Mitch to practice what he preaches and get those bills to the floor for a vote and stop picking and choosing what he likes: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/449780-a-list-of-the-democratic-legislative-priorities-being-held-up-in-the-se and https://medium.com/@SenateDems/senator-mcconnell-has-turned-the-senate-into-a-legislative-graveyard-acd87f2c4e10

PROVIDE FLU SHOTS FOR MIGRANTS: A group of doctors have offered to provide free flu shots to migrants on the border, but Customs and Border Patrol has indicated that it will refuse the offer. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/doctors-offer-give-free-flu-shots-detained-migrants-warn-trump-n1085206. Contagious disease is more rampant in closed conditions, and this refusal is putting many people’s health at risk. Let’s ask our MoCs to intervene and also contact DHS (202-282-8000) to ask them to reverse this decision.

STOP DEPORTATION OF ASYLUM-SEEKING MIGRANTS TO GUATEMALA: A new controversial program that allows the administration to deport immigrants from El Salvador and Honduras to Guatemala has just been piloted in El Paso, raising concerns even among career asylum officers. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/trump-administration-deport-asylum-guatemala-lawyers-border? The program allows federal asylum officers to interview people and decide who is elegible to be deported to Guatemala and denies these immigrants a right to consult an attorney before their interview. So far, the program has been shrouded in secrecy, due to its controversial nature. Let’s raise awareness by posting about this on social media and through letters to the editor, and also express our concerns to DHS (202-282-8000) and our MoCs.

DECOLONIZING THANKSGIVING: Christine Nobiss, Plains Cree/Saulteaux, George Gordon First Nation, is an activist and de-colonizer, who has some very clear action items for us this holiday season: "With Thanksgiving fast approaching, I ask you to please take the time to educate your peers about Thanksgiving's real history; to support Native people as they resist the narrative of the holiday; and to organize or host alternatives to this holiday." Let's read through her article here, and take the time to check out the resources she has provided for us, including this toolkit for correcting harmful Thanksgiving curricula in schools.

CLIMATE CHANGE FOR INVESTORS/CONSUMERS: Our carbon-spewing economy is powered by money, and a sub-2C future depends greatly on us redirecting the flow of that money. This sounds daunting, but ultimately, it is individual people like us who both fund the companies (through our investments, pensions, etc.) and consume their products & services. It is literally our money, and the brilliant folks at Influence Map have created a clear set of infographics and reports to tell us exactly how our dollars can support (or hinder) a sub-2C future. Let's all do our homework by using this valuable information to intelligently direct our investing and spending:

https://influencemap.org/index.html

GRATITUDE TO THOSE TESTIFYING: Let’s join Postcards for America in thanking Lt. Col. Vindman and Jennifer Williams for their testifying on Tuesday. Send postcards of support to Lt. Col. Vindman: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 1650 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20502 (*Add #PostcardsforAmerica at the bottom of your cards) Watch the video of his opening statement here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dABObw-pAps Or read it here:

https://www.axios.com/trump-impeachment-hearing-alexander-vindman-opening-statement-0de5fcec-7ffd-49e4-9359-05057958fd9f.html Jennifer Williams was limited in what she could say as The White House had classified it. But, one could still write her c/o the Vice President's office. Here was her opening statement: Video - https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/11/19/jennifer-williams-full-opening-statement-impeachment-hearing-vpx.cnn and transcript -https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ukraine-clearinghouse-jennifer-williams-opening-statement-november-19-2019.pdf Here was her behind-closed-doors statement: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6551184-Williams-Final-Version-With-Letter.html

TEACHING STUDENTS TO SPOT FAKE NEWS: Facing History and Ourselves, an organization that fights bigotry and hatred using the lessons of history https://www.facinghistory.org/about-us , is offering to teachers, for free, an approach to helping students learn how to spot fake news through a technique called “lateral reading.” It’s called “How to Read the News Like a Fact Checker: A Media Literacy Strategy” https://www.facinghistory.org/educator-resources/current-events/how-read-news-fact-checker-media-literacy-strategy Let’s take a look and share it with the teachers in our lives.

ELECTION/VOTING

2020 ELECTIONS: If we are looking for 2020 Election information or if we have some to share, we can check out Equal Vote Local’s BlueWave Database 2020. We can click here to find information about candidates, voting and more arranged by state. This editable document also allows us to add our groups and any candidates running for office: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ir8YGs1F0L fayl6T7XR7tklnYrEk4VcEzTkPumLVWAI We can also find out more about Equal here at their website: https://www.equalvotelocal.com/

VOTER ENGAGEMENT—The Right Question Institute: A Catalyst for Microdemocracy offers tools and training for increasing voter engagement among low-income people. Let’s sign up and use their resources: https://rightquestion.org/voter-engagement

BLUEPRINTS FOR CHANGE: The Blueprints for Change Progressive Organizing and Campaigning Manual is a compilation of all guides produced through Blueprints for Change up till November 2019 in its current edition. This PDF doc, which is full of internal links for easy navigation, also contains information on the project, its policies, values and a full list of all contributors. “The “blueprints” we are talking about are collaborative how-to guides designed to capture, communicate and inform innovative campaigning strategies and tactics. This project focuses on how-to’s drawn from campaigning practices that are emergent (new and not yet fully documented), in demand by campaigning groups and field-proven (have been applied with success in prior campaigns).” Let’s sign up for our copy here: https://blueprintsfc.org/manual/

SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT SUSAN COLLINS: Collins claims to be a moderate who puts Maine’s interested first, but her record, including the 156 extremist judges she has confirmed, shows otherwise. We can find out more in when we check out Suite Up Maine’s comprehensive guide to her voting record and its harmful effects on Mainers and other Americans, along with the damage done by judicial and executive appointees she has confirmed. We can then use the letter to the editor guide, shareable, printable graphics, PDFs resources in the Collins Toolkit to share this information with, friends, family and on social media.

https://www.suitupmaine.org/case-against-collins/

STATE/LOCAL

OH: STOP DEATH PENALTY FOR ABORTION BILL IN OHIO: Ohio lawmakers just introduced a Total Abortion Ban, House Bill 413, that could sentence women and abortion providers to death. Under this proposed law, doctors and pregnant women could be charged with murder for abortion care, birth control, help during their miscarriage and fertility treatments. The new proposal would also require doctors to attempt to re-implant ectopic pregnancies in the uterus, which is extremely dangerous and physiologically impossible. https://www.whio.com/news/national/ohio-lawmakers-propose-total-ban-abortion/ogvwKHuHwZY0RVtLq6xPNM/ and https://www.newsweek.com/ohio-abortion-ban-force-ectopic-pregnancy-1473050 If we live in Ohio, we can call our Representatives now. If we don’t live in Ohio, we can ask our family and friends there to call. 20 Republican Legislators support this bill, including two of the bill’s main sponsors, Rep. Candice Keller, R-Middletown, OH and Ron Hood, Dist. 78. If our OH rep is in this link, we can flood them with calls at 1-800-282-0253 to say NO on House Bill 413. If we are able, NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio would welcome our financial help, too: https://secure.everyaction.com/e5Mag0L5HE6xm_CapHeRBA2

WI: VOTER ROLL PURGES: Approximately 234,000 Wisconsin voters could have their voter registration de-activated, depending on the outcome of a lawsuit filed by the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (http://strib.mn/35gDIjF). These voters have been identified as having possibly moved, and according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, should have received mailers in October, asking them to confirm their address. Currently, the voters should be able to vote in February and April 2020 elections, but that could change depending on the court's ruling. If we received a postcard from the Wisconsin Elections Commission, let's be sure to confirm our address ASAP. If we have any questions, we can also contact the Elections Commission directly. Phone: (608) 266-8005, E-mail: elections@wi.gov, or in-person at 212 East Washington Avenue, Third Floor, Madison, Wisconsin 53703. We can also check to see if we are registered to vote here.

RALLIES/GATHERINGS/TRAININGS

CLIMATE STRIKES CONTINUE: From Future Coalition: On Nov 29 & Dec 6, we strike again! Youth across the U.S. will lead a #ClimateStrike on Nov 29 & Dec 6 to demand legislative action to combat the climate crisis. Strike with us! Let’s find or host an event: https://strikewithus.org/

MORE CLIMATE STRIKE: The climate crisis is accelerating and slowing it down will require our sustained attention and effort, and that climate strike we marched in back in September was just the beginning. On December 6th, as world leaders gather at the UN’s annual climate conference, young people across America will join a national #ClimateStrike to take the momentum from September to our elected officials’ doorsteps. Climate change is the biggest issue humanity has ever faced, so let's all pledge to help our kids tackle it, here: https://www.sunrisemovement.org/climate-strike

ATTEND A NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW RALLY: MoveOn is sponsoring “No One is Above the Law Rallies on the night before the House votes on Articles of Impeachment. We can sign up here to organize or attend an event in our area.

READING/WATCHING

The Invention of Thanksgiving -

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/25/the-invention-of-thanksgiving

The Whistleblower Complaint has largely been Corroborated. Here's How - https://www.npr.org/2019/11/09/776173492/the-whistleblower-complaint-has-largely-been-corroborated-heres-how

The Electoral College's Racist Origins - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/electoral-college-racist-origins/601918/

Why I Quit My Job Carrying Out Trump’s Immigration Policies - https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000006819236/trump-asylum-remain-mexico-policy.html

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We can stay up to date on Congress by checking out their schedules. a) The House publishes a weekly schedule at The Weekly Leader (published and dated Friday) as well as daily schedules at The Daily Leader. b) The Senate updates their schedule daily at the Senate Floor Schedule

11/19/19

NATIONAL ISSUES

Addresses (District) for Members of the House of Representatives

(Including Emails & Twitter)

All Addresses for All US Senators

(including District Offices, Website Emails, Twitter & FB)

Fax legislators for free:

Reps: https://faxzero.com/fax_congress.php

Senate: https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php

Or use Resistbot: https://resist.bot/

Or use StampsLicked to have messages hand-delivered to our own legislators: https://stampslicked.org/

White House contact: https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/white-house

FY2020/DEFUND ICE: Trump's insistence on building a wall is again preventing lawmakers from being able to pass a spending bill for the upcoming year (https://bit.ly/2NX9oEV). This week, the House plans on voting for a continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown and extend the amount of time they have to work out funding and allocation agreements. Meanwhile, thousands of families have been separated at the southern border, and nearly 70,000 migrant children have been taken into custody. Let's use this time to ask our MoC to take a stand, and #DefundHate by cutting ICE and CBP funding to their Fiscal Year 2016 levels. We can also ask that our MoC include language in the bill that will require strict standards for detention facilities and ensure that people are not held in inhumane conditions. We can learn more about the #DefundHate campaign, and get a a call script here.

IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS CONTINUE: Impeachment hearings continue this week in the House. Let’s get up to speed and see who is testifying: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/18/779377602/impeachment-public-hearings-week-2-who-is-testifying-and-what-happens-next As the Republicans try to flood Congress with anti-impeachment calls, it’s important that we let our representatives know that we support the process and appreciate all the hard work they are doing to get to the truth. We can call our representatives to state our support for the impeachment process, then call Congressman Adam Schiff to thank him for his clear, fair, even handed handling of the process.

MORE THAN UKRAINE: While the infamous phone call with the Ukrainian president was the impetus for the impeachment hearings, it is far from the only issue being investigated. The House is also investigating if Trump lied to Mueller during that investigation. https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/18/mueller-secrets-trump-democrats-court-071378 Let’s assure our MoCs that we want all the issues on the table so that the truth can be ascertained.

PRESSURE THE SENATE TO TAKE IMPEACHMENT SERIOUSLY: After a week of damning public testimony, Republicans in the Senate are refusing to consider the many ways in which Trump risked national security for his own political gain, instead calling on every tactic to deflect the issue to illegally outing the whistleblower and focusing attention on the Bidens. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/470746-impeachment-hearings-dont-move-needle-with-senate-gop. Let’s keep telling our Senators that we expect them to put country over party and consider the evidence in the upcoming impeachment as impartial jurors, the way the Constitution dictates.

MORE MASS KILLINGS: In less than a week there have been four more mass killings, including at a school, at a Walmart, at a backyard gathering, and in someone’s home. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/18/california-mass-shootings-gun-violence-control and https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/18/walmart-shooting-several-wounded-attack-duncan-oklahoma/4228530002/ Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 8) and the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 1112) have been sitting in the Senate having been passed in early 2010. https://www.businessinsider.com/the-house-gun-control-legislation-mitch-mcconnell-senate-2019-8 Let’s tell McConnell to get this scheduled. People are dying needlessly. We can also join countless other Americans standing up for our children, so they won’t have to stand up to gunmen. Text READY to 644-33 to join a Moms Demand Action chapter near you.

SPEAK OUT ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THE REMAIN IN MEXICO PROGRAM: Today the House Subcommittee on Border Security Facilitation and Operations is holding a hearing on the Remain in Mexico Program. We can watch this live at this link, but in addition to hearing from experts, we should raise our concern at the human rights mess that Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy has created. https://apnews.com/337b139ed4fa4d208b93d491364e04da. Let’s email the committee and ask them to take broad and swift action to help end this crisis.

“UNIFIED SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN”: From one of our own: Twitter warriors (#TW) and Demcast (#DEMCAST) are working together to coordinate social media campaigns across various Resistance and pro-democracy groups. Our purpose is to join the collective power of our voices to support Blue electoral wins in 2020. If your group would like to join us, we will add you to a group in an application called basecamp and as a team will pick no more than 2 campaigns per month to cross promote within our groups. Our first campaign is for ACA - #GetCovered Let’s sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Xqhxz7RPU5vR4JHOSbze-W_4PqmzEQG3se0iHoTrKus/viewform?edit_requested=true

REPEAL THE LAND EXCHANGE: From one of our own: URGENT CALL TO ACTION! Repeal the land exchange! Please ask your Congressional delegation to cosponsor the “SAVE OAK FLAT ACT" (H.R.665/S.173) to repeal section 3003, Southeastern Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2015.

http://org.salsalabs.com/o/676/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=23421&okay=true and https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-oak-flat-resolution-copper-mine-nepa-environmental-rio-tinto-11391865 and http://apache-stronghold.com/ We can also SIGN PETITION: Protect Apache holy site from Resolution Copper: https://petitions.moveon.org/p/e_iBG_fUWz and SIGN PETITION: Tell Congress: Repeal the giveaway of a sacred Native American site to a foreign mining company: https://act.credoaction.com/sign/oak_flat_2019_2

STOP CALIBURN FROM BUILDING ANOTHER FOR-PROFIT CHILD PRISON IN EL PASO: Soon after conditions at the child detention center at Homestead, Florida hit the spotlight last summer, it was closed down and Caliburn, the for-profit company that managed the site at a cost of $720,000 per day (even after it was closed) finally had its contract end. Now the U.S. has given Caliburn a contract to build a new child migrant detention center in El Paso. https://apnews.com/337b139ed4fa4d208b93d491364e04da. Let’s make our message loud and clear to our MoCs and to the Department of Homeland Security (202-282-8000). Private for-profit prisons for children offer no incentive to get children out of detention and they are a waste of our taxpayer money. Caliburn has proven itself to be inhumane and ineffective and this contract should be canceled.

TELL THE SENATE TO PASS HONG KONG RIGHTS ACT AND SUPPORT STUDENTS: As we watch in horror at the tear gas and rubber bullets fired on protesting Hong Kong Polytechnic University students, there is something we can do for them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/what-the-us-congress-is-and-isnt-doing-about-hong-kong/2019/11/18/d51ab226-0a19-11ea-8054-289aef6e38a3_story.html and https://www.vox.com/2019/11/18/20970453/hong-kong-protests-2019-polytechnic-police We can speak up in their defense by demanding the Senate pass The Hong Kong Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 (H.R. 3289), which sanctions human rights violations and send a strong message about our support for democratic values. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa/u-s-senators-seek-quick-passage-of-hong-kong-rights-bill-idUSKBN1XO2EU Let’s call our Senators at (202) 224-3121 and ask that they pass it as soon as possible.

RACIST “IMMIGRATION ARCHITECT,” STEPHEN MILLER: White House spokespeople attacked the Southern Poverty Law Center as “an utterly-discredited . . . far-left smear organization” after the SPLC’s Hatewatch published a trove of emails from and to Stephen Miller, Trump’s policy advisor, indicating his affiliations with white nationalists: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/12/stephen-millers-affinity-white-nationalism-revealed-leaked-emails and https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/14/stephen-miller-leaked-emails-white-nationalism-trump and https://www.wnyc.org/story/7a5a2893bce83d4409189df3 In a blatant bid for some kind of credibility, they have, moreover, implied that the report is an anti-Semitic attack on Miller: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/us/politics/immigration-trump.html We need to join those pressing the White House to oust Miller; the SPLC has detailed the opposition: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/15/demands-stephen-millers-resignation-grow-following-splc-report a Any number of petitions are available for us to sign, among them those from Ocasio-Cortez, Move On, The National Council of Jewish Women:

https://act.ocasiocortez.com/signup/stephen_miller/; https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/remove-stephen-miller; https://www.ncjw.org/act/action/stop-stephen-miller/ A move is also underway to defund Miller’s immigration agenda; to support this, we should contact our MoCs. For details on Trump’s immigration funding demands:

https://act.credoaction.com/sign/defund-hate-stephen-miller

GRATITUDE FOR IMPEACHMENT TESTIFIERS: Let’s join Postcards for America in sending postcards of support to William Taylor, George Kent, and Marie Yovanovitch for serving our country with courage and integrity, including by testifying in the House impeachment inquiry. Addresses here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p0xrbckKY9MpOab-U2yLASiKCxy2-NxOSJK-J0roGa0/edit

FAKE NEWS: It's a real problem, and it takes vigilance not to be fooled by the misinformation all around us. Let's test our news literacy with this short and informative quiz from News Literacy Project, a national education nonprofit: https://newslit.org/get-smart/how-news-literate-are-you-quiz/

FOR POSTCARDING PARTIES: From one of our own: Here are this week's issues/addresses write-ups. Please use/share/distribute as you see fit. Thank you for speaking out! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RAyvju_fJS9TKjyoWWVJAoxvk_qYJbY95aSuIsTekiA/edit?usp=sharing

LEAN CARS MEAN CLEAN AIR.: “Starting immediately, California state agencies will no longer buy gas-powered sedans, officials said Friday. And starting in January, the state will stop purchasing vehicles from carmakers that haven’t agreed to follow California’s clean car rules.

The decision affects General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and multiple other automakers that sided with the Trump administration in the ongoing battle over tailpipe pollution rules. The policy will hit General Motors particularly hard; California spent more than $27 million on passenger vehicles from GM-owned Chevrolet in 2018.”

https://calmatters.org/environment/2019/11/california-says-it-wont-buy-cars-from-gm-toyota-others-opposing-tough-fuel-standards/

If you are looking for a new car, consider following CA and buy from a car company that continues to follow the CA clean air act. trump may not care about the planet, but we can show we care with our dollars. Ask your state legislatures to follow CA lead and purchase their state vehicles from clean car manufacturers.

OVER-REACHING BARR: “Attorney General William Barr vociferously attacked Democratic lawmakers and federal judges on Friday and accused them of trying to limit Trump's presidential power.” https://www.npr.org/2019/11/16/780092237/barr-accuses-democrats-of-trying-to-cripple-the-trump-administration-s-power Barr has crossed the line and is now acting as Trump’s attorney instead of our nation’s attorney. The DOJ is in danger of losing its long-standing reputation and goal of being non-partisan. Let’s tell Barr that it is time for him to step down and let’s let the Department of Justice know our concerns, too: https://www.justice.gov/contact-us

DO-IT-YOURSELF IMPEACHMENT VIDEOS: C-Span makes it possible for us to create clips of our favorite impeachment-hearing moments. Instructions are here: https://static.c-span.org/assets/documents/New+Video+Player+Release+-+Clipping+Guide+and+Release+Notes_v2.pdf

AMY SISKIND'S WEEKLY LIST: Experts in authoritarianism advise us to keep a list of things subtly changing around us, so we’ll remember. Amy Siskind is keeping that list for us. Amy writes, "...public impeachment hearings started, with three career diplomats testifying before the House Intelligence Committee." Let's review Week 157.

ELECTION/VOTING

LOUISIANA ELECTION RESULTS: Incumbent Governor John Bel Edwards (D) was re-elected in the special election on Saturday. Edwards won by about 40,000 votes with strong support and high voter turnout in the state's more populated urban areas. We can read more at NPR. Thanks to our Postcards To Voters' volunteers who wrote to help get out the vote. (P2V Campaign 181). Let's keep generating voter enthusiasm!

GET OUT THE VOTE! We can always count on Postcards To Voters to have at least one active, open campaign! a) SC: Campaign 182: Dr. Kristin Beard for Aiken School Board. Let's help create change at the local level! b) FL Voter By Mail: The campaign continues with Florida's Palm Beach County as we write to registered Democrats to urge them to sign up for vote by mail. Let's request 5 addresses today for an open campaign. (We can request as few as one (1) address at a time if that works better for us!)

FAIR VOTE TEXT BANKING: “Fair Fight Action [started by Stacey Abrams] learned that Georgia’s Secretary of State is set to purge over 300,000 registered voters from the voting rolls across the state. On November 21, just one day after the Democratic Presidential Debate in Atlanta, we will hold virtual phone banks and text banks across the state and a phone bank in the Atlanta area to notify voters and help them stay on the rolls.” More info here: https://www.facebook.com/FairFightAction/ We can help wherever we live. We can sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMgi5_BVggKVLunG0MwT0kEDAUh44KABtC9shyDT3-FDpEJw/viewform

JOB OPENINGS—Black Voters Matter works on voting: registering voters and getting out the vote; advocating for voting rights and voting access; and organizing for civic engagement. https://www.blackvotersmatterfund.org/the-project Black Voters Matter currently has job openings for a State Coordinator (PA), for a Field Outreach and Travel Assistant (GA, with lots of traveling), and for a Communications Director. https://www.blackvotersmatterfund.org/jobs Let’s spread the word!

STATE/LOCAL

RALLIES/GATHERINGS/TRAININGS

WEBINAR ON ENGAGING PEOPLE WHO DO NOT VOTE: The unique, nonpartisan, and scalable Right Question Institute’s Voter Engagement Initiative offers an educational strategy designed to increase voting rates for the long term. The free webinar is on Nov. 19 at 3pm EST. Let’s sign up to learn about their innovative, simple, and powerful approach to engaging people who traditionally don't vote. Register now: https://bit.ly/2NeNw7D (H/T)

MORE CLIMATE STRIKE: The climate crisis is accelerating and slowing it down will require our sustained attention and effort, and that climate strike we marched in back in September was just the beginning. On December 6th, as world leaders gather at the UN’s annual climate conference, young people across America will join a national #ClimateStrike to take the momentum from September to our elected officials’ doorsteps. Climate change is the biggest issue humanity has ever faced, so let's all pledge to help our kids tackle it, here: https://www.sunrisemovement.org/climate-strike

READING/WATCHING

The impeachment hearings are a battle between oligarchy and democracy - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/16/the-impeachment-hearings-are-a-battle-between-oligarchy-and-democracy

Fractured Into Factions? What The Founders Feared About Impeachment - https://www.npr.org/2019/11/18/779938819/fractured-into-factions-what-the-founders-feared-about-impeachment

TED Salon: Border Stories, “What’s really happening at the US-Mexico border—and how we can do better,” by immigration lawyer Erika Pinheiro -

https://www.ted.com/talks/erika_pinheiro_what_s_really_happening_at_the_us_mexico_border_and_how_we_can_do_better

‘Zone Rouge’: An army of children toils in African mines - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/army-children-toil-african-mica-mines-n1082916?

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11/18/19

On Mondays, Rogan’s List features a listing of proposed rule and regulation changes that are currently accepting public comment. Commenting is the way to show government agencies how we feel about these proposed changes. Our comments also become part of a record that will be reviewed by courts if and when a reg change is contested. Courts use comments to judge whether an agency is acting arbitrarily and capriciously.

Organization

Closing Soon

Recent

Section I - ICE, DHS, DOL, NLRB

Section II - everything environmental - EPA, BLM, DOE

Section III - Civil rights, housing, education, healthcare

Other: More on regulations (tracking the trackers/general information)

(Note: After a couple of weeks items are moved from “Recent” and “Closing soon” into the Roman numeral sections. A note on regulatory processes: there are three stages - Notice, Proposed Rule, and Rule. There’s usually a time lag of a few months to a few years between them, and they must be published in the Federal Register before appearing on Regulations.gov. Comment time varies from 10 days to 2 months, sometimes with extensions.)

Closing Soon

1. Comments due Nov. 18, 2019. Changes to how HUD calculates means-testing for public housing. Proposed rule. “FR-6057-P-01 Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016: Implementation of Sections 102, 103, and 104.” https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=HUD-2019-0078-0001. Not much comment yet. Read more here: https://www.phada.org/Publications/Blog/View/ArticleId/12766/HUD-Publishes-a-New-Proposed-Rule-Implementing-HOTMA-Provisions-1 and here: https://nahroblog.org/2019/09/16/new-hotma-provisions-to-be-implemented/#more-14008

2. Comments due November 18, 2019. Keystone XL is back. The U.S. Department of State just published the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for TC Energy/TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tarsands export pipeline. ***There is only a 45-day public comment period. Please prepare your statements and submit your comments promptly to show our continued opposition to this disastrous project remains strong and healthy. TO ADD YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED KXL PIPELINE a link can be found directly below: - Enter docket number DOS-2019-0033. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DOS-2019-0033-0001. For updates: https://www.state.gov/releases-keystone-xl-pipeline

3. Comments due 11/18/2019. Notice. Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection. Changes to data collected from schools, including disparities. Read it and comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=ED-2019-ICCD-0119-0001. Read more here: https://all4ed.org/federal-flash-secretary-devos-is-proposing-changes-to-the-civil-rights-data-collection/

4. Comments due 11/25/2019. Relaxing methane leaks proposed rule. Docket no. EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0757. Read it and comment here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/24/2019-19876/oil-and-natural-gas-sector-emission-standards-for-new-reconstructed-and-modified-sources-review Link to pdf also included in this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/climate/epa-methane-greenhouse-gas.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&fbclid=IwAR1dxZGcu5KkNQxgl2bBW0XaUhKXWdgrwKq1B0u50Q-AfM3P20Zk5IPRUZc. Read more here: https://www.ourdailyplanet.com/story/trump-administrations-epa-proposes-rolling-back-methane-leaks-rule/

5. Comments due November 22, 2019. Student workers are not employees, from NLRB. Jurisdiction-Nonemployee Status of University and College Students Working in Connection With Their Studies https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/23/2019-20510/jurisdiction-nonemployee-status-of-university-and-college-students-working-in-connection-with-their

6. Comments due November 27, 2019. Increasing amounts of pesticides on food. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/28/2019-23355/receipt-of-a-pesticide-petition-filed-for-residues-of-pesticide-chemicals-in-or-on-various Other countries are pushing back against EPA relaxation of environmental safeguards. Read more here: https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1780134/us-glyphosate-letter-riles-govt and here: https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-019-0488-0

7. Comments due Dec. 2, 2019. SNAP: Standardization of State Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances. The proposed rule would revise Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) regulations to standardize the methodology for calculating standard utility allowances (SUAs or standards). Will result in food stamp cuts to millions. Read more: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/03/2019-21287/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-standardization-of-state-heating-and-cooling-standard and

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2019/10/04/trump-administrations-controversial-cuts-in-food-stamps-program/#68064adb7eaf From Stars and Stripes: https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/house-lawmakers-argue-proposed-change-to-food-stamps-would-harm-veterans-1.601615

8. Update. Comments now due January 20, 2o19 - comment period extended from Sept. 16. Port Access Route Study: Alaskan Arctic Coast https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=USCG-2018-1058-0012 Read this comment from Audubon Society and Ocean Conservancy, among other organizations: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=USCG-2018-1058-0002 “The remoteness of the region and lack of infrastructure means that the impacts of a serious vessel accident, especially an oil spill, could be devastating to the marine environment and the people whose lives and livelihoods depend on a healthy ocean.” BLM has already released plans to drill the Arctic Coastal Plain - elsewhere in this document.

Recent

1. New Regulations.gov beta site - is easier to read. https://beta.regulations.gov/

2. Posted 11/1/2019. EPA misnamed "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science." Final Rule due in 2020. NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/climate/epa-science-trump.html and EPA pushback: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/new-york-times-several-glaring-inaccuracies-thats-fit-print. Rulemaking stage: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201904&RIN=2080-AA14 https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/epa-says-it-wants-scientific-transparency-what-it-really-wants-control-over-research and https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/epa-to-tighten-limits-on-science-used-to-write-public-health-rules/. Also https://www.lung.org/our-initiatives/healthy-air/outdoor/fighting-for-healthy-air/healthy-air-resources/epas-censoring-science-rule.html and https://www.wired.com/story/the-epas-anti-science-transparency-rule-has-a-long-history/ and https://undark.org/2019/11/15/abstracts-epa-rule-transparency/ and https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/11/12/epa-pushes-ahead-with-effort-restrict-science-it-uses-craft-regulations/

3. Comments due 1/12/2020. Proposed Rule from Homeland Security Department. Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/14/2019-24293/asylum-application-interview-and-employment-authorization-for-applicants Read more here: https://www.aila.org/advo-media/agency-liaison/submit-feedback-notices-requests-for-comment/dhs-proposed-rule-employment-authorization-asylum: “ DHS proposed rule which would make multiple changes to the regulations governing asylum applications and eligibility for employment authorization based on a pending asylum application. A table summarizing all of the proposed changes is included beginning on page 62394 of the notice of proposed rulemaking.” Read USCIS memo here: https://www.aila.org/File/Related/19111302a.pdf/. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=USCIS-2019-0011-0001 - read the footnotes as a summary of Trump anti-immigrant actions. More: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illegal-migrants-work-permits/2019/11/13/id/941516/ and https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-trump-asylum-restriction-us-to-deny-work-permits-to-most-asylum-seekers-in-move-to-deter-migrant-border-crossers/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab4i

4. Comments due 1/13/2019. EPA Proposed Rule. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Lead and Copper Rule Revisions. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0300-0001. Reduces the number of lead pipes that communities must replace Read more here: "While the EPA argues that the new requirements, along with the 10-ppb trigger, will reduce the levels of lead in drinking water, critics charge that the changes do not go far enough, and that reducing the annual replacement rate is wrong." https://www.gtlaw-environmentalandenergy.com/2019/10/articles/clean-water-act-2/after-flint-epas-new-lead-rule-proposal-may-not-satisfy-critics/

5. Posted 11/15/2019. Agency Action Regarding the Exploratory Process for the Development of an Advanced Nuclear Reactor Generic Environmental Impact Statement. Proposed rule to fasttrack nuclear reactor development to be coming. No comments accepted yet. https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NRC-2019-0226. Read more - https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nrc-explores-streamlined-environmental-reviews-to-accelerate-advanced-react/567388/

6. Update 11/11/2019. Immigration-refugees. States have until 12/25/2019 to respond. https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-11-11/after-trump-order-states-scramble-say-they-will-receive-refugees From October 9, 2019. Trump Executive Order requiring consent of "States and localities” (Mayors and Governor’s) for refugee resettlement. This before he attacked Somali community in Minnesota. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-enhancing-state-local-involvement-refugee-resettlement/

7. 10/16/2019. ICE solicits bids to build immigrant detention centers in California trying to beat start date of Governor Newsom’s ban. See the solicitation here: https://www.fbo.gov/index.php?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=3ca524db03e0480542f662dfb7ddbe7f&tab=core&tabmode=list Read about it here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/10/ice-california-new-detention-facilities-private-profit/?fbclid=IwAR3jGJT8FzdJPuEYmJNiFF0feaMzuh5XHVJ9fcB0f64_-uZ_ncTNAjrMM6E

8. Closing 12/17/2019. Special Areas, Roadless Area Conservation: National Forest System Lands in Alaska. Proposal to open up Tongass National Forest to logging, roads, etc. Now open for comment. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FS-2019-0023-0001. You have to download the documents to read them but the first six pages of the first document confirm the intent. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/trump-open-alaskas-tongass-national-forest-worlds-largest-remaining-temperate-rainforest-logging-mining.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=Lands https://cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-II/public/action/eis/details?eisId=277660 and Tongass development search

9. Closing 12/16/201. Proposed Rule. High fees for immigrants, asylum seekers, and citizenship petitions. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/14/2019-24366/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-fee-schedule-and-changes-to-certain-other-immigration. New Trump Administration Proposal Would Charge Asylum Seekers an Application Fee. The proposal also includes increasing fees for those applying for citizenship by more than 60 percent. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/us/politics/immigration-fees-trump.html. https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/30/trumps-new-asylum-rules-seek-fees-immigrants-bans-some-work-visas/.

10. EPA Unveils Plan to Relax Rules on Coal Power Plant Waste. Agency releases regulatory rollback proposals. Proposal would apply to Obama-era standards for coal plant wastewater and coal ash. The EPA wants to relax waste standards for coal-fired power plants, a rollback of Obama-era regulations on water pollution and waste management that could help struggling coal plants stay in operation. The Nov. 4 proposal would roll back an Obama administration regulation outlining the types of technology that coal-fired power plants must use to capture and treat the wastewater that flows out of their facilities. Proposed rule, unpublished, here: https://www.epa.gov/eg/steam-electric-power-generating-effluent-guidelines-2019-proposed-revisions and https://www.epa.gov/coalash/coal-ash-rule#PartA https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2019-11/documents/steam-electric-proposed_prepub_11-04-2019.pdf. Overall policy and plan: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-seeks-input-proposals-establish-clear-and-stable-regulatory-framework-coal Read more below: https://www.gtlaw-environmentalandenergy.com/2019/11/articles/waste/coal-ash/is-the-clock-ticking-on-coal-ash-key-deadlines-and-takeaways-from-epas-recent-ccr-rule-revisions/ https://www.nrdc.org/experts/nrdc/coal-plants-get-pass-pollute-our-waterways?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=CleanWater&fbclid=IwAR2NDz5N_Vz6sTyHzK1wcUl1fC5PWIWu7Zolpx4fs3KJ0A9N3ziROaj7Akg https://www.npr.org/2019/11/04/776174139/trump-administration-proposes-relaxing-rules-on-waste-from-coal-plants

https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2019/11/04/trump-administration-proposes-rollbacks-for-two-obama-era-coal-pollution-rules/?fbclid=IwAR0UcSzjFJ5ljOBmqj40zmYZN6NaXF1vSnxiIaB4QxmWN5SjR_VCcSEeles

11. Comment due 12/9/2019. Fish and Wildlife Service Opinion. Diverting Sacramento River. Email comments to eleal@usbr.gov / https://www.fws.gov/sfbaydelta/CVP-SWP/index.htm Biological Opinion. "Eight-hundred pages into the text of a lengthy new report, federal biologists have quietly granted government water managers permission to nearly exterminate an endangered run of Sacramento River salmon so they can send more water south from the river's delta to farmers in the arid San Joaquin Valley." Trump Administration Plan Allows Delta Water Managers to Kill Off Winter-Run Chinook Salmon. Environmentalists call the new water diversion regulations "an extinction plan." Read more here: https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/trump-administration-plan-allows-delta-water-managers-to-kill-off-winter-run-chinook-salmon/Content?oid=27893195&fbclid=IwAR0lZjN8 NLgDTKOhqdVgUsx8F83XXMcjIxVINfeJm22oWlQbJP5pilLHte0 and https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/interior-plans-ink-contract-former-bernhardt-client%EF%BE%A0?fbclid=IwAR2vFQH5i7RJUsVPAWJ0QLHXT_IGhxhd1xm7vjpGwBY6IFhDm3DP5WX1MRo and http://www.startribune.com/interior-proposes-coveted-deal-to-ex-client-of-agency-head/564627982/ and https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=68567 "FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has extended the 60-day public comment period for the Westlands Water District draft repayment contract. This draft contract provides project water service and facilities repayment pursuant to the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act). Section 4011 of the WIIN Act directs Reclamation to convert water service and existing repayment contracts for construction costs prepayments upon the contractor’s request. The contract is available at: https://www.usbr.gov/mp/wiin-act/negotiated-conversion-contracts.html Written comments must be received by close of business on January 8, 2020, and sent to Erma Leal, Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area Office, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721, or faxed to 559-262-0371, or emailed to eleal@usbr.gov. Contact Leal for more information or to request a copy of the draft contract at 559-262-0350 (TTY 800-877-8339). Other WIIN Act information may be viewed at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/wiin-act/

12. Comments due 12/5/2019. Proposed Rule, Fluctuating Workweek Method of Computing Overtime. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=WHD-2019-0006-0001 Undoes Obama-era overtime regulation. “The regulation would update the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “fluctuating workweek” compensation method. That option is available for employers to pay certain workers whose hours vary widely each week at half their regular rates, instead of at one-and-a-half times, for any hours worked over 40 each week.” https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-reverses-obama-stance-on-fluctuating-workweek-overtime

13. Comments due 12/23/2019. Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule for the Analysis of Effluent. Complete repeal of Clean Water Act. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/22/2019-22437/clean-water-act-methods-update-rule-for-the-analysis-of-effluent Read about it here: https://www.natlawreview.com/article/epa-and-army-repeal-clean-water-rule-and-move-forward-plan-to-redefine-waters

14. Comments due 1/30/2020. Proposed Rule. Agricultural Worker Protection Standard; Revision of the Application Exclusion Zone Requirements: Pesticides affecting “Agricultural worker, employer, environmental protection, farms, forests, greenhouses pesticides, nurseries, pesticide handler, worker protection standard.” Previously a submission to the Secretary of Agriculture. “Read it and comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0543-0004. Given this administration’s track record, this doesn’t bode well. Original posting: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/07/22/2019-15371/submission-to-the-secretary-of-agriculture-pesticides-agricultural-worker-protection-standard. Read more here: https://www.beeculture.com/catch-the-buzz-epa-proposal-would-shrink-buffer-zones-around-farm-pesticides/

15. Comments due 12/9/2019. Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities. - Federal Banking Agencies propose rule to amend swap margin rules. Big giveaway to banks. Read it and comment here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/07/2019-23541/margin-and-capital-requirements-for-covered-swap-entities Read more here: Banking Regulators Should Not Give Wall Street’s Five Biggest Banks, a $40 Billion Deregulatory Gift for Their Dangerous Derivatives Trading. https://sensiblesafeguards.org/banking-regulators-should-not-give-wall-streets-five-biggest-banks-a-40-billion-deregulatory-gift-for-their-dangerous-derivatives-trading/

16.11/1/2019. Anti-LGBTQ adoption and foster care measure. HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Align Grants Regulation with New Legislation, Nondiscrimination Laws, and Supreme Court Decisions. https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/hhs-grants-regulation-notice-of-nonenforcement.pdf https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2019/11/01/hhs-issues-proposed-rule-to-align-grants-regulation.html In plain English, “A proposed rule by the Trump administration would allow foster care and adoption agencies to deny their services to L.G.B.T. families on faith-based grounds.” Read more here: https://www.ebar.com/news/news/284007/online_extra:_trump_administrations_hhs_proposes_rule_that_would_allow_bias_against_lgbts and here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/us/trump-hhs-lgbtq-rule.html

17. Posted 10/31/2019. DHS Notice - Action. Comments not accepted. Waiver of environmental rules. Determination Pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as Amended. “The Acting Secretary of Homeland Security has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border in Starr County, Texas, Hidalgo County, Texas, and Cameron County, Texas. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DHS-2019-0058-0001. Read more here: DHS Notice of Determination Regarding Border in Three Texas Counties. https://www.aila.org/infonet/84-fr-58400-10-31-19 and https://www.aila.org/advo-media/issues/all/featured-issue-border-processing-and-asylum

18.Comments due December 23, 2019. Hazardous Materials: Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail. Proposal to allow rail transport of natural gas. Read it and comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=PHMSA-2018-0025-0002. Read more here: https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/trains-could-carry-liquefied-natural-gas-under-federal-proposal and here: https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/trains-could-carry-liquefied-natural-gas-under-federal-proposal.

19. Comments due December 20, 2019. Proposed Rule. Federal Acquisition Regulation: Recreational Services on Federal Lands. Read it and comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FAR-2019-0004-0001. “Initially privatizing national park campgrounds and then expanding privatization to other agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Reclamation; regulation exceptions through ‘categorial permissions’ to electrify campgrounds by expanding utilities; mobile food trucks and camp stores within park grounds; and blackouts and restrictions on senior citizens admission discounts.” Read about it here: https://westernvaluesproject.org/plans-to-privatize-national-parks-outlined-in-trump-admin-memo-would-enrich-donors-special-interests/

20. 11/2/2019 Update on status of “public charge” rules - court rulings and what USCIS did with it. Nicole Narea @nicolenarea NEW: A @StateDept spokesperson just confirmed to me that the agency's own version of the public charge rule is still slated to go into effect on Oct. 15 as scheduled — despite three federal court rulings today blocking DHS's rule from going into effect nationwide. Read more at twitter link above and here: https://www.aila.org/advo-media/issues/all/public-charge-changes-at-uscis-doj-and-dos and https://www.aila.org/advo-media/press-releases/2019/aila-welcomes-injunctions-on-public-charge-rule

21. Comments due 12/17/2019. Notice Standardized National Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire 0920-0997 - Revision. 2019-22735 This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Standardized National Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire. The information collected will be used to define a core set of data elements to be used for hypothesis generation once a given situation is determined to be a multistate foodborne outbreak investigation. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=CDC-2019-0087-0001 Posted here because it is of interest.

22. Executive Order Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents - requires all agency directives be posted, searchable - to avoid what it calls "back door" regulation. This is a sweeping order applicable to almost all agencies. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22623/promoting-the-rule-of-law-through-improved-agency-guidance-documents "The White House cited 2015 guidance from the Department of Labor as a prime example of back-door regulation. That measure declared many independent contractors should be classified as employees. This created confusion, raised costs for thousands of small businesses, and was done without public input, the White House said." https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-orders-to-limit-effect-of-agency-guidance-to-industry

23. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ordered to Take Fresh Look at Petition to Delist Bone Cave Harvestman (an invertebrate) https://www.endangeredspecieslawandpolicy.com/2019/04/articles/court-decisions/u-s-fish-and-wildlife-ordered-to-take-fresh-look-at-petition-to-delist-bone-cave-harvestman/ Endangered and Threatened Species: Bone Cave Harvestman; 90-Day Finding closes October 9, 2020. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FWS-R2-ES-2017-0018-0007

24. Closing 12/31/2019. HHS major changes to "Stark Law" and anti-kickback statutes. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/17/2019-22027/medicare-and-state-healthcare-programs-fraud-and-abuse-revisions-to-safe-harbors-under-the Read more here: https://www.axios.com/health-care-fraud-abuse-stark-law-antikickback-changes-fd354212-9583-44c7-85e4-86e4690cc56e.html

25. Comments close 12/10/2019. Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Mandates tip sharing with non-tipped workers such as dishwashers https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/08/2019-20868/tip-regulations-under-the-fair-labor-standards-act-flsa Read more here: It would allow restaurant owners to mandate tip-sharing with kitchen workers and others who traditionally have not been tipped, but only if all the workers are paid at least the minimum wage. Restaurants that pay tipped workers less than the minimum can only require tip-sharing with those who have traditionally shared in tip pools, such as busboys and hostesses. (Federal law allows employers to pay a sub-minimum wage of $2.13 an hour to tipped workers.) The Labor Department estimates that more expansive tip pools could result in the transfer of as much of $213.4 million a year in tips from wait staff to kitchen workers, though the department says the actual transfer would likely be about half that much. Critics say that amounts to an indirect transfer of money from tipped workers to business owners, who can then use less of their own money to compensate kitchen workers. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/10/07/767996929/restaurants-would-get-more-flexibility-with-workers-tips-under-proposed-rule For a more critical view: https://www.sourcepolitics.com/new-trump-administration-rule-will-allow-restaurants-to-take-servers-tip-money/ and https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xwknb/how-the-trump-administrations-new-labor-policies-could-screw-over-restaurant-workers

26. Presidential Executive Order requiring Medicare to pay amount equal to what private insurers pay for services (rather than negotiating lower prices for Medicare recipients). Predicted to bankrupt Medicare. “(b) The Secretary, in consultation with the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, shall submit to the President, through the Assistants to the President for Domestic and Economic Policy, a report within 180 days from the date of this order that identifies approaches to modify Medicare FFS payments to more closely reflect the prices paid for services in MA and the commercial insurance market, to encourage more robust price competition, and otherwise to inject market pricing into Medicare FFS reimbursement.” https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-protecting-improving-medicare-nations-seniors/ When it is a proposed rule, will be posted here. Read more: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/news/2019/10/11/475646/trumps-plan-privatize-medicare/ and https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-04/hiltzik-trump-medicare and https://khn.org/news/trump-speech-offers-dizzying-preview-of-his-health-care-campaign-strategy/.

27. Closing 12/10/2019. Dark money allowed to be hidden in new proposed rule. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/10/2019-19501/guidance-under-section-6033-regarding-the-reporting-requirements-of-exempt-organizations IRS proposes regulations allowing tax-exempt groups to keep donor identities secret .The proposed regulations are likely to generate comments critical of political groups using tax-exempt entities for fundraising without disclosing the identities of their donors, effectively using so-called "dark money" to finance their causes and preferred candidates. The rules would also apply to groups such as the National Rifle Association, labor unions and trade associations. https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-proposes-regulations-allowing-tax-exempt-groups-to-keep-donor-identities-secret and https://www.insidepoliticallaw.com/2019/09/06/irs-issues-notice-of-proposed-rulemaking-on-donor-disclosure-rules-in-response-to-court-ruling/

Section I - ICE, DHS, DOL, NLRB

1. Closing December 10, 2019. Anti-labor union proposed rule, specifically making it harder for unions in the construction industry. Representation-Case Procedures: Election Bars; Proof of Majority Support in Construction Industry Collective-Bargaining Relationships Read it and comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=NLRB-2019-0001-0001. Read more here: https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2019/10/07/nlrb-extends-union-election-rule-comment-period/

2. From 9/26/2019. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services officials are planning to change all references of the term "foreign national" to "alien" in the agency’s policy manual. Read more here: https://www.aila.org/infonet/tracking-uscis-policy-manual-changes and here: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/immigration-uscis-foreign-national-alien. Write your representative.

3. 11/2/2019 Update. Proclamation below blocked in courts but posted 10/29/19 at Regulations.gov as a Notice. “Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Immigrant Health Insurance Coverage” https://beta.regulations.gov/document/DOS-2019-0039-0001 Read this: https://www.aila.org/advo-media/press-releases/2019/civil-rights-coalition-halts Background: Presidential Proclamation. Denying entry to immigrants without health insurance. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/09/2019-22225/suspension-of-entry-of-immigrants-who-will-financially-burden-the-united-states-healthcare-system-in and https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-will-financially-burden-united-states-healthcare-system/. Read more here. If/when comment period becomes available, it will be posted here. https://www.vox.com/2019/10/9/20903541/trump-proclamation-legal-immigration-health-insurance and https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-will-deny-visas-to-immigrants-who-lack-health-care-coverage/2019/10/04/81e4f48a-e710-11e9-b403-f738899982d2_story.html

Section II - EPA, BUREAU OF RECLAMATION - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

1. EPA vs. USDA in biofuels regulation. Comments due November 29, 2019. Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021.Read it here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/28/2019-23379/renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2020-and-biomass-based-diesel-volume-for-2021-and and read more here: https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/tag/epa/ and here: https://bioenergyinternational.com/opinion-commentary/epa-biofuels-proposal-falls-short-of-industry-expectations-ngfa

2. Comments due Dec. 18, 2019. Extending habitat for threatened orca. “Endangered and Threatened Species: Critical Habitat for the Southern Resident Killer Whale Distinct Population Segment.” https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=NOAA-NMFS-2014-0041-0278. Supported by Center for Biological Diversity: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/federal-rule-protects-endangered-orcas-west-coast-habitat-2019-09-18/

3. Sept 9, 2019. Plan. (No comment section). National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Bureau of Land Management plan to open Alaska Coastal Plain to oil and petroleum exploration and drilling. BLM eplanning site Alaska Coastal Plain National Petroleum Reserve https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=renderDefaultPlanOrProjectSite&projectId=117408 Read more here: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/reports/2019/09/10/474256/vast-liquidation-public-lands-underway-alaska/ Leasing site: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends_ch4/ https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-alaska-refuge-oil-drilling-2640355340.html and https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/travel/alaska-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge.html

4. 10/7/2019. Notice of Availability for the Record of Decision for the Central Coast Field Office Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for Oil and Gas Leasing and Development, California. Allows fracking in previously prohibited areas of California. Comments should become open in 30 days from publication. “This plan amendment identifies the Federal mineral estate, located primarily in Fresno, Monterey and San Benito counties, California, that is available for oil and gas leasing and development. It also identifies leasing stipulations to protect resources.” Write your legislators. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/07/2019-21654/notice-of-availability-for-the-record-of-decision-for-the-central-coast-field-office-approved. Link to BLM site: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=dispatchToPatternPage&currentPageId=96878.

5. 9/6/2019 EPA, NHTSA, and DOJ threaten California Air Resources Board and automakers for auto-emissions standard, politicizing EPA and DOJ in anti-environment move. NHTSA: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=NHTSA-2018-0067-12444 EPA letter to CA: https://www.epa.gov › documents › epa.dot_puts_california_on_notice.pdf and DOJ story here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/justice-dept-launches-antitrust-probe-of-automakers-over-their-fuel-efficiency-deal-with-california/2019/09/06/29a22ee6-d0c7-11e9-b29b-a528dc82154a_story.html?noredirect=on. “California officials, who have repeatedly asserted the state’s rights under the 1970 Clean Air Act, criticized the inquiry as politicization to impose the Republican president’s policies.” Read more here: https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/09/20190919-onerule.html . Other federal announcements pertaining to CA auto emissions standards: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/trump-administration-announces-one-national-program-rule-federal-preemption-state-fuel and https://www.nhtsa.gov/corporate-average-fuel-economy/safe and https://www.nhtsa.gov/document/safe-vehicles-rule-part-1-fr-notice-09192019 Comment email addresses for EPA officials by area: Email addresses for EPA https://www.epa.gov/dockets/where-send-comments-epa-dockets#regional

6. Multiple items posted undoing the Clean Air Act piecemeal. “NESHAP” is “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.” https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/risk-and-technology-review-national-emissions-standards-hazardous . This link shows postings and comment dates: https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/risk-and-technology-review-national-emissions-standards-hazardous#status Read more here, including a good explanation of how this works: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/miscellaneous-coating-manufacturing-20449/ and https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/municipal-solid-waste-landfills-neshap-65928/

7. Posted November 4, 2019, 2019. Allowing more toxic substances. Notice. Certain New Chemicals or Significant New Uses; EPA proposed significant new uses of toxic chemicals, including dissociates, used in polyurethane. Comments not accepted. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/04/2019-23388/significant-new-use-rules-on-certain-chemical-substances-19-4f and https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/28/2019-23389/significant-new-use-rules-on-certain-chemical-substances-17-4 Read more here: https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/epa-shifts-timeline-for-chemical-risk-evaluations and http://blogs.edf.org/health/2019/08/08/trump-epa-caves-again-to-industry-demands-on-new-chemicals-and-workers-pay-the-price/ and https://chemicalwatch.com/84049/epa-proposes-26-tsca-significant-new-use-rules#overlay-strip

8. 11/5/2019. Notice Alaska Petroleum Lease Sales. Will be live webcast. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/05/2019-24113/notice-of-2019-national-petroleum-reserve-in-alaska-oil-and-gas-lease-sale-and-notice-of Read more here:

https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/oil-and-gas/leasing/regional-lease-sales/alaska and here: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2019/06/20/planning-for-2019-npr-a-oil-lease-sale-begins-as-feds-pursue-opening-more-arctic-land-to-drilling/

9. July 14, 2019 Multiple BLM Notices and Proposed Rules with links to comment pages. Constantly updated. https://www.esa.org/public-policy/stay-informed/federal-register-opportunities/

10. July 14, 2019 Multiple Ozone Standards - EPA is doing this state-by-state. https://www.regulations.gov/searchResults?rpp=25&po=0&s=ozone&fp=true&ns=true

11. Comments must be received on or before midnight EDT September 25, 2020. Exposure of Underground Miners to Diesel Exhaust Request for Information; reopening of the rulemaking record for public comments. Because of comments, comment period extended to Sept. 25, 2020. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=MSHA-2014-0031-0185 Federal Register version comment period ends 09/25/2020 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/03/25/2019-05443/exposure-of-underground-miners-to-diesel-exhaust Update - “The comment period for the request for information, published on June 8, 2016 (81 FR 36826), which was scheduled to close on March 26, 2019 (58 FR 12904) is extended. An important comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=MSHA-2014-0031-0180 "This reopened RFI takes into account information originally gathered and shared from NIOSH, NCI, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) which shows a correlation to exposure to diesel exhaust, a classified human carcinogen, and negative impact on miners health (Exposure of Underground Miners to Diesel Exhaust, 81 Fed. Reg. 110, 36826-36827 (June 8, 2016). On page 36827, stakeholders, MSHA, and the Diesel Exhaust Health Effects Partnership (Partnership) decided that more research and complex questions needed to be gathered and answered before allowing miners to continue working in DPM in the air. Potential for new technology and stricter standards that are in compliance with EPA DPM standards. "https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=MSHA-2014-0031-0182 And this study: https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2012/DieselMinersPressRelease

12. 5/20/2019. EPA Plan to change method of reporting pollution deaths. "E.P.A. Plans to Get Thousands of Pollution Deaths Off the Books by Changing Its Math". Not posted yet as a proposal. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/climate/epa-air-pollution-deaths.html: Several people with knowledge of the EPA plan told the New York Times that using a new analytical model to calculate air pollution deaths could make it easier for the federal government to move forward with eliminating the Clean Power Plan, a key climate change rule put into place under the Obama administration. Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/us/politics/trump-climate-science.html https://www.columbiamissourian.com/editorial-air-likely-to-be-more-polluted-under-new-epa/article_7ae47774-8238-11e9-befa-8b81c28c91d2.html

13. 2019 BLM oil and gas lease sales - still for sale. Document listing all projects : https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/nepa/116438/162409/198093/2018.11.15_DNA_doc_March_2019_OGLsSa.pdf Website listing upcoming sales: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/nepa/nepa_register.do And the site doing the selling where you can buy leases starting at $2 and acre: https://www.energynet.com/govt_listing.plSee the calendar of government leases sales here: https://www.energynet.com/calendar.pl

14. BLM’s own e-planningsite:

https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/nepa/nepa_register.do

Section III - CIVIL RIGHTS, TITLE IX, HEALTH, EDUCATION, FOOD, BANKING, HOUSING and FCC

1. Dated 8/28/2019 and posted 9/10/2019. No comment information included, proposed rule. USDA withdraws several regulations on important areas - Performance Standards for the Production of Processed Meat and Poultry Products.NPRM ............ 8/03/2006 71 FR 43992 APHIS .................... 0579–AE02 .... Livestock Marketing Facilities .................................... NPRM ............ 1/2/2015 80 FR 6 FNS ........................ 0584–AD88 .... Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Farm Bill of 2008 Retailer Sanctions.NPRM ............ 8/14/2012 77 FR 48461 FNS ........................ 0584–AE00 .... Emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance for Victims of Disasters Procedures. No comment instructions. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/10/2019-19572/withdrawal-of-certain-proposed-rules

2. August 12, 2019. Medicaid work requirements. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/12/2019-17161/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comment-request One in a string of proposals, analyzed here: https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/understanding-the-intersection-of-medicaid-and-work-what-does-the-data-say/ and https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-waiver-tracker-approved-and-pending-section-1115-waivers-by-state/

3. Coming as a proposed regulation. From June: Proposal to recalculate how the Federal government calculates poverty rates so as to reduce benefits to poor people. This was a notice - proposed rule will follow sometime. I'm putting this here as a place-holder because it’s coming. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=OMB-2019-0002-0001 Article about it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/politics/trump-poverty-level-proposal.html

4. May-June 2019 Concerted Attack on Civil Rights. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WH2B132JsR2fSqylMATCHmU-9BCq4bMs Learn more about the proposed regulation and how to fight it here (you can submit a comment).: https://protecttranshealth.org/

5. Extending Medicaid provisions: Some include work-requirements. These are by state. Some have comments open - usual time period is one month. Those with open comments are at the top of the list. Some good news: https://khn.org/morning-breakout/medicaid-expansion-becoming-more-politically-palata ble-as-link-to-obama-administration-fades-in-peoples-minds / https://public.medicaid.gov/connect.ti/public.comments/whatsNew

6. Update from Kaiser Family Foundations 3/13/2019: https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/partial-medicaid-expansion-with-a ca-enhanced-matching-funds-implications-for-financing-and-coverage/

7. Not posted as a regulation but followed as policy. State Medicaid block grants. Many view this as a way to cut Medicaid to individuals. Also see link to state updates above. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-what-to-watch-in-2019-from-the-administration-congress-and-the-states/ https://www.kff.org/health-reform/fact-sheet/tracking-section-1332-state-inn ovation-waivers/

8. Kaiser Health News take here: https://khn.org/news/block-grants-medicaid-faq/

Other: More on regulations – tracking the trackers and general information

Federal Government Sites:

1. https://www.fedcenter.gov/news/regs/

2. Overview of Trump Regulatory actions: See White House Complete Government “Reform” plan - it is sweeping and alarming: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Government-Reform-and-Reorg-Plan.pdf and their regulations office: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-regulatory-affairs/

3. Tracking regulations by Agency and Industry: https://quantgov.org/federal_regulation_tracker/

4. USCIS Federal Register Announcements: https://www.uscis.gov/legal-resources/uscis-federal-register-announcements

Non-governmental sites providing up-to-date overviews and discussions of regulatory rollbacks:

1. Trump’s regulatory agenda - status, challenges, enforcement or lack of, etc. https://www.govexec.com/management/2019/02/many-ways-gauge-results-trumps-deregulatory-push/155195/

2. Overview of regulatory rollbacks: https://sensiblesafeguards.org/

3. General advice on comment on regulations, includes a search tool: https://demcastusa.com/2019/10/03/how-to-public-comment-on-federal-regula tions/

4. Discussion of regulations.gov ongoing and upcoming issues from Yale Law and ABA

http://yalejreg.com/nc/ and for discussion of banking, commerce, and energy regulation – http://yalejreg.com/

5. Department of Transportation. Employment - hours of service - tracking trucking driver regulations:

https://www.truckingoffice.com/blog/federal-dot-regulations-recent-changes-hours-service/

6. Employment law tracker: https://www.nelp.org/tracker/ Weekly updates on Trump effects on labor. See also: https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/blog/dols-regulatory-to-do-list-tackles-flsa-fmla-and-work-visa-issues/

7. Environmental regulation roundup: https://www.hcn.org/articles/department-of-interior-zinke-leaves-unfinished-business-at-the-interior-department/legal-status-of-interior-department-during-the-trump-administration

8. Environmental overview: https://twitter.com/highcountrynews/status/1109161693181956098

9. Tracking Alaska Oil and Gas drilling: https://inletkeeper.org/our-work/energy-alaska/oil-gas/

10. Environmental regulation rollback tracking: https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/problems http://saveepaalums.info/ Also see their comments on specific regulatory rollbacks: http://saveepaalums.info/submittedcomments https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/regulatory-rollback-tracker/ Other trackers here: https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2018/07/tracking-the-trackers/

11. Brookings Institution “Tracking Deregulation in the Trump Era.” https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/tracking-deregulation-in-the-trump-era/ and

12. Rules at Risk: https://rulesatrisk.org/

13. For state impact - listed by state: https://www.trinityconsultants.com/news/states

14. EPA regulation rollbacks: https://www.environmentalintegrity.org/trump-watch-epa/regulatory-rollbacks/

15. EPA Dozens of proposals for significant new uses of chemicals. Too many to list here but this link will take you to the current proposals. https://www.regulations.gov/searchResults?rpp=25&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&np=7&dct=N%2BPR%2BFR&cp=O&a=EPA This is an article on the EPA rush to reclassify chemicals and toxic substances from the Environmental Defense Fund: http://blogs.edf.org/health/2018/09/19/the-tsca-new-chemicals-mess-a-problem-of-the-chemical-industrys-own-making/ https://www.edf.org/blog/2019/06/17/7-ways-trumps-epa-breaking-our-bipartisan-chemical-safety-law

16. Upcoming Public Federal Meetings and Comment opportunities on the environment/ecology: https://www.esa.org/esablog/federal-register-opportunities/ https://www.esa.org/esablog/federal-register-opportunities/

17. Law of the Land Project from Center for American Progress. Tracks regulations and litigation with status updates. https://www.lawofthelandproject.org/

18. Environment: Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics https://www.fseee.org/take-action/help-save-the-tongass/

19. EPA Regulation Watch blog. http://acoel.org/category/Regulation.aspx

20. EPA’s own Inspector General report critical of EPA biosludge policy and public health risks: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-11/documents/_epaoig_20181115-19-p-0002.pdf

21. FCC pending and in-place regulations – https://www.commlawblog.com/2019/02/articles/fcc/fcc-ponders-revising-severalnce-and-lpfm-procedures/ and https://urgentcomm.com/type/fcc/

22. FDA Regulations https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/default.htm

23. Federal Facilities Environmental Stewardship Center - where the Feds deal seriously with climate change: https://www.fedcenter.gov/news/regs/ See American Institute of Physics Report on Trump admin. plan for research and development - https://www.aip.org/fyi/2018/trump-administration-identifies-rd-priorities-its-next-budget-request and DOE 2019 plan - https://www.aip.org/fyi/2018/fy19-budget-request-doe-applied-rd-slashed-again

24. Healthcare: Overview of Medicare financial plans for hospitals for 2019-2020. https://www.advisory.com/research/revenue-cycle-advancement-center/at-the-margins/2019/04/ipps-rule

25. HHS healthcare rollbacks, proposed regulations and proposed legislation from Congress. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/mcdermottplus-check-february-15-2019

26. Immigration regulation tracking: Government Public Comment Opportunities On Immigration Rules And Policies https://www.nafsa.org/Professional_Resources/Browse_by_Interest/International_Students_and_Scholars/Government_Public_Comment_Opportunities_On_Immigration_Rules_And_Policies/

27. Immigration: list of regulatory changes open for comment: https://www.nafsa.org/Professional_Resources/Browse_by_Interest/International_Students_and_Scholars/Government_Public_Comment_Opportunities_On_Immigration_Rules_And_Policies/

28. Immigration - good summary of all immigration rules at several government agencies - USCIS, DOJ, DOS: https://www.aila.org/advo-media/issues/all and

https://www.aila.org/advo-media/issues/all/public-charge-changes-at-uscis-d oj-and-dos

29. Immigration law resources - great resource: https://www.aila.org/infonet

30. Labor: Federal Labor Impacts: https://ucommblog.com/section/politics/national-politics

31. Labor: National Employment Law Project: https://www.nelp.org/

32. Medicare/ACA tracking changes: https://blog.medicarerights.org/category/medicare-watch/

33. Native American issues. https://turtletalk.blog/

34. Public Lands Tracking legal battles over the future of America’s public lands: https://www.lawofthelandproject.org/

35. SEC Regulatory site: https://www.sec.gov/rules.shtml for information on proposed changes to financial rule and markets.

36. Department of Transportation New and pending rules. https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/report-on-significant-rulemakings

37. USDA Regulatory actions: http://www.afdo.org/blog/7879271

38. For effective Commenting on Regulations, please read https://www.regulations.gov/docs/Tips_For_Submitting_Effective_Comments.pdf and “How to Comment on EPA dockets”: https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets

39. Proposed “Regulatory Reform Agenda”: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/Utilities/index.jsp

40. Search and track all Federal regulations at https://regulations.justia.com/

41. Special filings this week: https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/current

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