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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
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Congressional Hearings, Bill Passed & Introduced: Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, Needs of Children Considered, Extending Maternal, Infant & Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
A bill to provide for activities to increase the awareness and knowledge of health care providers and women with respect to ovarian and cervical cancer; A bill to modify the determination of earned income for purposes of the earned income credit and the child tax credit for individuals in the Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma disaster areas. more »
CBO's Preliminary Analysis of Legislation That Would Replace Subsidies for Health Care With Block Grants
The number of people with comprehensive health insurance that covers high-cost medical events would be reduced by millions compared with the baseline projections for each year during the decade, CBO and JCT estimate. That number could vary widely depending on how states implemented the legislation, although the direction of the effect is clear. The reduction in the number of insured people relative to the number under current law would result from three main causes. First, enrollment in Medicaid would be substantially lower because of large reductions in federal funding for that program. Second, enrollment in nongroup coverage would be lower because of reductions in subsidies for it. Third, enrollment in all types of health insurance would be lower because penalties for not having insurance would be repealed. more »
Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia; What they Wore, Who They Traded With and What They Ate and Drank
There are stunning pieces of gold jewelry, gold applique to adorn clothes, wooden drinking bowls that are over 2,000 years old. Many objects show evidence of cultural interaction, from Scythian wine-drinking learnt from the ancient Greeks and Persians, through ancient Greek craftsmen who depicted archers in Scythian dress, and the gold objects in the Achaemenid Oxus Treasure in the British Museum’s collection influenced by Scythian art. more »
Graham-Cassidy & Women: Capped Program with Limited Federal Financing, Pre-Exisitng Conditions' Higher Premiums, Permit States to Waive Maternity Care, Abortion Ban, No Medicaid Reimbursements for Planned Parenthood
The bill would establish a new block grant program for states, but overall the funding levels for the coverage expansion and Medicaid would be substantially lower than under current law, and states that have expanded Medicaid would be disproportionately affected by the cut and reallocation of funding. Because of the dramatic changes that the bill could make in health care financing and insurance coverage, it would have a direct impact on the availability and scope of coverage for millions of women with private insurance and Medicaid. more »
