CROmnibus FY2015. The Good, the Bad, and the (lots of) Ugly

December 14, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged aphis, army corps of engineers, BLM, clean water act, commerce, congress, conservation programs, cromnibus, environment, eqip, esa, Fisha dn Wildlife Service, forest service, grazing, green climate fund, interior, nasa, national ocean policy, nmfs, NRCS, paoching, pelosi, president obama, riparian buffers, sage grouse, science, senator mikulski, wildlife, wolves | Leave a comment

Welcome to Federal Policy Week, a blog that covers federal policy developments in conservation, natural resources, wildlife, and animal welfare. To subscribe for Federal Policy Week enter your email address under the “Follow” label at the upper left section of the page. You will receive a verification email to confirm your subscription. Thank you! Congress […]

THE NEXT CONGRESS – Committee Leadership on Key Committees

November 13, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged agriculture, agriculture committee, appropriations committee, committees, conaway, congress, don young, energy and natural resources, environment, epw, hill, house, inhofe, lucas, murkowski, natural resources committee, price, republicans, rob bishop, roberts, ryan, senate, sessions | Leave a comment

As discussed in the last Federal Policy Week posting, House and Senate Committee memberships and Chairs will change on many Congressional committees. I will keep you updated on changes as they happen to both the authorizing committees and the Appropriations Committee in the both the House and Senate. For now, The Hill provides a preview […]

THE ELECTION – CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE, AND ESA

November 11, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged agriculture, animal welfare act, antibiotics, aphis, bees, climate change, congress, dogs, drinking water supplies, environment, EPA, flooding, honeybees, keystone pipeline, keystone xl, national park service, NRCS, pesticides, public lands, puppies, republican, secretary jewell, species, usda | 1 Comment

WORTHWHILE WEBSITES: Where to Look for More Information on Pending Legislation

October 27, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged american association for the Advancement of Science, american veterinary medical, Animal welfare, animal welfare institute, aspca, center for biological diversity, center for energy and climate solutions, comservation, congress, crs, defenders of wildlife, farm sanctuary, humane society, international wildlife, legislation, marine conservation institute, national ag law center, pew charitable trusts, safari club, websites, websites wildlife society, wildlife, world wildlife fund | 1 Comment

WHAT’S LEFT: PENDING ANIMAL & HABITAT RELATED LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS

October 23, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged agriculture, american food exports, Animal welfare, animal welfare act, antibiotics, aphis, big cats, bison, captive primate, chimp, congress, cruel trapping, egg, endangered species act, farm, fish and wildlife, fish habitat, HORSE, horse transportation, house, humane care of primates, invasive fish, legislation, marine, marine disease, multinational species, national wildlife refuge, ocean, pet safety, pets, pets on trains, polar bear, prairie chicken, primate, puppies, resolution, sage grouse, senate, soring, wildlife, wildlife services | 1 Comment

DEAL OR NO DEAL – WILL THE BUDGET CONFERENCE SUCCEED (AND MUCH MORE)

November 17, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged administration, affirmative action, agencies, agriculture, appropriations, budget, carbon capture, cellulosic ethanol, chimps, climate, coal, commerce, congress, education, energy, environment, EPA, ethanol, Fair Use, federal policy, for-profits, FTC, gainful employment, Grants, hearings, Higher ed, immigration, interior, International Students, jewell, military, mining, natural gas, nih, nominations, obama, oil, Online Ed, politics, post-9/11, renewables, research, science, sequester, STEM, textbooks, transmissions, tuition, us energy production, water, wrda, wrds | Leave a comment

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