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

Some Wins & Some Setbacks for Animals, Energy, and Nominees

January 23, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged administrator mccarthy, agriculture, alaska, cape wind, carbon capture, CCS, chukchi, chukchi sea, conservation reserve program, court of appeals, department of energy, department of interior, DOE, environment, EPA, epa administrator, epa power plant, FAA, federal court, fiscal year 15, fiscal year 15 budget, fracking, franklin orr, futuregen, fy15, fy15 budget, horse inspection, horse slaughter, horsemeat, hydraulic fracturing, kastner, keystone pipeline, keystone pipeline xl, nantucket bay, national resources, nominees, NRCS, ocean, offshore wind, pipeline, president obama, sequestration | Leave a comment

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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

Welcome to Federal Policy Week, a blog that covers federal policy developments in education, research, science, agriculture, immigration, energy, environment, natural resources, and intellectual property. 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 […]