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Monday, November 6, 2017

What's New at The Ponder News 11.6.17

The Ponder News: The Unpopular Truth
http://thepondernews.com

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We are in the process of adding links along the sidebar of the blog to navigate the main web site with. Below is the newest pages and information found at The Ponder News.
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Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
https://www.thepondernews.com/chip

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Championing Health Kids Act, H.R. 3922 by a vote of 242-174.
It now goes to the Senate.

The Championing Healthy Kids Act, H.R. 3922, uses offsets to fund CHIP and programs like community health centers while eliminating $5 billion in scheduled cuts to Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH). The bill includes a two-year extension of funding for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which focus on delivering health care to underserved populations through community-based and patient-centered models.

The CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act (H.R. 3922) includes:

  • Five year extension of Children’s Health Insurance Program;
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  • wo year extension of Community Health Center funding at $3.6 billion;
  • Eliminates Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) reductions;
  • Two year extension of funding for the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, the Youth Empowerment Program,
  • Family-to-Family Health Information Centers, Funding for the National Health Service Corps, Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education, and the Personal Responsibility Education Program are included in this bill;
  • Two year Extension of the Special Diabetes Program for Type 1 Diabetes and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians; and
  • Over $1 billion for the Medicaid programs in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

    The latest headlines are as follows:

  • Culberson Statement on Passage of the Championing Healthy Kids Act
  • Chairman Crowley Statement on Republicans Playing Political Games with Children's Health
  • REP. COSTELLO APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF BIPARTISAN CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP) REAUTHORIZATION
  • COLLINS VOTES TO EXTEND CHIP AND PROTECT DSH RESOURCES
  • Clark Statement on Republicans’ cynical CHIP bill
  • Carter Votes to Protect Children's Health Care
  • Carson Statement on Republican CHIP Reauthorization Vote
  • Byrne Votes to Keep Communities Healthy
  • Burgess Statement in Support of Vital Public Health Legislation
  • Dr. Bucshon Votes to Reauthorize Funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and Other Important Public Health Programs

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    Tax Reform
    https://www.thepondernews.com/cutcutcutact

    For individuals and families, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act:

  • Lowers individual tax rates for low- and middle-income Americans to zero, 12 percent, 25 percent, and 35 percent so people can keep more of the money they earn throughout their lives, and continues to maintain 39.6 percent for high-income Americans.
  • Significantly increases the standard deduction to protect roughly double the amount of what you earn each year from taxes – from $6,350 to $12,000 for individuals and $12,700 to $24,000 for married couples.
  • Eliminates special-interest deductions that increase rates and complicate Americans’ taxes – so an individual or family can file their taxes on a form as simple as a postcard.
  • Establishing a new Family Credit – which includes expanding the Child Tax Credit from $1,000 to $1,600 to help parents with the cost of raising children, and providing a credit of $300 for each parent and non-child dependent to help all families with their everyday expenses.
  • Retains popular retirement savings options such as 401(k)s and Individual Retirement Accounts so Americans can continue to save for their future.

    For job creators of all sizes, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act:

  • Lowers the corporate tax rate to 20 percent – down from 35 percent, which today is the highest in the industrialized world – the largest reduction in the U.S. corporate tax rate in our nation’s history.
  • Reduces the tax rate on the hard-earned business income of Main Street job creators to no more than 25 percent – the lowest tax rate on small business income since World War II.
  • Establishes strong safeguards to distinguish between individual wage income and “pass-through” business income so Main Street tax relief goes to the local job creators it was designed to help mosli>Prevents American jobs, headquarters, and research from moving overseas by eliminating incentives that now reward companies for shifting jobs, profits, and manufacturing plants abroad.

    The Latest Headlines are as Follows:

  • Curbelo: Tax Reform Will Let South Floridians Keep More of Their Paychecks
  • Costa Statement on House Republican Tax Bill
  • Conaway Announces Support for Tax Reform
  • Collins Applauds Tax Reform Legislation
  • Congressman Cheney's Statement on The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
  • Carter on House Tax Plan: This is a Big Day
  • Carson Statement on House Republicans' Tax Bill
  • Rep. Calvert Statement on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
  • Byrne Statement on Release of Tax Reform Bill
  • Congresswoman Bustos Statement on Washington Republicans’ Billionaires-First Tax Plan
  • Release Of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Marks the Beginning Of Historic Tax Reform
  • Rep. Buchanan Statement on Tax Reform Legislation
  • GOP Tax Cut Bill Puts Billionaires Ahead of Middle-Class Families, Says Brownley
  • Brooks: Hardworking Hoosiers Will Be Able to Keep More of Their Paychecks

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    Other News
    https://www.thepondernews.com/othernews

    News that doesn't have it's own page yet can be found at the "Other News" Page on The Ponder News.

    Headlines are as follows:

  • Cohen Introduces Bill to Force the President to Comply With JFK Records Collection Act
  • Cicilline Joins Fellow Democratic Leaders in Crafting “A Better Deal” for American Workers
  • Castro Statement on Rosa Maria’s Release
  • Ken Buck and Colleagues Call on Senate to Act
  • Brown Demands Universities and Colleges Get Off the Sidelines on Campus Hate Incidents


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    Opioid Epidemic
    https://www.thepondernews.com/opioidepidemic

  • Dr. Bucshon Commends President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis’ Final Report

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    Mass Shootings
    https://www.thepondernews.com/massshooting

  • Statement on heartbreaking news from Sutherland Springs, Texas
  • Statement from Trump about Shooting in Sutherland, Texas Church

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    Seniors
    https://www.thepondernews.com/seniors

  • COLLINS HELPS HOUSE PASS BILL TO PROTECT MEDICARE ACCESS
  • Budd Applauds House Repeal Of Independent Payment Advisory Board
  • Burgess Statement on House Passage of Bill to Repeal IPAB

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    Natural Disasters
    https://www.thepondernews.com/naturaldisasters

  • E&E NEWS: [Cramer] Bill passes to prevent electric fires on public land
  • House Initiates Action to Address Wildfires and Improve Forest Management
  • Cartwright, Lance Applaud Committee Passage of Bipartisan PREPARE Act
  • House Unanimously Passes Cárdenas Amendment to Study Drones in Wildfire Response

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    Obituary
    https://www.thepondernews.com/obituary

  • U.S. Rep. Castor on the Passing of Jan Platt, a Trailblazer and Tampa Icon

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    Diversity Lottery
    https://www.thepondernews.com/diversitylottery

  • Rep. Clarke Statement on Trump Attack on Diversity Visa Lottery

  • Sunday, November 5, 2017

    What's New at The Ponder Web Site 11.5.17

    Today we have lots of great news added at the Web Site:
    http://thepondernews.com
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    We have added several new pages at the Ponder to aid in your information gathering. Below they are listed, along with the newest headlines on each:
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    2nd Amendment Issues
    https://www.thepondernews.com/2ndamendmentissues

  • Blumenthal Introduces Two Bicameral Bills to Protect Domestic Abuse Survivors from Gun Violence

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    Abortion
    https://www.thepondernews.com/abortion

  • Ohio House overwhelmingly approves Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act

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    Bladensburg Memorial
    https://www.thepondernews.com/bladensburgmemorial

  • BLADENSBURG WWI VETERAN’S MEMORIAL CROSS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
  • A three-judge panel ruled that the 90-year-old war memorial violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
  • Attorneys for The American Legion Petition for En Banc Rehearing in Bladensburg Veterans Memorial Case

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    Bowe Bergdahl
    https://www.thepondernews.com/boweberghdal

  • Inhofe Statement on Bergdahl Sentence
  • Bowe Bergdahl Skates
  • Final City of Hailey Statement re: Bowe Bergdahl

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    Children's Health Insurance Program
    https://www.thepondernews.com/chip

    The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Championing Health Kids Act, H.R. 3922 by a vote of 242-174.
    It now goes to the Senate.

    The CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act (H.R. 3922) includes:

  • Five year extension of Children’s Health Insurance Program;
  • Two year extension of Community Health Center funding at $3.6 billion;
  • Eliminates Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) reductions;
  • Two year extension of funding for the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, the Youth Empowerment Program,
  • Family-to-Family Health Information Centers, Funding for the National Health Service Corps, Teaching Health Center Graduate
  • Medical Education, and the Personal Responsibility Education Program are included in this bill;
  • Two year Extension of the Special Diabetes Program for Type 1 Diabetes and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians; and
  • Over $1 billion for the Medicaid programs in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

    Headlines on this page include:

  • Rep. Brat Supports Passage of CHIP Reauthorization
  • Boyle Statement Opposing Cynical GOP Children’s Healthcare Reauthorization and Medicare Attack
  • Bonamici: CHIP Bill Reduces Important Funding for Public Health
  • BILIRAKIS CHAMPIONS HEALTH CARE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
  • Congressman Bergman’s Statement on Voting in Favor of H.R. 3922
  • Beatty Opposes Partisan CHIP Reauthorization Bill
  • Adams Votes No on CHIP/CHC Bill
  • Abraham statement on CHIP, CHC reauthorization
  • Brown on House Chip Bill: Don’t Pit Ohio Kids Against Seniors

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    Diversity Lottery
    https://www.thepondernews.com/diversitylottery

  • The Diversity Visa Lottery

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    DREAMERS
    https://www.thepondernews.com/dreamers

  • LGBTQ Dreamers Need a Clean Dream Act Now

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    Human Trafficking
    https://www.thepondernews.com/humantrafficking

  • Portman, Blumenthal, Thune, Nelson Welcome Additional Tech Industry Support for the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act
  • BREAKING: After Months of Pressure, Tech Companies Drop Opposition & Throw Support Behind McCaskill Bipartisan Anti-Sex Trafficking Bill to ‘stop the next Backpage’
  • McCAIN WELCOMES TECH INDUSTRY SUPPORT FOR THE STOP ENABLING SEX TRAFFICKERS ACT
  • CORTEZ MASTO ANNOUNCES SUPPORT OF BIPARTISAN BILL TO COMBAT SEX TRAFFICKING


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    Masterpiece Cakeshop
    https://www.thepondernews.com/masterpiececakeshop

  • Heinrich Backs Equal Rights For LGBTQ Community In U.S. Supreme Court Case
  • Colorado Lawmakers File Amicus Brief in Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
  • OfficeMax refuses to print poster for event exposing homosexual agenda
  • HRC-Led Amicus Briefs in Masterpiece Cakeshop SCOTUS Case Features Top Chefs, Businesses
  • Amicus Briefs Demonstrate Broad Support for Equality in Masterpiece Case
  • U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, Representative Sean Patrick Maloney Lead Congressional Amicus Brief in Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
  • EVENT: Debate: ‘Masterpiece Cakeshop at US Supreme Court’ at Newseum on Nov. 13
  • THE MASTERPIECE CAKE SHOP SUPREME COURT CASE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH CAKE

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    Natural Disasters
    https://www.thepondernews.com/naturaldisasters

  • Feinstein, California Leaders Urge Trump to Prioritize Disaster Assistance in Aftermath of Historic Wildfires
  • House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Passes the PREPARE Act

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    Opioid Epidemic
    https://www.thepondernews.com/opioidepidemic

  • Blackburn Endorses Bill to Create Opioid Task Force
  • Shaheen Statement on Final Report from White House Opioid Commission
  • Grassley, Blumenthal Ask HHS to Prioritize Funding for Program to Enhance Transparency in Opioid Prescribing
  • U.S. SENATOR TAMMY BALDWIN URGES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COMBAT OPIOID EPIDEMIC
  • ASAM commends the President’s commission for a thorough and thoughtful report that recommends an array of smart and actionable interventions
  • APA Pledges to Help Curb Opioid Epidemic

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    Tax Reform
    https://www.thepondernews.com/cutcutcutact

    For individuals and families, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act:

  • Lowers individual tax rates for low- and middle-income Americans to zero, 12 percent, 25 percent, and 35 percent so people can keep more of the money they earn throughout their lives, and continues to maintain 39.6 percent for high-income Americans.
  • Significantly increases the standard deduction to protect roughly double the amount of what you earn each year from taxes – from $6,350 to $12,000 for individuals and $12,700 to $24,000 for married couples.
  • Eliminates special-interest deductions that increase rates and complicate Americans’ taxes – so an individual or family can file their taxes on a form as simple as a postcard.
  • Establishing a new Family Credit – which includes expanding the Child Tax Credit from $1,000 to $1,600 to help parents with the cost of raising children, and providing a credit of $300 for each parent and non-child dependent to help all families with their everyday expenses.
  • Retains popular retirement savings options such as 401(k)s and Individual Retirement Accounts so Americans can continue to save for their future.

    For job creators of all sizes, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act:

  • Lowers the corporate tax rate to 20 percent – down from 35 percent, which today is the highest in the industrialized world – the largest reduction in the U.S. corporate tax rate in our nation’s history.
  • Reduces the tax rate on the hard-earned business income of Main Street job creators to no more than 25 percent – the lowest tax rate on small business income since World War II.
  • Establishes strong safeguards to distinguish between individual wage income and “pass-through” business income so Main Street tax relief goes to the local job creators it was designed to help mosli>Prevents American jobs, headquarters, and research from moving overseas by eliminating incentives that now reward companies for shifting jobs, profits, and manufacturing plants abroad.

    Headlines are as follows:

  • BOST STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM LEGISLATION
  • Republican tax bill slashes taxes for corporations, raises them on working families
  • Rep. Black Statement on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
  • Bishop Comments on Introduction of ‘Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’
  • Congressman Biggs' Statement on Tax Reform Package Negotiations
  • REP. BACON STATEMENT ON TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT
  • AMODEI RESPONDS TO THE RELEASE OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS' TAX PLAN
  • WHITEHOUSE STATEMENT ON REPUBLICAN TAX PLAN
  • Senator Toomey Statement on House Tax Reform Bill
  • Tillis Statement on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
  • Sanders Statement on GOP Tax Plan
  • Reed: Irresponsible Republican Tax Plan Could Hurt Rhode Island and Working Families Nationwide
  • MERKLEY BLASTS GOP’S CORPORATE GIVEAWAY TAX PLAN
  • McConnell Statement on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
  • Senator Markey Statement on GOP-Trump Tax Scam
  • MANCHIN STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM PROPOSAL
  • Sens. Lee and Rubio Respond to House Tax Plan
  • Durbin Statement On Republican Tax Plan
  • Duckworth Statement on House GOP Tax Plan
  • November 04, 2017
  • Cotton Calls for Repealing the Individual Mandate through Tax Reform
  • CORTEZ MASTO: TAX PLAN SHOWS GOP FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY PLEDGE WAS ALWAYS A FARCE
  • CAPITO: PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TAX VISION IS THE RIGHT ONE FOR WEST VIRGINIA
  • ICYMI: This is the tax-cut plan America needs
  • House Tax Bill Preserves Key Priorities for Entrepreneurial Ecosystem