119 HJRES 20
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters".
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Became Public Law No: 119-6.
2025-05-09
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R · Burlison, Eric (Missouri)R · Letlow, Julia (Louisiana)R · Collins, Mike (Georgia)R · Weber, Randy K. Sr. (Texas)R · Bice, Stephanie I. (Oklahoma)R · Moore, Barry (Alabama)R · Ogles, Andrew (Tennessee)R · Tenney, Claudia (New York)R · Fulcher, Russ (Idaho)R · Bergman, Jack (Michigan)Persona Takes on This Bill
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Markets have priced the pause as resolution; the $18.1B equity outflow and $7.86B money market inflow suggest retail investors are less convinced.
The market is pricing a de-escalation scenario. The data says the conflict's underlying triggers remain unresolved. The gap is the trade. Oil dropped more than 2% on the pause announcement per CNBC reporting, and WTI had already pulled back sharply in the prior session with Brent down 8.7% to $88.36/barrel as of Monday's close — that is a significant demand-shock pricing reversal that assumes the pause becomes a deal. But ICI fund flow data this week shows $18.1 billion net outflow from equity funds against a $7.86 billion inflow to money market funds — retail is not rotating back into risk. Real GDP for 2026Q1 came in at +2.1% SAAR after 2025Q4's near-stall at +0.5%, which means the economy has some buffer, but a resumed conflict that spikes energy prices would eat directly into that recovery. The ammunition-reserves question Trump deflected is also a fiscal signal — procurement surge spending would hit the deficit at exactly the moment S 5019, the Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act, is the most-viewed legislation in Congress, not defense appropriations.
2026-07-28
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United States and Catholic Relief Services Send First Humanitarian Flight to Cuba Under Secretary Rubio’s New $100 Million Assistance Commitment
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Marco Rubio, Secretary of State A Call to Action: Addressing the Murillo-Ortega Dictatorship’s Vow to Abolish Elections Press Statement July 21, 2026 Daniel Ortega’s declaration that under his family’s dictatorship Nicaragua will never again hold elections lays bare their true au
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Office of the Spokesperson Advancing American Safety, Strength, and Prosperity in Southeast Asia Fact Sheet July 22, 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on travel to Manila, Philippines, July 21-23 to engage with ASEAN and regional leaders to advance the United States’ vision
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Nearly 300 projects selected from historic RFA response spanning all 50 states to accelerate breakthroughs in energy, discovery science, and national security.
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Fiscal Year 2027 Tariff-Rate Quota Allocations for Raw Cane Sugar, Refined Sugar, and Sugar-Containing Products
The Office of the United States Trade Representative is providing notice of allocations of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 (October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027) in-quota quantities of the tariff- rate quotas (TRQs) for imported raw cane sugar, certain sugars, syrups and molasses
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title = {119 HJRES 20: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters".},
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