ECA Update: Trump signs stopgap spending measure to avert a shutdown; Los Alamos asks for DOE presentations on DP Road

Published: Thu, 10/01/20

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ECA UPDATE

Oct 1, 2020

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BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS

Trump signs stopgap spending measure to avert a shutdown

Politico | 10/1/2020

President Donald Trump signed a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown early Thursday morning after briefly missing the midnight deadline for his signature, averting an unlikely but potentially disastrous scenario that would kneecap federal agencies in the weeks before the presidential election.

The Senate cleared the continuing resolution — which would extend about $1.4 trillion in government funding until Dec. 11 — on Wednesday in a bipartisan 84-10 vote.

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Los Alamos County Council Asks For DOE Presentations On DP Road And Site Planning Activities

Los Alamos Reporter | 9/30/2020

An announcement by Los Alamos County Manager Harry Burgess at Tuesday evening’s virtual meeting of the Council that a request has been made to Los Alamos National Laboratory for presentations to Council on DP Road and follow-up on LANL site planning activities that were relayed to Council last year drew a strong reaction from Councilor Antonio Maggiore.

Burgess noted that there had been a couple of conversations among Council leadership on the proposed presentations but that he did not have exact dates but is hoping to be able to schedule something during the month of October for at least one of the two topics with a follow-up as soon as possible with the other.

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Pelosi, Mnuchin make last-ditch effort for COVID-19 relief deal (The Hill, 10/1)

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