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November 07, 2017

NLRB Member Thumbing Nose at “Drain the Swamp” Agenda

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A top labor regulator could be poised to quietly rule on matters involving past clients. Senate Democrats this week hit out at National Labor Relations Board Member William Emanuel for only disclosing the names of those who recently paid at least $5,000 for his legal expertise. The legislators noted that while these disclosures may satisfy Congressional requirements, President Trump initially made rigorous ethics demands on his nominees. In a January executive order, days after his inauguration, Trump asked appointees to abstain from taking part “in any particular matter…directly…

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Trump’s Medicaid Chief Endorses Work Requirement Schemes

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States that want to force Medicaid recipients to get a job before qualifying for healthcare have an ally in the Trump administration, according to remarks made on Tuesday by the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Speaking to the National Association of Medicaid Directors, Seema Verma gave a nod to the several states across the country that had hoped to enact Medicaid work requirements only to be shot down by the Obama administration. “Those days are over,” Verma said in prepared…

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