All posts tagged "congress"

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  Gov. Vázquez to Congress: Without funding, Puerto Rico can’t run Medicaid program

  Requests allocation so efforts ‘to retain health professionals and provide...treatment will not be lost’

  • Posted September 17, 2019
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  U.S. Congress passes $19.1 billion disaster relief bill for states, territories

  If enacted, would provide $1.5 billion and quicken $8.9 billion disbursement for Puerto Rico

  • Posted June 3, 2019
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  U.S. pols urge Puerto Rico fiscal board to also go after banks, advisers in ‘illegal’ debt

  Base request on report that nearly $300 million in fees were paid out

  • Posted April 1, 2019
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  Promesa Watch: Puerto Rico Unions Engage U.S. House Democrats

  Visiting Politicians Receptive to Changes to Promesa; Unions Speak Up for Working Families, Fight Highest Taxes in U.S.

  • Posted January 17, 2019
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  House Democrats unveil rules package for 116th Congress

  Give voting rights to delegates and resident commissioner of Puerto Rico in the Committee of the Whole; ensure they can be appointed to joint committees

  • Posted January 2, 2019
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  Puerto Rico Highway Projects Depend on Availability of Federal Funds

  DTOP Secretary Discusses Fed Fund Challenges at Transportation Dept.

  • Posted November 30, 2018
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  Bills introduced to hold vote to ‘eliminate’ Puerto Rico fiscal board

  Referendum pushed by pro-independence lawmakers would take place in 2020 elections

  • Posted August 16, 2018
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  Puerto Rico Senate opens federal affairs office in DC

  Budget for office that seeks to represent island interests not known

  • Posted April 18, 2018
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  Florida lawmakers question Trump about Puerto Rico assistance

  Request update on how much of the $89 billion of disaster aid has been allocated

  • Posted April 5, 2018
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  [Editorial] The Disaster This Time

  We lost sight of the underlying principles of job creation—that you are only true partners in progress with those who have capital when they can trust you will not hoodwink them at every turn

  • Posted February 20, 2018