Half Baked

Half baked bricks, if the government has its way.
Congress.org presents MEGAVOTE for March 7, 2016 and Georgia's 13th Congressional District.
Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Opioid Abuse - Anti-Kickback Penalties
• Senate: Opioid Abuse - Additional Funding
• House: Ensuring Terminated Providers are Removed from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program - Passage
• House: Regulatory Action and Kilns - Passage

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Opioid Abuse

The House is not in session this week.
Good news travels fast, but not often enough.
Recent Senate Votes
Opioid Abuse – Anti-Kickback Penalties, Vote Rejected (46-50, 4 Not Voting)
The amendment would have increased anti-kickback penalties for doctors prescribing opioids and test a model for limiting Medicare opioid prescriptions. The amendment fell when a budgetary point of order, offered by Wyoming Republican Michael B. Enzi, was sustained. Sixty votes were needed to overcome the point of order.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
Sen. David Perdue voted NO
Senator shoots, its on the mark, denied. They are probably being very careful about this because ift might get into the campaign donation money they are used to getting from the pharmaceutical companies.
Opioid Abuse – Additional Funding, Vote Rejected (48-47, 5 Not Voting)
The amendment would have provided an additional $600 million for opioid abuse prevention and treatment programs. The amendment fell when a budgetary point of order, offered by Wyoming Republican Michael B. Enzi, was sustained. Sixty votes were needed to overcome the point of order.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
Sen. David Perdue voted NO
The Senators try to put in the rebound, stick back fails. If you want to slow down opioid abuse start throwing some marginal doctors, whether that be intelligence wise or ethically, in jail. In my observation, much of this is legal purchase via improper prescription.
Recent House Votes
Ensuring Terminated Providers are Removed from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program – Passage Vote Passed (406-0, 27 Not Voting)
The bill requires states to notify the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department of health care providers who are terminated from the state's Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) program because of fraud or other "for cause" reasons, and for HHS to maintain a database of providers terminated from a state Medicaid or CHIP program or the federal Medicare program in order to prevent such providers from participating in another state's Medicaid program.
Rep. David Scott voted Not Voting
David must have been out taking a dump during the vote. Hope he hit the paper.
Regulatory Action and Kilns – Passage, Vote Passed (238-163, 32 Not Voting)
The measure delays, until after all judicial reviews are completed, new EPA rules that set national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants for the manufacturing of brick and structural clay products or clay ceramics. This delay applies only for those existing legal actions filed within 60 days of when EPA's rule was published in the Federal Register.
Rep. David Scott voted Not Voting
Wiping his ass? House is right here, government bureaucrats are instituting steps that will make it hard for an industry to survive, that or raise the cost significantly.
Upcoming Votes:
Opioid Abuse - S524
The measure would authorize the Attorney General and Health and Human Services Department to issue grants to states, organizations and local entities for opioid abuse prevention and treatment programs.
In the end, this is about giving money away, to a feeble attempt at regulating human weakness. It does not work. But I feel much better because my Congress is trying.

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