According to former members of the National Commission on the 2010 Gulf of Mexico BP Oil Spill, offshore drilling safety has improved, but congressional gridlock still poses a threat.

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A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation's inspector general on April 16 delivered a black eye to the FAA for missing new rule deadlines and a troubling increase in close calls for airplanes on the ground, even as it acknowledged air travel was in its safest-ever period.

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The Democratic Party could suffer if President Barack Obama approves the Keystone XL (KXL) oil pipeline, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune warned on April 16.

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Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Jacob Lew told members of the House of Representatives Budget Committee April 16 that absent another debt-limit increase by May 18, "extraordinary measures" may prove insufficient to prevent the nation from defaulting on its obligations.

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The business community is weighing in with lawmakers in Washington on the subject of tax reform, noting that the current tax code is complicated, anti-competitive, anti-growth, and there is uncertainty with temporary provisions year after year as Congress continues to kick the proverbial can down the road.

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As previously reported on HAI's RotorNews, President Obama proposed linking entitlement spending to "chained CPI" in his fiscal 2014 budget, and many in Washington believe that if chained CPI ends up happening as part of a budget deal, the people who would suffer the most could be working people or those in the middle class who do not have private pensions, huge savings accounts, or many assets to sustain them in retirement.

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The cost to subsidize insurance on Obamacare exchanges shot up substantially this year, thanks in large part to the Supreme Court.

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The Federal Aviation Administration has bumped back its timeline for a much-anticipated rule on integrating unmanned aerial vehicles into the U.S. national airspace system.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking comments on whether it should extend its information collection with regards to its USDA Annual Wildfire Summary Reports.

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President Obama's budget contains $400 billion in health-entitlement savings. It suggests saving about $130 billion by restructuring the cost-of-living adjustments for beneficiaries of Social Security as well as significant new funding to implement the health reform law.

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