This
Week In Washington
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This Week
1.
The Obama administration released
its National Climate Assessment, citing recent bouts of severe weather to
bolster its contention that global warming is already affecting Americans.
Look ahead: Environmental experts
hope to see five potential consequences of the report's release.
2.
House Speaker John Boehner tapped
Rep. Trey Gowdy, to chair a select committee on Benghazi, prompting Democratic
complaints that Republicans are politicizing the 2012 attack.
Look ahead: Democrats, who have criticized
the formation of a committee as redundant, have not decided whether to
participate in the panel's inquiry.
3.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
Friday that 288,000 jobs were added to nonfarm payrolls in April, and
unemployment declined to 6.3%—besting economists' projections of 210,000 jobs
added and an unemployment rate of 6.6%.
Look ahead: Federal Reserve Chair
Janet Yellen sounded an upbeat tone on the strength of positive economic
indicators, but conceded that the housing recovery "could prove more
protracted than currently expected."
4.
North Carolina state House
Speaker Thom Tillis captured more than 45% of the vote in an eight-way GOP
Senate primary, in what was billed as a battle between the establishment and
the tea party.
Look ahead: Voters in eight more
states take their turn in May, casting ballots in a series of key primary
elections that will give more defined shape to the 2014 landscape.
5.
Ukrainian separatists will
proceed with a May 11 referendum on partitioning the country, despite Russian
President Putin's call for a postponement. Putin, who claimed to have ordered a
pullback of Russian troops from the Ukrainian border, today oversaw military
exercises simulating a nuclear strike.
Look
ahead: The ongoing unrest could benefit certain key players, including Russian
oil-and-gas interests and the Ukrainian interim government.
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