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Situational awareness - January 8, 2019 Good Tuesday morning from Salt Lake City. Executive summary: Which members of Congress from Utah are giving up their paychecks during the shutdown? Trump will address the nation in primetime tonight. The government shutdown is starting to disrupt air travel. Thanks for subscribing to Utah's must-read daily political news roundup. Please add info@utahpolicy.com to your contacts in order to ensure delivery. How are we doing? Send us your feedback, suggestions, complaints or news tips. You can email us anytime here. TICK TOCK 18 days until Salt Lake County Democrats elect a new County Mayor (1/26/2019)
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Today At Utah Policy  Which members of Utah's Congressional delegation are skipping paychecks during the government shutdown?
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
The partial government shutdown is entering its third week. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are either working without pay or are furloughed. Unless Congress and the White House can find a solution, many of those workers will miss their first paycheck this coming Fr...
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By LaVarr Webb, Publisher
An excellent candidate for governor. The prospect of a wide-open governor's race in 2020 has a number of prospective candidates already maneuvering for position. Several names have been mentioned by the "great mentioners" as possible candidates....
 Podcast: What does 2019 hold for Utah's economy?
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Utah's economy is roaring right now, but will we see a slowdown in 2019?...
 Mia Love has a new job as a political commentator for CNN
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Former Rep. Mia Love joined CNN Monday morning as a newly-minted political commentator for the cable network....
OTHER UTAH HEADLINES Deseret News Editorial: Is an unchanging method of school assessment too much to ask? Former Utah GOP Rep. Mia Love promises 'unleashed' talk as CNN commentator Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton mulling a 2020 run for governor House panel demands accounting from Utahn tasked in Clinton, Trump probes Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's plan to cut sales tax comes with a price Utah, Tooele counties' nominee to new UTA board gets endorsement from Senate committee North Ogden City Council to choose new mayor to replace fallen Maj. Brent Taylor Salt Lake Tribune Op-ed: Issues for the Legislature to consider in 2019 Editorial: Utah's BAC experiment commences Disappointed international visitors get to Arches only to find the gate closed. How about seeing a film about the park or going bowling? How do you fight Utah's suicide problem? Utah lawmakers to consider bills focused on gun safety. Mia Love goes to work for CNN, says she'll bring an 'unleashed' Republican perspective 'I'm sure it's a culture shock for most of you': Navajos take the majority on the San Juan County Commission Deal will keep Utah's Zion Narrows, one of the nation's most popular trails, open through March - once the shutdown goes away State lawmaker makes case for income tax cuts over Herbert's proposed sales tax reduction Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton is considering a run for governor Squad that targets the worst criminals in Operation Rio Grande says it still 'gets very, very intense every single day' Other Utah state and business prep for medical cannabis storage and distribution (Daily Herald)
NATIONAL HEADLINES - President Donald Trump will deliver a televised address in prime-time tonight. He is expected to declare a national emergency so he can use military funding to construct his long-promised wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump repeatedly said Mexico would pay for the wall during the 2016 campaign. Trump is expected to claim the situation at the border has reached a crisis level - https://wapo.st/2FfANhs
- Democratic leaders in the House and Senate are demanding equal time following President Trump's primetime address. They claim his speech will be "full of malice and misinformation," and they deserve a chance to rebut his falsehoods - https://nyp.st/2Fm5tOb
- Here's what President Trump can and cannot do if he decides to declare a national emergency to secure funding for his border wall - https://nyti.ms/2FgXIJ3
- Presidents have used emergency powers 58 times since 1979 - http://bit.ly/2FfFQym
- House Republican leaders are fearful several of their members might cross the aisle this week to vote for Democratic bills to re-open the federal government without funding for President Trump's border wall - https://politi.co/2Fiv4ra
- Democrats in the Senate are planning to jam up all action in that body until the government shutdown is resolved - https://wapo.st/2FgdR1u
- President Trump claimed former presidents secretly told him they wanted to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. All four living former presidents say that claim is a lie - https://nyti.ms/2Fm49Ld
- The Border Patrol stopped only six immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border in the first half of 2018 who were on the list of known or suspected terrorists - https://cnb.cx/2FlBvK9
- U.S. airports are bracing for travel disruptions next week because of the government shutdown. TSA officers are already calling in sick because they are not being paid. Airline safety inspectors are not on the job but are being called back on a case-by-case basis - http://bit.ly/2FiuARR
- The Trump administration will change rules to make sure tax refunds go out on time despite the partial government shutdown - http://bit.ly/2Ff8wHA
- Democrats in the House are introducing a bipartisan gun control bill that will implement universal background checks on gun purchases but won't include a ban on assault weapons - http://bit.ly/2FlL4Zc
- Nobody wants to be Secretary of Defense under Trump. Ret. Gen. Jack Keane and former GOP Sen. John Kyl both turned down President Trump's overture to replace Jim Mattis at the Pentagon - https://politi.co/2Fj8bnl
- The Department of Justice is attempting to delay acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker from giving testimony to the Democratic-controlled House until next month, hoping to push his appearance until after his replacement has been confirmed by the Senate - https://politi.co/2Fhc4Js
- Sen. Mitt Romney got a chilly reception from his fellow lawmakers following his much-publicized op-ed condemning President Trump's lack of character - https://politi.co/2FgY1Ud
- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg missed oral arguments at the court for the first time in her career as she recovers from surgery to remove cancerous nodules from her lung - https://nyti.ms/2FgBDuc
- A federal judge told the defense in the prosecution of Russian entities and individuals accused of interfering with the 2016 presidential election to "knock it off" with attacks on special counsel Robert Mueller's office - http://bit.ly/2FhjCvK
- Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is exploring the possibility of jumping ship to become the president of the University of South Carolina - https://nyti.ms/2FgBLtG
- More than 400 people have already filed paperwork to run for president in 2020 - https://wapo.st/2Fm5YYz
- Greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. spiked last year. Emissions jumped 3.4%, which is the second largest in the past 20 years. Experts say the sharp increase is directly related to rollbacks of environmental regulations by the Trump administration - https://wapo.st/2Fm3OrV
- New York is fighting its worst outbreak of measles since the 1990s - https://nbcnews.to/2FjV8lt
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - 1790 - President George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
- 1815 - The forces of Gen. Andrew Jackson decisively defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, the closing engagement of the War of 1812.
- 1828 - The Democratic Party is organized.
- 1867 - Congress approves legislation allowing African Americans to vote in the District of Columbia.
- 1918 - President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
- 1925 - The All-Woman Supreme Court met for the first time in Texas, the first all-female supreme court in the history of the U.S.
- 1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty."
- 1987 - Kay Orr was inaugurated in Nebraska as the nation's first woman Republican governor.
- 1992 - During a state visit to Tokyo, President George H.W. Bush vomited on the lap of Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa after coming down with the flu.
- 2002 - President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
- 2011 - Six people were killed and 13 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, were injured when a gunman opened fire at a political meeting in Arizona.
Policy News Utah Speaker Brad Wilson announces House staffIncoming Utah Speaker of the House, Brad Wilson, announces 2019 House staff structure and issued the following statement:...
Rep. Curtis hires new comms director Congressman John Curtis (R-UT) issued the following statement after hiring a new communications director this week....
United Utah Party announces leadership changes Nils Bergeson has been elected by the United Utah Party's Executive Committee as State Party Vice Chair. He will replace Aaron Aizad, who recently resigned from the position. ...
Point of the Mountain Board Authority to hire executive director The Point of the Mountain Board Authority, the body charged with the disposition of land where the Utah State Prison now stands, is searching for an executive director to oversee the process of developing the current Utah State Prison site once it has been relocated....
More National Headlines Another Black Man Has Died in the Home of Democratic Donor Ed Buck (Advocate) Private Companies Are Paying to Keep Yellowstone Clean During Shutdown (Reason) China Offered to Bail Out Troubled Malaysian Fund in Return for Deals (Wall Street Journal) Warren's early 2020 bid raises stakes for rest of Dem field (The Hill) Mitt Romney can't give up his fondness for wiggle room (Boston Globe) Democrat Beto O'Rourke Plans Solo Road Trip to Meet Voters Outside Texas (Wall Street Journal)
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