The House followed the Senate in passing a bill that funded the government, provided hurricane relief and addressed the debt limit. However, this is only a temporary solution until December.Today the House of Representatives passed an amended Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development Act (READ) by a vote of 316-90 after passing an earlier version in January. It pertains to enhancing the transparency and accelerating the impact of foreign aid intended to promote quality basic education in developing countries. The bill was passed in the Senate yesterday (80-17) after being amended to address the following three critical items:
Hurricane Harvey disaster relief Suspension of the debt ceiling Continuing resolution to fund the gov...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
