The government shutdown ended, the Supreme Court to review EPA permit requirements, and more…
Bipartisan Senate leadership agreed on a deal to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling.
- U.S. regulatory agencies re-opened across the country after the government shutdown ended late Wednesday night.
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled in litigation over the Keystone XL pipeline.
- The U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would review the EPA’s permit requirements for stationary sources.
- Non-profit religious organizations filed a class action over contraceptives regulations under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
- Electronic cigarette producers said, “[W]e do anticipate becoming a regulated industry.”
- The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) rules requiring permission for “robocalls” took effect.
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’s (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it would collect new data to determine ACA eligibility.
- The Fitch credit rating agency threatened to downgrade the U.S. debt rating.
- Washington State approved rules on the sale of marijuana and will begin regulating sales in mid-2014.
- The South Florida Water Management District agreed to a deal with “Big Sugar.”
- The New Jersey Supreme Court agreed to hear a same-sex marriage case.
- United States and British financial regulators discussed their options for dealing with large failing banks.
