Congress races to keep the government running. Herbert welcomes the GOP lawsuit against SB 54. Love raised tons of cash.
Countdown:
- Days until the opening day of the 2015 Utah Legislature – 49
- Days to the final day of the 2015 Utah Legislature – 94
- Days to the 2015 Utah municipal primary elections – 246
- Days to the 2015 election – 330
- Days to the 2016 Iowa Caucus (tentative) – 406
- Days until the 2016 presidential election – 701
Monday's top-10 headlines:
- Congress has until Thursday to pass a funding bill to avoid another government shutdown [Politico].
- Gov. Gary Herbert says he welcomes the Utah GOP's lawsuit against SB 54 [Tribune].
- Is the Utah GOP playing political games with SB 54? [Utah Policy]
- Mia Love raised more than $5 million in her 2014 run for Congress [Deseret News].
- Doug Owens suggests he could mount a second campaign against Mia Love in 2016 [Tribune].
- Veteran lawmaker Mel Brown does not secure a committee chairmanship in the next legislative session [Utah Policy].
- LaVarr Webb wonders if Utah needs to establish a Fair Elections Commission [Utah Policy].
- Federal prosecutors want to re-file fraud charges against Rick Koerber [Deseret News, Tribune].
- The top leaders of the LDS Church are mostly Republicans [Tribune].
- The speed limit will rise to 70 mph along Utah's urban freeways on Monday [Tribune].
On this day in history:
- 1776 – George Washington's retreating army crossed the Delaware River during the Revolutionary War.
- 1886 – The American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus, Ohio.
- 1941 – The United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Japan one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
- 1980 – John Lennon was shot to deat outside his New York City apartment building by Mark David Chapman.
- 1993 – President Bill Clinton signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement.
