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1 President Biden Signs 50 Bills Into Law On Christmas Eve
With just under a month to go until the end of his administration, President Joe Biden spent part of Christmas Eve signing 50 bills into law. The bills covered a wide range of programs, rules, and issues, including: The Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, which was heavily promoted by Paris Hilton, creates a federal work group on youth residential programs to look at health, safety, care, treatment, and placement of minors in rehab and other facilities. Hilton testified to Congress that she was abused in such facilities as a teenager. The Stop Campus Hazing Act requires institutions of higher learning to disclose hazing incidents in their annual security reports if they’re reported to campus or local police. The law also requires schools to teach about the dangers of hazing. Senate Bill 932 prevents members of Congress from receiving their retirement payments if they’re convicted of crimes related to public corruption. Before Biden signed this into law, members could continue to receive retirement checks after they exhausted all appeals. Senate Bill 4610 officially designated the bald eagle as the national bird. Senate Bill 4077 designates a US Postal Service location in San Francisco as the “Dianne Feinstein Post Office”.
2 Average Rate On 30-Year-Mortgage Climbs Again
The overall interest rate was cut by the Fed before Christmas, but once again the average rate on a 30-year mortgage has gone up. The rate rose to 6.85-percent from last week’s 6.72-percent, putting it at its highest level since July. In September, the average 30-year rate fell to 6.08-percent, which was a two year low. The rate on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages also rose from 5.92-percent to an even six percent.
3 Person Without Ticket Sneaks Onto Delta Flight From Seattle To Hawaii
A passenger was removed from a Delta flight from Seattle to Hawaii on Tuesday because they didn’t have a ticket. The unticketed passenger was discovered while the plane was taxiing out; once the stowaway was found, the plane returned to the gate so they could be removed and apprehended. How did this happen? The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement yesterday the passenger made it through the standard screening and bypassed the ID verification and boarding status stations to get on the plane without a boarding pass. The TSA says it will “independently review the circumstances of this incident.”
