Your Morning Brief for June 16, 2016.

Former Texas Governor and current Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Perry will appear on The Chad Hasty Show today at 10:45am.

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Jeb!

Jeb Bush is officially a candidate for President. Yesterday Jeb Bush announced in Miami that he would seek the Republican party's nomination and did so at a very energetic rally. Bush gave a great speech but as FOX News reported, he is no longer the front-runner that he was once considered.

In formally announcing his bid, Bush seeks to recapture the momentum he initially generated, only to watch several other GOP candidates seize the spotlight while he made preparations.

No longer the unquestioned front-runner, Bush has to contend with 10 other candidates who already have declared and several more expected to enter in the coming weeks. Lately, he's been bunched at the top of national Republican polls with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who has not yet declared, and home-state rival Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has. Yet Bush remains an undeniable force in the race and still leads the field by a slim margin, according to the RealClearPolitics average of polling.

On Monday, Bush vowed to "take nothing and no one for granted."

"I will run with heart. And I will run to win," he said.

Bush cited his record as governor and vowed to take Washington "out of the business of causing problems."

"I know we can fix this. Because I've done it," he said.

During his speech, Bush took a shot at candidates without executive experience. Aiming more at Senator Marco Rubio most likely than Senators Ted Cruz or Rand Paul. Bush is not the only candidate to tout experience over a speech. Both Scott Walker and Rick Perry have used similar lines to what Bush said during his speech.

Bush still has a long ways to go before he is able to convince conservative voters that he will fight for them. Bush will hit speed bumps when it comes to Common Core and Immigration, two issues that Republican primary voters may punish Bush on.

Neighborhood Utopias

How much influence should the Obama administration and HUD have over who lives in your neighborhood? A fight is brewing in Washington over that issue and whether the administration should be able to force low-income housing into "upscale" neighborhoods according to FOX News.

The forthcoming regulations, expected to be formally proposed later this month, would leverage grant money to try and bring more affordable options into these neighborhoods. It would require local jurisdictions to report on their progress; they'd risk federal housing money if they don't.

But while the Department of Housing and Urban Development program essentially aims for more integration and equality, critics see a meddling federal government.

"[The rule] tells us how we can live, where we go to school, how we will vote, what this utopian type of neighborhood should look like," charged Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., who sponsored an amendment to the House HUD spending bill Wednesday, blocking any future funding for the new rule. The spending bill was passed in the House with the amendment.

"These rules want to manipulate the way American neighborhoods look," he told FoxNews.com in an interview.

HUD officials and proponents of the new rule say it would do nothing but clarify -- even simplify -- current obligations under The Fair Housing Act of 1968.

Right now, local and state housing authorities must have plans showing they are "affirmatively furthering fair housing." In other words, making sure their communities offer affordable housing opportunities in all neighborhoods, not just the poor ones, and do not discriminate based on color, religion, sex, or national origin. Affordable housing is generally defined as housing that costs no more than a third of a family's monthly income.

The new rule would require jurisdictions to file a full assessment every five years that not only addresses the affordable housing landscape, but patterns in poverty and minority concentrations, as well as "community access" to transportation, good schools and jobs.

In addition to the assessments, the new requirements include an action plan obligating the jurisdiction to "identify the primary determinants influencing fair housing conditions, prioritize addressing these conditions, and set one or more goals for mitigating or addressing their determinants." For its part, HUD would be sharing demographic data that local officials need to pull this together, while offering guidance and technical assistance.

But here's the rub. If cities and counties don't comply, it could put millions of dollars in annual federal block grants at risk, which critics say is how Washington can bully governments to do their bidding.

Liberals come up with these ideas but I wonder how many rich liberals will embrace low-income housing next door to them.

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