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    May 12, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  1. EDITORIAL: Internet sales tax payments bill would benefit Tennessee

    Knoxville News Sentinel
    The U.S. Senate last week voted to restore balance to the nation's retail market and to sales tax collections nationwide with the passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act. Tennessee's Republican senators -- Lamar Alexander, one of the bill's key...

    Tags: John J. Duncan, Jr., Computing and Information Technology Industry, U.S. House of Representatives, E-Commerce Industry, Government

    2. May 10, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  2. Haslam, Ramsey seek U.S. House support for Internet tax bill

    Knoxville News Sentinel
    Gov. Bill Haslam and Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey say they hope the U.S. House will go along with the U.S. Senate in approving legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. Haslam, who last year testified before a...

    Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Computing and Information Technology Industry, E-Commerce Industry, Government, Carrie Underwood

    3. May 8, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  3. Gov. Haslam will encourage Tennessee congressmen to support internet sales tax bill

    Commercial Appeal
    Gov. Bill Haslam said Tuesday he will encourage Tennessee's congressmen to vote for the internet sales tax bill, which faces a much tougher vote in the House of Representatives than it did in passing the Senate on Monday. The bill allows states to...

    Tags: Regional Authority, U.S. House of Representatives, E-Commerce Industry, Walmart, Government

    4. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Lawmakers look to repeal Medicare provision aiding Amgen drug

    A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is seeking to repeal a Medicare-pricing provision in the recent "fiscal cliff" deal that benefits biotech giant Amgen Inc.
    A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is seeking to repeal a Medicare-pricing provision in the recent "fiscal cliff" deal that benefits biotech giant Amgen Inc. U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) filed legislation this week to eliminate the exemption for a...

    Tags: Peter Welch, Dialysis, Bruce Braley, Prices, Health Insurance Cost

    5. Jan 20, 2013 |Column| Hartford Courant

  5. Sandy Relief Vote And Sally Field

    The Hartford Courant
    The $50 billion Sandy relief package to aid people and communities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut devastated by the super storm finally passed the House last week. All told, 179 Republicans voted against it. The only Democrat to vote no was...

    Tags: Sally Field, Entertainment Events, Government, Marvin Gaye, National Rifle Association of America

    6. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  6. House to vote on debt limit increase

    WASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled House will vote next week to permit the government to borrow more money to meet its obligations, a move aimed at heading off a market-rattling confrontation with President Barack Obama over the so-called debt limit....

    Tags: Steve Scalise, Career and Workplace, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, John Boehner

    7. Jan 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. House finally OKs Sandy aid; Senate action expected soon

    WASHINGTON--Seventy-eight days after Superstorm Sandy battered the Northeast, the House on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in disaster relief in a vote that exposed divisions within Republican ranks and foreshadowed the spending fights that lie ahead. 
    WASHINGTON--Seventy-eight days after Superstorm Sandy battered the Northeast, the House on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in disaster relief in a vote that exposed divisions within Republican ranks and foreshadowed the spending fights that lie ahead. ...

    Tags: Statue of Liberty, Government, Jerrold Nadler, Barack Obama, Hurricanes

    8. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. John Boehner reelected as speaker of the House

    WASHINGTON -- John A. Boehner will keep his job as House speaker for a second term, as Republicans rallied behind their leader despite speculation that hard-line conservatives would abandon him.
    WASHINGTON -- John A. Boehner will keep his job as House speaker for a second term, as Republicans rallied behind their leader despite speculation that hard-line conservatives would abandon him. With 426 votes cast in a roll call of the new 113th...

    Tags: Michael Grimm, Justin Amash, Media Industry, Xavier Becerra, Eric Cantor

    9. Aug 9, 2012 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  9. John Boehner's do-nothing Congress

    Bill Press
    In case you didn't know, Congress is in recess. They've given themselves a five-week break. Unanimously. This week they voted "without objection" not to come back to Washington until Sept. 10. I don't blame you if you hadn't noticed. Because there's...

    Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Gun Control, Loans, Interior Policy, Tea Party Movement

    10. Apr 20, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  10. Other Voices

    Los Angeles Times on Cuba's exclusion at the Summit of the Americas: Once again, Cuba was absent from the Summit of the Americas. Yet the communist nation might as well have attended the gathering last weekend in Cartagena, Colombia, because it took...

    Tags: Bankruptcy, Civil Rights, Chicago Sun-Times, Crime, Law and Justice, Students

    11. Apr 4, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  11. A budget worth backing

    Orlando Opinionators - Orlando Sentinel
    President Obama and House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan have put out the yin and yang of budget proposals; neither has garnered any support from across the aisle. That means their proposals are political talking points, not viable plans for running the...
    12. Aug 1, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel

  12. Joe Biden, John Boehner on ‘CBS Evening News’; Al Gore on ‘Countdown With Keith Olbermann’

    The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel
    Vice President Joe Biden talk to Scott Pelley on the "CBS Evening News." House Speaker John Boehner is another guest, and the newscast has lined up Reps. Andy Harris, R-Md.; Sam Graves, R-Ga.; Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.; and Jim Cooper, D-Tenn. The program...
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