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Destroying the DREAM to our detriment
It was probably way too much to ask, in the waning days of the lame duck session before Congress left for Christmas, to see the DREAM act passed. More the pity. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act would have allowed young people...Tags: Human Interest, Immigration, John McCain, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Education
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Timeline of Sen. Ted Stevens' Corruption Trial
KTUU.comMay 8, 2007: Sen. Ted Stevens responds to a federal indictment of Bill Allen, head of oilfield services company VECO Corp., for allegedly bribing his son, then-state Senate President Ben Stevens, in 2002. July 18, 2007: Stevens files a report on his...Tags: U.S. Senate, Daniel Inouye, FBI, Mark Begich, Joe Biden
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Obama Pulls Defense For Law Banning Gay Marriage
ReutersPresident Barack Obama has determined that a federal law that barred gay marriages was unconstitutional and told government lawyers to stop defending it, the Justice Department said on Wednesday, a major reversal that quickly angered conservatives. A U....Tags: Republican Party, Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of Justice, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Eric Holder
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BCS = "Big Cash System"
KIAHJim Mora "we're talking playoffs" Yes unfortunately we are talking playoffs....again!!!!! The NCAA is setting up it's prevent defense now that the feds are asking about the lack of a playoff system in college football. Critics....Utah Senator Orrin...Tags: Football, KIAH, College Football, Antitrust Issues, Bowl Championship Series
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Bill diverting unemployment funds advances in Congress
South Florida Sun-SentinelA bill voted out of the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday would allow states to transfer federal unemployment insurance funds away from helping the long-term jobless and use them instead for other purposes, including tax breaks for corporations....Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Dave Camp, Labor Legislation
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Washington's pig roast
Even the staunchest admirers of corporate CEOs — you know, the star-struck junior executives who buy the ghost-written biographies and how-to-manage books — will have to admit that there's something downright cathartic about seeing oil company...Tags: Republican Party, John Boehner, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Chevron Corportion, Petroleum Industry
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U.S. Senate Holds Hearing on Federal Oil Tax Breaks
Oil company executives traveled to Washington, D.C. Thursday morning for a Senate Finance Committee hearing on whether a set of federal tax breaks for their firms should be repealed, as industry profits and gas prices both remain high.
The committee...Tags: U.S. Senate, Mark Begich, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, ConocoPhillips, Energy Resources
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Putting The Breaks On Big Oil Tax Relief
KIAHIn the last decade, the top five oil companies have seen their profits soar to nearly a trillion bucks. So, Washington democrats say it might be time to put the brakes on their tax breaks. In a quote from his state of the union address president Obama...Tags: Republican Party, KIAH, Claire McCaskill
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States shorten duration for unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON — Some of the states that have drained their unemployment insurance funds are cutting the number of weeks that a laid-off worker can count on those benefits. Legislators are trying to limit tax increases for businesses to replenish the...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Career and Workplace, Regional Authority, Economy, Business and Finance, Vehicles
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Casey has more than $1 million going into 2011
Pennsylvania Ave.Sen. Bob Casey had about $1.3 million on hand at the end of 2010, according to an analysis by the Washington Post of Democratic senators up for re-election in 2012. The cash puts Casey right in the middle of his...... -
Toomey & conservative GOP introduce anti-union bill
Pennsylvania Ave.(Wednesday morning: Read story on this issue in the big paper here.) Republican Pat Toomey joined a list of the Senate's more conservative Republicans in introducing legislation aimed at weakening unions through a national law that would ensure joining a.... -
Toomey to introduce Balanced Budget Amendment to U.S. Constitution
Pennsylvania Ave.UPDATE Thursday 9am: The news conference has been postponed likely until after next week's recess. U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey and four additional Republicans, including two in leadership positions, will announce their plans to offer a balanced budget...
Jan 3, 2011
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Feb 11, 2011
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May 6, 2011
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May 11, 2011
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May 12, 2011
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May 12, 2011
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May 12, 2011
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May 23, 2011
|Story| Petoskey News
Feb 3, 2011
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Mar 8, 2011
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Mar 16, 2011
| Allentown Morning Call
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