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Dumping Dingell was overdue
Nobody ever refers to members of Congress as "lions of the House," but Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) has as thick a mane as any (figuratively speaking, of course). The longest-serving current member, Dingell was writing legislation before Barack Obama...Tags: John McCain, Petroleum Industry, Ecosystems, White House, John Dingell
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Airport tests reveal major security flaws
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWashington Federal investigators smuggled the components of liquid-based bombs past screeners in 19 airports nationwide in secret tests earlier this year, showing that a terrorist could thwart the latest U.S. security regulations. "Our tests clearly...Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Disasters and Accidents, Terrorism, Al-Qaeda, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Still no toxic cleanup plan for Navajos
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Environmental Protection Agency plans to resume long-stalled testing for toxics on the Navajo reservation unleashed by abandoned Cold War uranium mines, but it and four other federal agencies have yet to come up with overall cleanup and health plans,...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Environmental Politics
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Times Staff WriterRead-only summary seames rimmed for web, 76894 Read-only web_hed Passport problems? Call your congressman Read-only dpt_kicker Read-only txt If you need help with your passport, do not e-mail your congressional representative's office. Call. This...Tags: Ken Calvert, John T Doolittle, Jerry Lewis, Dennis Cardoza, Dana Rohrabacher
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State Dept.'s chief watchdog resigns
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterState Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard, who has been accused of improperly interfering with investigations into private security contractor Blackwater USA and with other probes, resigned Friday. In a brief public statement, the longtime...Tags: Heads of State, Iraq, Government, Lawyers, U.S. Department of State
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Kicking the lame duck out
Today, Lomonaco and York evaluate calls for removing Bush from office. Previously, they assessed Bush's relationship with Congress and discussed his remaining agenda. They'll conclude their debate tomorrow with an exchange on the president's legacy. Dems...Tags: Heads of State, Gerald Ford, Judges, Crimes, Republican Party
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Greener pastures for VA land
Los Angeles is chronically short of park space, a civic failure that generations of leaders have only glancingly addressed. In 1930, the brilliant but ignored Olmsted-Bartholomew plan envisioned a county where every resident enjoyed easy access to...Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Veterans Affairs, Defense, Eli Broad, Hospitals and Clinics
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State officials pan for gold in D.C.
Last month, a flock of Californians streamed through Washington's halls of power seeking federal money for the state's slumping economy, gridlocked transportation system and troubled schools. To their delight, they found a Democratic administration with a...Tags: Unemployment, Government, Lawrence Summers, Republican Party, Politics
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Investigation of Drilling Regulations Is Urged
Times Staff WritersWASHINGTON — Five members of Congress called Thursday for investigations into the Bush administration's regulation of hydraulic fracturing, an oil and gas drilling technique pioneered by Halliburton Co., Vice President Dick Cheney's former employer....Tags: Heads of State, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, James M Jeffords, Environmental Pollution, Local Government
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From the archives: Ashcroft defends U.S. anti-terrorism tactics, saying that 'we are at war'
Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft defended his aggressive and controversial counter-terrorism tactics in a Capitol Hill appearance Thursday but refused to support a change in law that would allow the FBI to determine if illegal immigrants and suspected...Tags: Judges, Crimes, Terrorism, Firearms, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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NIH to Ban Deals With Drug Firms
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON — Under a far-reaching reform to be announced today, all staff scientists at the National Institutes of Health will be banned from accepting any consulting fees or other income from drug companies, and the employees must also divest...Tags: Medical Services, National Government, Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology, Plastic Surgeons
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The National Institutes of Health: Public Servant or Private Marketer?
Times Staff WriterFor 15 million Americans, it is a daily ritual: gulping down a pill to reduce cholesterol. They do it because their doctors tell them to. Their doctors, in turn, rely on recommendations from the National Institutes of Health and its scientists, such as...Tags: Biotechnology, AstraZeneca Plc, White House, Johns Hopkins University, Science and Technology
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