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VFW urges Senate to follow suit WASHINGTON, July 10, 2009 a ' A top priority for America's largest organization of combat veterans moved closer to becoming reality today when the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved H.R. 3082, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, by a vote of 414-3. The fiscal year ...

Veterans health care programs would receive another big boost under a $132.4 billion measure passed by the House on Friday.The 12 percent increase for the veterans medical services account is but the latest in a recent string of generous increases.

Last week it appeared that Sen. Richard Shelby had convinced NASA and the White House to shift $100 million in stimulus funds from supporting commercial crew efforts to Constellation.

An explosive confrontation has shaped up between SpaceX, which tests rockets in McGregor, and a lawmaker in Alabama over who gets $150 million in federal stimulus money.

Richard Ianieri, the defense contractor charged today with accepting $200,000 in kickbacks from a subcontractor, was president of a company that gave more money to Rep.

Congressman Chet Edwards was in the area Tuesday, and sat down with News 3 to discuss a number of issues that affect the Brazos Valley and the nation.

By Rebecca LaFlure Killeen Daily Herald Starting Monday, eligible military service members can register online to transfer their recently expanded GI Bill education benefits to their spouses or children.

PROVERBS 11:7 - When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, plans to attend two events in Johnson County on Wednesday.

By Amanda Kim Stairrett Killeen Daily Herald FORT HOOD - The post honored "two giants" Monday as its main gate and road were rededicated in honor of Bernice Beck and Tommy Joe Mills.

There's absolutely no connection, we're told to believe, between who oversees the appropriations for the Army Corps of Engineers stimulus money and whose state received most of the money.

Aren't I just proud to be a citizen. Every Texas Republican voted against the measure, along with Democrats Chet Edwards, of Waco; Ciro RodA riguez, of San Antonio; and Solomon Ortiz of Corpus Christi.

In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed sweeping legislation calling for the nation's first-ever limits on pollution linked to global warming.

The House approved sweeping legislation Friday that seeks to reduce global warming by limiting the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by power and chemical plants, oil refineries and major manufacturers.

Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, and Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, came down on opposite sides Friday as the U.S. House voted 217-205 to advance a controversial White House-backed climate bill to the House floor.

House Democrats amended climate-change legislation this week to shield Dallas-based Luminant from what could have been $500 million in costs related to controlling pollution from new coal-fired power plants, according to lawmakers and environmental groups.

Published June 20, 2009 at 8:43 a.m. Category: Politics Tags: military , healthcare The Honorable Gwen Moore House of Representatives 1239 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-4904Re: HR 816, The Military Retirees' Healthcare Protection Act to Freeze TRICARE FeesDear Representative Moore: Rep.

JUNO BEACH, Fla.-- --Document Storage Systems Inc. today announced that it has acquired Informatix Laboratories Corporation of Salt Lake City, UT.

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When Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas, first met the three young children of fallen Marine Gunnery Sgt.