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Iraqi government expected to have $79 billion surplus.

A new report by the Government Accountability Office estimates that the "soaring price of oil will leave the Iraqi government with a cumulative budget surplus of as much as $79 billion by year's end ." Federal ...

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Thu Aug 07, 2008

MediLexicon

Congress Considering Legislation That Would Create Academic Detailing Program For Prescription Drugs

Main Category: Primary Care / General Practice Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 07 Aug 2008 Legislation recently introduced in the House and Senate would create a program to ...

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Wed Aug 06, 2008

The Washington Post

Lawmaker Eyes Drop

By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, August 7, 2008; Page D01 Rep.

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MediLexicon

House Approves Bill Allowing FDA To Regulate Tobacco; Bill Would Ban Additives But Not Menthol

Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health The House on Wednesday by a veto-proof 326-102 vote approved legislation that would give FDA the authority to regulate ...

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Tue Aug 05, 2008

Radar Exclusive

25-Year-Old Afghani Army Supplier Also a Songwriting MySpace Sap

In case you missed it, a stunning New York Times story details how the military has outsourced a $300 million arms contract, the linchpin in its support of the Afghani Army and police, to 22-year-old Miami ...

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MediLexicon

New York Times Examines Reaction To Tobacco Regulation Legislation

The House last week by a veto-proof 326-102 vote approved legislation that would give FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products.

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Mon Aug 04, 2008

Editor & Publisher

KBR, Pentagon Misled Lawmakers on Electrocution Deaths in Iraq

WASHINGTON Lawmakers on Wednesday pressed officials from the Pentagon and KBR Inc.

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Cybercast News Service

Don't Mess with Prescription Drug Program, Budget Director Says

White House Budget Director Jim Nussle doesn't think Democrats in Congress should tinker with Medicare Part D the prescription drug benefit for seniors although the money needed to cover projected recipients ...

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Related Topix: US News, Medicare, Health, US Politics, Susan Davis, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Social Security, Personal Finance, Jo Ann Davis, Republican

Sun Aug 03, 2008

The Courier-Journal

House to vote on bill to let FDA regulate tobacco

WASHINGTON - The House today is scheduled to vote on sweeping legislation that for the first time would give the federal government the power to regulate tobacco products.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Marketing, US Senate, Edward Kennedy

UPI

Waxman: House attempting to protect kids

Two bills passed by the U.S. House of Representatives are aimed at protecting American children, Rep.

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Sat Aug 02, 2008

Alabama Live

Democrats: Congress overcoming GOP neglect

The Democratic-controlled Congress is working to overcome years of neglect by the Bush administration of agencies intended to safeguard the health of the public, especially children, a leading Democrat said ...

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Third Party Watch

Libertarians say tobacco regs should have a warning label

Tobacco regulations that just passed the House "should carry a warning label about their dangerous effects on liberty," says Libertarian Party spokesperson Andrew Davis.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Libertarian Party, Healthcare Law, Law, 2008 Presidential Election, Food and Drug Administration

Fri Aug 01, 2008

MediLexicon

Senate, House Members Introduce Bill To Provide Doctors With Unbiased Information About Prescription Drugs, USA

U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl , Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin , and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Ted Kennedy , and Senator Bob ...

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Navy Times

DoD official booted from sex assault hearing

The Pentagon's No. 2 personnel and readiness official was admonished and dismissed from a House subcommittee hearing on sexual assault in the military Thursday after admitting that he had directed a key ...

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Athens Banner-Herald

EPA approves air permit for Navajo power plant

Both environmentalists who have been fighting a proposed coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation and supporters of the project expected it: an air permit for the plant.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New Mexico, New Mexico Government, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Thu Jul 31, 2008

The Washington Post

SBA Faulted for Role in Blackwater Security Guard Scandal

After its guards were accused of killing 17 Iraqi civilians without provocation last fall, Blackwater Worldwide, the security company responsible for protecting U.S. diplomats in that war-torn country, shifted ...

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Billings Gazette

House OKs bill to let FDA regulate tobacco

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed legislation that for the first time would subject the tobacco industry to regulation by federal health authorities charged with promoting public well-being. Its ...

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Food and Drug Administration, Healthcare Law, Law, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Army Times

Hearing to focus on electrocutions in Iraq

Accidental electrocutions have killed 11 soldiers and five Marines, injured dozens more troops and caused at least 283 fires at U.S.-operated facilities in Iraq.

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Wed Jul 30, 2008

MilitaryCity.com

DoD IG backs off Iraq electrocutions report

An interim Pentagon investigation found no "credible evidence" that contractor KBR, Inc., was aware of life-threatening conditions at the Baghdad building where a Green Beret was electrocuted in January while ...

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Iraq, World News, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Darrell Issa

KLTV

Lawmakers probe electrocutions of soldiers in Iraq

Lawmakers today pressed officials with Houston-based military contractor KBR Incorporated about deficient electrical work in Iraq.

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