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Shenanigans: The 11 worst foreclosure districts
Attention, all reps: If your district is not in foreclosure straits, step forward.
I wrote the editorial below in September, 2006, regarding the wildfires that were occurring in the western United States, of which Washington state was leading the pack with most acres burned at that time in ...
Just before leaving town for its August recess, Congress finally finished its work reauthorizing the Higher Education Act--five years later than scheduled.
DeLauro Bill On Pay Fairness For Women Passes House
Rosa DeLauro to encourage paycheck fairness for women. The bill gathered 230 co-sponsors - more than half the House - and was passed 247-178. The legislation has a few main provisions in addition to patching ...
U.S. Rep Howard "Buck" McKeon has a new legislative aide and a new coordinator of new media at his office in Washington, D.C. Ryan Crumpler is the new military legislative assistant, while Robert McAlister ...
Senators hear California wilderness bill
A U.S. Senate panel took testimony Wednesday on bipartisan legislation that would protect nearly 475,000 acres of wilderness in California's Eastern Sierra and San Gabriel Mountains.
ANC-PAC Praises Republican Congressman For Stand On Armenian Issues
Date : Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:10:20 +0500 ANC-PAC PRAISES REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FOR STAND ON ARMENIAN ISSUES armradio.am 08.07.2008 12:06 Supporters of the Armenian National Committee - Political Action Committee ...
Workplace injury data 'grossly inaccurate'
Federal regulators should stop relying solely on employers to honestly report work-related injuries and illnesses, experts said Thursday.
In the Business of Building Schools
Posted by: Michele Bachmann at 1:07 PM This afternoon, the House is scheduled to take up H.R. 3021, the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act.
Following Friday's press conference at the Eastern Sierra Regional Airport in Bishop in which McKeon offered details on his H.R. No.
Group feels 'betrayed' by Buck McKeon
But there are Eastern Sierra residents who are not only feeling hot under the collar at McKeon's bipartisan effort to gain wilderness protection and wild and scenic river status for locations within Inyo, Mono ...
McKeon bill protects 42,000 acres
With four condors flying directly over him as if on cue, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon unveiled sweeping legislation at the Bear Divide Picnic Area in the Angeles National Forest Thursday morning to protect nearly ...
CHRISTINA EICHELKRAUT / PVT A standing-room-only crowd greeted the members of the Incorporation Advisory Board as it opened discussion of the controversial measure.
Let's Let Friends In High Places Know We Appreciate Them
The big raid May 13th on Postville, IA's kosher abattoir had its origins several years ago at San Franciso International Airport in an interview of an arriving Chinese family by U.S. immigration inspectors that ...
ICE defends increase in workplace raids
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement official on Tuesday defended escalating workplace raids to arrest undocumented workers - operations that Democratic congressional critics say leave immigrants' children in ...
Congressional Committee Vote to Impact 7,500 Jobs in California
“We're also proud that Northrop Grumman can provide an economic boost to California .”
The committee, which includes Californians Loretta Sanchez, Ellen O. Tauscher , Susan Davis , Duncan Hunter and Buck McKeon among its members, will consider funding for the KC-45, the U.S. Air Force's next ... via Earth Times
Debt Waived For WWII Vet After KNBC Airs Story
“I can sleep tonight. Don't worry”
Thanks to a U.S. congressman, help is on the way for a retired World War II veteran. via KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4
Rising textbook costs alienate new college students
A mass e-mail was sent out to NAU students Monday regarding a national press conference calling for free textbooks. via JackCentral.com
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“This bill is a first step to prevent a crisis in the student loan program, and its consideration has come not a minute too soon”
The U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation to ensure that the turmoil in the U.S. credit markets does not prevent any students or parents from accessing the financial ... via Inland Empire California