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I have been thinking a lot about what it takes to sensitize non-feminist folk to issues that have broad implications for women.

In this photo taken from pool video via APTN, the final vote the health care bill 3962 is shown as members of the house attend the vote on Saturday Nov.

New lines: A redrawn 3rd Congressional District linking most of Muskegon and Kent counties could elect a Democrat in 2012.

" The Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act , or the SKILLs Act, was re-introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives this week with support from both sides of the aisle.

Two local lawmakers say they'll be in the "no" column if House Democrats call for a vote today on a $1 trillion health-care measure that would cover 36 million uninsured people and create a government health plan.

Michigan's AARP director says the nation's largest senior group won't be stifled in the health care debate by Republicans claiming a conflict of interest because the organization receives insurance royalties on health plans.

This article originally appeared in SLJ's Extra Helping. Sign up now! By Debra Lau Whelan -- School Library Journal, 11/2/2009 2:05:00 PM The SKILLs Act is back as an independent stand-alone bill - not as it was originally introduced in 2007 as a part of the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind .

Robert and Caroline Deppe were not eager to embark on a newly independent life as empty nesters when their four kids grew up.

Who are the the DIABLOs ? Who are the RINOs ? Unfortunately, the American Conservative Union's rankings are pretty useless.

Just this week, the House of Representatives unanimously approved H. Res. 558, a resolution introduced by Vernon Ehlers , supporting computer science and the designation of a National Computer Science Education Week.

A bill authorizing $2.25 billion for solar research over the next five years, passed through a key House subcommittee.

Aviation user fees still loom on the White House agenda for 2011, but leaders of the House aviation subcommittee are informing the president that the plan would be rejected in Congress.

Al Timmerman, owner of Titletown Jet Centre at Austin Straubel International Airport in Ashwaubenon, rattles off the services the business provides daily to pilots and business travelers: Charter services, flight instruction, maintenance, air ambulance and conference facilities, to name just a few.

The National Business Aviation Association today welcomed the introduction of legislation, H.R. 3678, sponsored by Rep.

Requires the inclusion of social and behavioral research at NSF as part of the cybersecurity research portfolio Specifically includes 'identity management' as an area of research that should be supported in a cybersecurity research portfolio Requires NSF to create a postdoctoral fellowship program in cybersecurity Authorizes a cybersecurity ...

Extra time: Myndee Menger, of Shelby, outside the Unemployment Insurance Agency on Plainfield Avenue NE, has been out of work for six months.

With NASA in a budget crisis, the US faces a historic choice between boosting human space exploration like President Kennedy did in the 1960s or confining astronauts to low-Earth orbit like President Nixon did a decade later, former NASA chief Mike Griffin told a congressional committee on Tuesday.

In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: First Vote of the Week... Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Last Vote Predicted... Thursday p.m. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2009 The House is not in session.

As the sun glared down on Calder Plaza Thursday in downtown Grand Rapids, loyal supporters of President Barack Obama's health care reform initiative gave testimonials, expressed optimism and then marched over to the Gerald R. Ford Federal Building.

Leaders of the House aviation subcommittee told the Transportation Security Administration March 10 that they are unconvinced that the agency's proposed Large Aircraft Security Program is necessary.