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WASHINGTON For nearly two hours last September, members of a House science committee hammered Norm Augustine, the head of a White House panel reviewing NASA's space plans.

In this undated file photo, the invasive species silver carp, a variety of the Asian carp, is pictured by the Illinois River in central Illinois.

Canton officials, facing fierce competition to secure a $20.3 million federal grant to reshape the traffic-snarled I-275/Ford Road interchange, took their battle to Washington, D.C., last week amid hopes of garnering support.

"It is really important for us to understand the 'when" of this," said Brain Baird , chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment to a panel of witnesses testifying last month about fusion energy research.

We are pleased to inform you that the Congressional General Aviation Caucus was recently formed in the U.S. House and Senate.

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 ...