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Alleged fraud puts immigrants in limbo
Carlos Cianflone played with son Luca, 4, in Malden. His wife, Kelly, says 40 of their friends or neighbors are fearful over the worker petitions.
DOE awards $750K to Marine Renewable Energy Center
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's Advanced Technology Manufacturing Center received another spark last week to power its research in marine energy in the form of a direct appropriation from the federal government.
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Assistant Attorney General Ron Weich Announces Leadership Team in the Office of Legislative Affairs
Ronald Weich, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Office of Legislative Affairs today announced two new members of the Office's leadership team.
Fed stimulus cash coming to the Cape
The Cape is going to receive more than $2 million in federal stimulus money for nonprofit community health centers and an environmental project in Brewster, according to U.S. Rep.
Conference on possible Tampa-Cuba business relationships
On Saturday, approximately 130 people packed into the historic Italian Club in Ybor City to hear a day-long discussion on improving Tampaa s trade and travel relations with Cuba.
Idled transit task force to resume work
Being "in transit" is being neither here nor there, so the Cape Cod Transit Task Force, dormant for several years, re-energized itself at a two-plus-hour "reunion" last week to continue "being" here guiding the Cape's public transportation infrastructure into the techno-future of electronic git-go. Bolstered by a review of what the task force ...
Congress still looking at Ashcroft's very lucrative no-bid legal work for former subordinate
Submitted by .Sean on June 28, 2009 - 11:58am On Thursday of last week, NJ GOP Gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie was called to testify before Congress about his practice of awarding no-bid contracts when he was US Attorney in New Jersey.
Kennedy works from Hyannis Port
With its white clapboard walls, sloping lawns and broad porches, the famed Kennedy family compound on Cape Cod boasts commanding views of Nantucket Sound's shimmering waters.
Benefits of trade with Cuba discussed at anti-embargo seminar in Tampa
Tampa has much to gain if trade and travel with Cuba are opened. So said several speakers Saturday at an Ybor City seminar at the Italian Club, where about 120 business and political leaders gathered to discuss the issue.
Continue reading "Congress disagrees over watchdogs' role"
There is broad agreement in Congress that government regulators failed to protect Americans from subprime mortgages and other risky credit products.
House reviews Obama administration's consumer financial protection agency proposal
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services recently held a hearing to review "Regulatory Restructuring: Enhancing Consumer Financial Products Regulation." The committee, chaired by Rep.
Two Mass. politicians want more oversight
Two Massachusetts elected officials testified in Washington Wednesday in favor of more oversight of financial services companies, the Cape Cod Times reports.
Christie defends choice of Ashcroft for no-bid contract
Congressional Democrats today blasted New Jersey's former top federal prosecutor, Chris Christie, for choosing a firm headed by his one-time boss, John Ashcroft, to monitor a company accused of corporate crime.
Delahunt, Galvin support consumer safety net
Two Massachusetts political figures were in Washington, D.C., yesterday to testify before a congressional committee considering changes in the way consumer financial products are regulated.
Rep. Delahunt to Introduce Companion to Webb Crime Bill
Delahunt, the senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said that reform of the American justice system should begin with a broad look at drug policy.
Bipartisan 'Travel Promotion Act' Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives
Senate Debating Companion Legislation to Add $4 Billion in Economic Stimulus, Reduce Federal Budget Deficit by $425 Billion The U.S. Travel Association today praised Representatives William Delahunt and Roy Blunt for introducing the "Travel Promotion Act of 2009" - much-needed legislation to create thousands of new jobs and boost economic growth ...
Blunt Re-Introduces Travel Promotion Act
Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. , issued the following news release: Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt joined Congressman Bill Delahunt to introduce the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, H.R. 2935, legislation aimed at enhancing America's status as a first-rate tourist destination, and reversing what has become a long-term decline in travel to the United States.
Travel Promotion Act's passage imminent
The Travel Promotion Act, S. 1023, moved to the Senate floor for debate and is expected to come up for a vote within days, perhaps as early as Friday.
Rep. Delahunt to Visit Bermuda on Uighur Fact-Finding Trip
Rep. Bill Delahunt, D-Mass., wants to interview the former Guantanamo Bay detainees who have settled in Bermuda.
Report Cites Continued Weaknesses in US Broadcasting to Cuba
U.S. lawmakers have heard testimony about continuing weaknesses in U.S.-government funded television broadcasting to Cuba.