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12 hrs ago | The Hill

Senators jump onboard toxic chemical bill

"Senate support is growing for the Chemical Safety Improvement Act, which creates an effective approach for screening all chemicals for safety and acting on those found to be dangerous," Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Frank Lautenberg, Tom Harkin, Patty Murray, Senator Mark Begich, Republican, David Vitter

19 hrs ago | American Institute of Physics

Senate Hearing on Helium Reserve Highlights Important Program for Researchers

Bills to revise current legislation governing the nation's helium reserve managed by the Bureau of Land Management are moving through Congress.

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Related Topix: Penn State University Park, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

23 hrs ago | Christian Science Monitor

The race against time for liquefied natural gas

Pipelines run from the offshore docking station to four liquefied natural gas tanks at a facility in Cove Point, Md.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Ron Wyden, Democrat

Yesterday | The Advocate

Congressional hearings look at fracking

Federal lawmakers held several congressional hearings and meetings this week trying to get a handle on supporting the economic development while protecting the environment.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Democrat, Republican, Representative Cedric Richmond, US House of Representatives, Mary Landrieu, Louisiana

Thu May 23, 2013

The Hill

Business groups come out in force against 'Follow the Money Act'

More than 170 business groups sent a letter to the Senate on Thursday urging lawmakers to oppose new campaign finance reform legislation that they said would curtail First Amendment rights.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Democrat, Republican

The Brainerd Daily Dispatch

Wyden: FracFocus a 'constructive' tool on drilling

A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a "constructive" tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Democrat, New York, Republican

Vineyard Gazette Online

National Geographic Documentary Celebrates Heroes of Front Lines and Derby

Last fall a group of nine soldiers arrived in Menemsha to compete in the Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal, Vineyard, CA, Pop/Rock, The Nixons, Mary Landrieu, US News, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, US Politics

Washington Times

Sarah Palin for the Senate? Tea Party says: Run, Sarah, Run

The Tea Party wants former Alaska governor Sarah Palin to join their favorites in the Senate, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Tea Party, US News, Tea Party, US Governors, Sarah Palin, US Politics, Senator Mark Begich, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Senator Ted Cruz

Wed May 22, 2013

Washington Examiner

Senate committee advances NLRB nominees over GOP objections

Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee members approved the nominations of the White House's five picks to run the National Labor Relations Board.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Tom Harkin, Democrat

KTOO-TV Juneau

Executives push feds for export approval

The Senate Energy Committee is holding a series of so-called "forums on natural gas." To the uninitiated, they sure look like typical Congressional hearings.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

KTOO-TV Juneau

Alaska gets waiver from No Child Left Behind

Visiting Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio, Jan. 8, 2002, President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Hamilton, OH, George Bush, W., Family, Kids

Tue May 21, 2013

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Archive

A U.S. Coast Guard panel completed the first day of hearings planned for the agency's inquiry into the grounding of the Shell drillship Kulluk last Dec.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Umiat, AK

Progressive Farmer

Senate Farm Bill Clears Hurdle in SNAP Votes

Democrats in the U.S. Senate sent a message to House Republicans Tuesday that the upper chamber won't accept significantly higher cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Pat Roberts, Thad Cochran, Debbie Stabenow, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Roll Call

Go Fish! With These Senators and Wounded Vets

As Memorial Day approaches, several media outlets are ramping up their coverage of veterans and particularly the effects of two recent long-running wars.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, John McCain, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat

Mon May 20, 2013

Politico

Time to shed light on disclosure bill

For a bill supposedly about "disclosure," Sens. Ron Wyden and Lisa Murkowski gave surprisingly few details about their Follow the Money Act in their POLITICO op-ed, . While they wrote in broad generalities about requiring "full transparency on the part of independent political spenders," they had already articulated that principle in a Washington ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Democrat, Republican, Opinion

Fri May 17, 2013

SFGate

Senate confirms Orrick as federal judge

A divided U.S. Senate confirmed on Wednesday the nomination of William Orrick III , a former top immigration lawyer in President Obama's Justice Department , to the federal court in San Francisco.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake, Susan Collins, Republican

Thu May 16, 2013

Alaska Journal of Commerce

BLM to tackle four high-risk abandoned wells this year

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management released a plan May 8 identifying 50 abandoned wells in the Alaska Arctic that it believes require clean-up by the agency.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Alaska, US Military, US Navy, Barrow, AK, Sean Parnell, US Governors

Politico

Senate greenlights Moniz nomination

Even in a bitterly divided Capitol, Democrats and Republicans joined together Thursday in a sweeping vote to confirm Ernest Moniz as Energy secretary.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican

Wed May 15, 2013

ENR-Engineering News-Record

Senators Optimistic About Prospects for Energy Effiency Bill

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on May 8 approved S.761 by a voice vote.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Ron Wyden, Democrat, Senator Rob Portman, Ohio

Bloomberg

IRS Sent Same Letter to Democrats That Fed Tea Party Row

The Internal Revenue Service , under pressure after admitting it targeted anti-tax Tea Party groups for scrutiny in recent years, also had its eye on at least three Democratic-leaning organizations seeking nonprofit status.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Non-Profit, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Democrat, Republican