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3 hrs ago | 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

7 hrs ago | 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

State Department

Secretary's Remarks: Remarks at the Arctic Council Ministerial Session

Thank you very much, Minister Bildt, and thank you for hosting this important event.

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

Tue May 14, 2013

Cybercast News Service

Collusion and Corruption at the IRS

They say there are only two sure things in life: death and taxes. Try as we might, it's virtually impossible to escape the clutches of the Grim Reaper or the Tax Man.

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Related Topix: Tax, Representative Jim Jordan, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Democrat

Mon May 13, 2013

The Daily Caller

Obama administration lays out new arctic drilling plan

The Obama administration recently laid out a new plan for Arctic drilling that focuses on protecting the environment and bolstering international agreements as melting ice allows for more commerce and development.

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Related Topix: Environment, Science, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Conservative Political News

KickingTires

Legislation Would Ground Recalled Rental Cars

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators last week introduced a bill that would prohibit rental-car companies from renting or selling vehicles with an open manufacturer's recall.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Charles Schumer, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Barbara Boxer, Claire McCaskill

Roll Call

Sarah Palin Leads Senate Poll for Alaska GOP Primary

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has a small lead over two likely Republican Senate candidates in a hypothetical primary matchup, according to a GOP poll .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Mark Begich, US Governors, Democrat, Sarah Palin, Tea Party

Fri May 10, 2013

Domestic Fuel

MLP Parity Could Boost Renewable Energy Projects

Legislation has been re-introduced in Congress that would give investors in renewable energy projects access to a corporate structure currently only available for fossil fuel-based energy projects.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Chris Coons, Senator Jerry Moran, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jerry Moran, Debbie Stabenow, Democrat, Ted Poe

McClatchy

Obama administration outlines new policy for protecting, drilling in the Arctic

The Obama administration on Friday released a national strategy for the Arctic in advance of Secretary of State John Kerry's trip next week to Sweden to attend a conference of eight polar nations.

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Related Topix: US News, Environment, Science, Prison, US Politics, Senator Mark Begich, US Senate, Republican, Democrat

The Miami Herald

The Hmong, Vietnam era allies, honor their dead from a long-ago war

Many lifetimes ago, in the Vietnam War, they had fought alongside U.S. forces. Now, they are grandfathers, resettled refugees living in places like California’s Central Valley.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Jim Costa, Democrat, Sacramento, CA, US Senate, Republican

Kansas City InfoZine

McCaskill Introduces Bill; Take Recalled Rental Cars Off the Road Until Repaired

While existing law already prohibits car dealers from selling new cars that are under safety recalls, no laws keep rental car companies from renting these types of vehicles to consumers.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Charles Schumer, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Barbara Boxer, Claire McCaskill