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  • Homeland secretary pushes immigration reform ("border security goals have been met"- BARF)


    StupidicaAuthority Authority: 163
    Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the White House point person on immigration, said Friday that Congress must provide temporary worker programs and a path to citizenship for 12 million undocumented workers when it takes up reform legislation next year. Napolitano was optimistic a reform bill could pass in ...
    1 hour ago
  • Dianne Feinstein Betrays American Workers For Cheap Electronic Toys


    Irregular Times: News Unfit for PrintAuthority Authority: 548
    Autumn seems to be the season for import loopholes in the United States Senate, as senators introduce a huge number of bills to give special exemptions from import tariffs or duties. In many cases, such as the suspension of the duty on microcrystalline anatase-type titanium dioxide asked for by Sam Brownback , ...
    2 hours ago
  • How ACORN destroyed the housing market


    StupidicaAuthority Authority: 163
    Over at the Wall Street Journal, theres a very interesting article that connects the dots between ACORN, the mortgage-lending-standard-destroying Community Reinvestment Act legislation, Fannie Mae and the eventual inflation and collapse of the housing bubble in last decade: As Allen Fishbein, currently an adviser for ...
    6 hours ago
  • Will the U.S. Scale Back at Copenhagen and Defer to Next Year?


    CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.comAuthority Authority: 477
    The Obama administration, faced with the failure of Congress to pass climate legislation before global talks in Copenhagen next month, may endorse a more limited interim agreement and defer stronger U.S. commitments until next year , according to the Washington Post . While the scaled-back agreement would fall ...
    6 hours ago
  • New Government Initiative Channels Funds through State/Local Agencies


    The Mortgage BlogAuthority Authority: 413
    As the housing crisis enters its twighlight hour, the government is still fighting tooth-and-nail to ensure its relative stability. Towards that end, it just announced a new initiative aimed at low-income borrowers. Under the new program, capital will be provided to state and local agencies (FHAs) so that they can ...
    8 hours ago
  • Draft and Full Recent Statutory Instruments Relating to Health


    Fade LibraryAuthority Authority: 146
    SI 2010 No. 000. Health Care And Associated Professions. Pharmacy. The Pharmacy Order 2010 SI 2009 No. 2862 (C. 126). Children And Young Persons, England. The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2009 Posted in Legislation, NHS, Statutory Instruments Tagged: Children, Health and Social ...
    9 hours ago
  • Letter: Ensuring Chemical Security


    NYT > TheaterAuthority Authority: 911
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    11 hours ago
  • Letter: What’s That in the Food?


    NYT > TheaterAuthority Authority: 911
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    11 hours ago
  • New Hampshire Committee Votes Against Assisted Suicide


    National Association to Stop Guardian AbuseAuthority Authority: 142
    A bill to legalize assisted suicide in New Hampshire lost key backing Tuesday from a legislative committee when both supporters and opponents joined forces to reject it. The House Judiciary Committee voted 14-3 against the bill that would let terminally ill patients over age 18 obtain lethal prescriptions, with ...
    12 hours ago
  • Selling Your House? It Could Be A Green Crime


    PA Pundits - InternationalAuthority Authority: 548
    By Andrew Bolt The Australian State of Queensland’s flailing government has now made it a crime to sell your house without first doing a big green audit: QUEENSLANDERS selling their homes will soon have to complete a 56-point questionnaire detailing the property’s environmental credentials …. Before ...
    12 hours ago
  • Editorial: Respect for Rape Victims


    NYT > TheaterAuthority Authority: 911
    Legislation to end the stubborn scandal of untested rape kits should move forward in the Senate.
    12 hours ago
  • Obama Chooses an Inner-Circle Man


    NYT > TheaterAuthority Authority: 911
    The new White House counsel is a trusted back-room adviser who was one of the first people Barack Obama hired when he arrived in Washington five years ago.
    14 hours ago
  • Breckenridge Journal: Marijuana Moves Into the Open in a Ski Town


    NYT > TheaterAuthority Authority: 911
    Dylan John smoking marijuana with Matt Irvine, center, and Josh Corbett on the balcony of the apartment they share in Breckenridge, Colo.
    15 hours ago
  • Dems jam GOP with Al Franken vote


    StupidicaAuthority Authority: 163
    When Al Franken ran for the Senate last year, the former “Saturday Night Live” star had to reassure skeptics that the fierce partisan attacks he lobbed at Republicans as an author and radio host wouldn’t define his style as a legislator. But because of one of his first pieces of legislation, Democrats now have ...
    16 hours ago
  • Obama To Focus On The Deficit In 2010


    Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & DirectoryAuthority Authority: 463
    We all know we’re on an unsustainable course with all of this spending. And this is why I voted for this guy: he’s a realist. We needed a short term shot in the arm when he first got in here, but now we have to worry about the long term consequences. Politico has more : read more
    16 hours ago
  • Go Read It: US Catholic Conference of Bishops Hypocrisy on Federal Tax Dollars & the Stupak-Pitts Amendment


    MOMocratsAuthority Authority: 458
    Not all Catholics believe the exact same thing. There are Catholics for Choice , Catholics who use contraception, and then...theres the US Conference on Catholic Bishops, which was an active, energetic force lobbying politicians to pass Stu-Pitts prior to the recent House vote on the Affordable Health Care for All ...
    17 hours ago
  • Governor Doyle Vetoed DNR Secretary Bill This Afternoon


    Gary Engberg OutdoorsAuthority Authority: 148
    We wanted to share the news with you right away. This afternoon, Governor Doyle vetoed AB 138, the bill to restore the Independent DNR Secretary.We can assure you that this fight is far from over. Early next week, we will let you know the next step of this campaign. In the meantime, [...]
    19 hours ago
  • Support the Arrowhead Reroute


    North Country Trail NewsAuthority Authority: 421
    Royal River bluff on the MN Arrowhead (photo by JHY) if you like this article, click the Blip chiclet! from Bruce Matthews, NCTA Executive Director Weve got some movement in Congress on the Arrowhead re-route legislation--please help us get this over the top in 2010! Find out how below.... Support ...
    19 hours ago
  • Let’s Have a Real Senate Debate on Health Care


    AFL-CIO NOW BLOGAuthority Authority: 652
        Alliance for Retired Americans members protested insurance companies’ anti-reform scare tactics.         Next week, the U.S. Senate is expected to begin debate on long-promised health care reform legislation. We’ve waited decades and fought hard for this moment—but progress ...
    19 hours ago
  • NYTs notable health reform infographics


    I-Tool TipsAuthority Authority: 125
    The New York Times  has produced two health reform infographics that deserve mention. The first summarizes the recent House vote on H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act . In addition to the complete tally of each house members position, the accompanying map shows the geography of ...
    20 hours ago

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