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THOMASVILLE — A Thomas County man who decided three years ago to seek the Second District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives announced his candidacy Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Congress must do more to ensure immigrants facing deportation have access to all the benefits of the legal system, Human Rights Watch said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would stop radioactive waste from being transported into the United States from foreign countries.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House of Representatives began debating the soon-to-expire federal estate tax, the focus of a partisan battle over how much the government should claim from fortunes bequeathed by multimillionaires.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved an amendment favored by Democrats that is intended to boost women's health efforts, while Senate Democrats stayed nearly unified on an early abortion litmus test on health overhaul legislation.
A 45% tax rate will be charged on estates larger than $3.5 million, or $7 million for married couples, under the provisions of a bill the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a 225-200 vote Thursday. If similar legislation is passed by the Senate, it would cancel the one-year estate-tax repeal scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1. After 2010, current law has the estate-tax rate reverting to a ...
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House of Representatives begins debate today on the soon-to-expire federal estate tax, the focus of a partisan battle over how much the government should claim from fortunes bequeathed by multimillionaires.
A key congressional committee approved the final pieces of sweeping legislation Wednesday to overhaul the nation's financial regulatory system, setting the stage for a vote in the House of Representatives next week on one of President Obama's top priorities.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is in Washington making the case for a series of job creation initiatives under discussion by the Obama administration and Congress. Granholm met with Obama officials and members of Congress, including House Speaker Nancy... Michigan - Washington - Presidency of Barack Obama - United States Congress - United States
Part of health care reform proposal.
A bill introduced to the state House of Representatives could increase faculty representation on the University’s Board of Trustees. State Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-103, introduced House Bill 4688 on Nov. 23, which will increase the Board of Trustees’ members from 12 to 15.
In 2005, 75,144 women were diagnosed with some type of gynecologic cancer. In 2006, The House of Representatives recognized September as Gynecologic Awareness Month to increasing public awareness about ways to prevent, detect and treat gynecologic cancers.
Congressman, Jim Matheson is one step closer to getting what he wants when the House of Representatives approved the bill that will ban imports of radioactive waste for disposal in the U.S. and Utah. Utah company, Energy Solutions wants to import 20 tons of low level waste from Italy for it to be processed in Tennessee and buried in Utah's west desert. It has been a long and heated debate ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in the House of Representatives pointed to controversial e-mails leaked from climate scientists and said it was evidence of corruption. Top administration scientists looking at the same thing found no such sign, saying it does not change that the world is getting warmer. The e-mails from a British university's climate center were obtained by computer hackers and ...
A US House of Representatives committee has approved key regulatory legislation intended to curb the harmful economic effects of financial services institutions deemed "too big to fail."
Congressman John Salazar , D-Colo., introduced the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday in Washington, paving the way for more protection of more than 60,000 acres in the Telluride region.
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