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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.
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.
Rep. Mac Thornberry , R-Clarendon, has filed for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Thornberry’s 13th District includes Wichita Falls and much of North Texas and the Panhandle.“These are difficult and challenging times,” Thornberry said in a news release announcing the filing. “This is a critical time for our nation, and, thankfully, our citizens are more engaged than ever. That ...
Local lawmakers said they were sad to see state House Speaker Glenn Richardson resign after a suicide attempt and allegations of an affair with a lobbyist. But they said the resignation should have little impact on the House of Representatives during the next session.
The House of Representatives is calling for the Treasury Department to build a standard, Web-accessible database of bank bailout information.
Healthcare reforms working their way through the U.S. Congress will help slow rising medical costs but more will have to be done in coming years, a top Obama administration official said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — The broadest revamp of financial regulation in seven decades cleared a key congressional committee Wednesday and will move next week to debate on the floor of the House of Representatives.
The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday afternoon passed a bill that would permanently extend the estate tax rate and exemption at 2009 levels, according to the Michigan Nonprofit Association.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution this week, “encouraging” lenders and mortgage servicers to offer temporary forbearance to homeowners affected by Chinese drywall.
The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Space & Aeronautics held a hearing yesterday on the issue of how to ensure the future safety of human flight into space for both commercial and governmental agencies. The hearing was attended by a number of witnesses that represented NASA, one from the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, the CEO [...]
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