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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.
Air Products and Chemicals Inc., an industrial and medical gas supplier, spent $450,000 in the third quarter to lobby Congress on clean energy issues, according to a recent disclosure report. The Allentown, Pa.-based company lobbied on clean air and clean... United States Congress - Air pollution - Green energy - Environment - Air Products & Chemicals
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner affirmed Wednesday the administration's intent to soon end the $700 billion financial bailout program. Geithner did not provide details, but said the government is close to the point at which "we can wind down this program"... United States Secretary of the Treasury - Timothy Geithner - United States Congress - Financial crisis - Business
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday to provide Americans in the path of dangerous storms with life-saving warnings.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Democrats on the House Energy Committee said Wednesday they are concerned the derivatives bills pending in the U.S. House of Representatives could usurp some of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's authority by giving it to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABC 4 News) - Congressman Jim Matheson's bill banning the importation of foreign nuclear waste was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. HR 515—the Radioactive Import Deterrence Act—passed by a 309 to 112 vote. The bill prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from issuing a license to authorize the importation of low-level radioactive waste or ...
When Air Force One jets off to Co penhagen next week, clouds of greenhouse gases billowing in its wake, the president would be wise to recall why the US Senate voted 95-0 against the Kyoto Protocol in 1997: It required huge economic sacrifice from A...
First-term Macomb County Commissioner Ken Lampar plans to announce publicly his candidacy for the state House of Representatives on Thursday. Lampar, a 52-year-old Democrat, said he plans to run for the 30th District seat, which covers Utica and northern Sterling Heights and currently is held by Republican Tory Rocca.
Obama's Afghan plan ensures what was already inevitable: The cost of the wars in that country and Iraq is about to exceed $1 trillion. Less certain for Congress is how to pay for it. Iraq - United States Congress - Afghanistan - Congress - Asia
FAIRBANKS - Alaska state representatives have confirmed Tammie Wilson’s appointment to the House of Representatives. Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell will lead Wilson’s swearing-in ceremony Thursday in Fa...
Another Republican announces his candidacy for U.S. Congress in Minnesota&# read more
Highlights of GAO-10-286T, a testimony before the Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives
The U.S. Congress likely will need to pass a separate spending bill next year to pay for President Barack Obama's troop increase in Afghanistan, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said on Tuesday.
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 U.S. Senate has unanimously confirmed the nation's first Vietnamese-American woman to serve on the federal bench.
The No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives said on Tuesday he supports raising the United States' debt ceiling to a high enough level so lawmakers will not have to boost it again before the November 2010 congressional elections.
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