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A faint echo of 9/11
WASHINGTON -- The morning after the Boston Marathon bombings, Ben Cardin, the first speaker on the Senate floor after leaders opened the day's session, marked the national crisis with some heartfelt thoughts on … school libraries. "Across the...
Tags: School Examinations, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, John Boehner, Glenn W. Thompson
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New bill would ease state-federal pot conflict
SEATTLE (AP) — A bill introduced in Congress on Friday would fix the conflict between the federal government's marijuana prohibition and state laws that allow medical or recreational use. California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said his bill,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Health Treatments, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Justin Amash
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Forcing the feds' hand on marijuana [Blowback]
In opposing HR 689, a bill by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) to federally reclassify marijuana as most other legal prescription drugs and remove oversight from the Drug Enforcement Administration and give it to the states, The Times states in its Feb. 28...Tags: Politics, Lou Gehrig, Research, Science and Technology, Health Treatments
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The right way to regulate pot
Political movements like the tea party may come and go, but the pot party seems to get stronger with every national election, putting the federal government in an increasingly untenable position. To date, more than one-third of the states and the...
Tags: National Government, Politics, Health Treatments, Tea Party Movement, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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Protect Our Prairies Act creates a nationwide ĀSodsaverĀ provision
Washington, DC - On Feb. 14, Representatives Kristi Noem (R-SD) and Tim Walz (D-MN), along with six additional cosponsors, introduced bipartisan legislation that would protect our nation's remaining native prairies and prime grasslands. The Protect...Tags: Environmental Issues, Politics, Kristi Noem, Bennie G. Thompson, Congressional Budget Office
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Rohrabacher wants federal pot laws to mirror states'
Citing concerns about resources wasted on the enforcement of an inconsistent patchwork of marijuana regulation, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) plans to introduce a bill that would require the federal government to mirror individual states' pot...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Dana Rohrabacher
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Judge rules against Oakland in medical marijuana lawsuit
L.A. NOWA U.S. magistrate judge on Thursday sided with federal prosecutors in dismissing a lawsuit by the city of Oakland that challenged as illegal federal attempts to shutter the nation’s largest medical marijuana dispensary. In filing the suit last... -
Boehner cancels House vote as 'Plan B' falls short of GOP support
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner abruptly called off a vote on his “Plan B” tax proposal late Thursday, a stunning political defeat after GOP leaders failed to round up support for his alternative to a broader budget deal...Tags: Democratic Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Justice System, Lobbying
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Jobs versus health: a false choice
Why are power plants worth more than the health of 140,000 Maryland children afflicted with asthma? What about pregnant women eating mercury-tainted fish from the Chesapeake Bay? How could their risk be scored so low compared to a utility plant's profit?...Tags: Environmental Issues, Economy, Business and Finance, Air Pollution, Metal and Mineral, Chesapeake Bay
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Sarah Palin's vacation irks Oregon congressman; Michele Bachmann's camp says Palin's not serious
Top of the TicketSarah Palin is treated like any other award-winning actor says the National Park service... -
Obama's secret plan: Governing by regulation
— Most people don't remember ObamaCare's notorious Section 1233, mandating government payments for end-of-life counseling. It aroused so much anxiety as a possible first slippery step on the road to state-mandated late-life rationing that the Senate...Tags: Charles Krauthammer, Health, U.S. Department of the Interior, Government Health Care, The Washington Post
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Home buyer tax credit might be extended for service members
Will Congress extend the wildly popular $8,000 home buyer tax credit beyond its Dec. 1 expiration date?
That's a question generating huge pressure on Capitol Hill from would-be buyers who haven't found the right house as well as from realty agents,...Tags: Credit and Debt, Democratic Party, Politics, Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Buyers
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Sep 26, 2009
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