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U.S. House votes to force approval of Keystone pipeline
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved a bill as expected on Wednesday declaring that a presidential permit was not needed to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska leg of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a move that would take a decision on...Tags: White House, U.S. Department of State, TransCanada Corporation, U.S. Senate, Keystone XL Pipeline
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OPINION: Q&A with Carlos Gutierrez
Detroit Free PressDuring his tenure as President George W. Bush's Secretary of Commerce, Cuban-born Carlos Gutierrez was the Bush administration's point man on immigration reform. Gutierrez, a former chairman and CEO of Kellogg, advised GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney...Tags: Immigration, Government, Social Issues, U.S. Senate, Regional Authority
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Walorski, Upton vote to repeal health care law
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Jimtown, was among 227 House Republicans and two House Democrats to vote Thursday to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The vote was 229-195 in favor of repeal. Four Democrats...
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U.S. House panel questions resignation of top FDA official
ReutersBy Toni Clarke May 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel is investigating the circumstances surrounding the resignation from the Food and Drug Administration of its acting deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco. In a...Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Diabetes, Harvard Medical School, Republican Party, Science and Technology
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US senator says Sebelius should stop healthcare fundraising
Reuters* House Republicans seek identity of companies contacted * Senate Republican calls on Sebelius to cease fund-raising By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - An Obama administration effort to raise private donations to help implement President...Tags: Lawyers, Laws, U.S. Senate, Cigna Corporation, Healthcare Industry
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Upton, NRC to visit Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Monday
VAN BUREN COUNTY -- Michigan Congressman Fred Upton, R- St. Joseph, along with a commissioner from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will head to southwest Michigan today, to get a first-hand look at the troubled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Van...
Tags: Entergy Corporation, Nuclear Power, Manufacturing and Engineering, Defense Equipment, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Walorski joins fellow Republicans, votes in favor of overtime bill
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski voted this week in favor of a bill that would allow private-sector employees to trade overtime pay for paid time off at the same rate of 1.5 hours per hour of overtime worked. The bill passed by a vote of 223-204 with mostly...Tags: Employees, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Jackie Walorski, Politics
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Palisades water tank leak drawing attention
South Bend Tribune, Ind.The entry into Lake Michigan of 79 gallons of what officials at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission describe as "very slightly radioactive" water has drawn its share of attention, very little of it positive. The...Tags: Entergy Corporation, Nuclear Power, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Plant Closings, The Huffington Post
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The high cost of tailpipe emissions
It isn't hard to recognize an example of false economy in the average household budget. The vegetable gardener who spends $500 on supplies to produce $12 in produce, the inexpensive home repair that falls apart in a month or the avid shopper who saves...
Tags: Gina McCarthy, Consumers, Arable Farming, Gasoline Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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St. Joseph Harbor to get US funding for dredging
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Fred Upton says emergency federal funding will be used to dredge St. Joseph Harbor for the second straight year. The St. Joseph Republican made the announcement Friday. The dredging is necessary because of Lake...
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Scaling the fiscal cliff
The optimism expressed early in the week on both sides of Washington’s political aisle for a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, lamentably, has waned. If last November’s failure of the “supercommittee” to reach a grand...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Joe Donnelly, Joe Donnelly, Fiscal Cliff
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Walorski discusses debt ceiling, federal pay
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- Newly elected U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski spoke to The Tribune on Thursday about her vote to suspend the federal debt ceiling, federal pay and other fiscal issues facing the 113th Congress. Along with 86 Democrats and 199 Republicans,...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Politics, Government, Barack Obama
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