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U.S. Senate passes bipartisan FDA funding bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday showed near-unanimous support for a bill that helps fund the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a regulatory powerhouse with sweeping influence over the foods Americans eat and the medicines they take....Tags: Johnson & Johnson Inc., Democratic Party, Health, Lobbying, Republican Party
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UPDATE 1-U.S. Senate passes bipartisan FDA funding bill
Reuters* Authorizes industry fees that help fund FDA * Senate voted 96-1 in favor of bill * Includes new law to prevent drug shortages By Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday showed near-unanimous support for a bill that...Tags: Johnson & Johnson Inc., Democratic Party, Health, Lobbying, Republican Party
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Change we can believe in: Scrap the dollar bill
Americans embrace innovation. It is in our DNA. We are always on the lookout for new ways to do something faster, cheaper, better. From the horse and buggy to the automobile; from the rotary telephone to the iPhone, we're always willing to embrace...
Tags: Small Businesses, Business, John McCain, Foreign Exchange Market, Mike Enzi
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The case against funding studies on alternative medical therapies
As if Dr. Paul Offit hasn’t made enough enemies already by insisting (correctly) that parents put their kids’ health at risk when they refuse to get them vaccinated, now the infectious disease expert appears to be picking a fight with those...
Tags: AIDS, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Chicago Tribune, Health, Aspirin (drug)
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Relabeled Roll-Your-Own-Tobacco Costing Feds, States $1.3 Billion in Lost Revenues
The Hartford CourantTobacco manufacturers that re-label roll-your-own cigarette tobacco as pipe tobacco are cheating federal and state authorities out of an estimated $1.3 billion in lost state and federal tax revenues, according to a report released Wednesday by the Centers...Tags: Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Frank Lautenberg, Tobacco Products, Dick Durbin
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Falling wage growth adds gloom to jobs picture, labor group says
WASHINGTON -- Declining wage growth is adding to the discouraging employment picture, leaving cash-strapped workers unable to help boost the recovery, the National Employment Law Project said. One big way lawmakers could help is to raise the minimum wage...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Let's beef up Social Security benefits instead of cutting them
Advocates for strengthening Social Security have come to dread the release of the annual report of the program's trustees. That's because the event has become the basis for more hand-wringing about Social Security's fiscal condition and calls to cut...Tags: Bankruptcy, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Michael Hiltzik
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Bill would strengthen new GI Bill
What if the military gave every service member an expensive car as a reward for honorable service, but they could take delivery only at night and the headlights didn't work? Many of those gift cars might end up damaged. Something similar is happening...Tags: Veterans Affairs, September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, For-Profit Colleges, Teaching and Learning
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Nostalgic look at 1992 to cheer Republicans
Change of SubjectUpdated and expanded In March 1992, George H.W. Bush was leading Clinton in head to head polls as Obama now leads Romney. The problem with finding too much hope in such a number is that GHWB's overall approval number was...... -
Nelson: Cap farm payments to mega-farms
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Sens. Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Tim Johnson of South Dakota are part of a bipartisan group of senators who will seek to cap federal farm payments to large farming operations. The group plans to introduce a measure to...Tags: Democratic Party, Ben Nelson, Mike Enzi, Charles Grassley, Kirsten Gillibrand
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Cardin, Mikulski urge Obama to speed withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Baltimore SunSens. Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to speed the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. The Maryland Democrats joined a group of 24 senators in declaring the mission in Afghanistan...Tags: International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, Highway Transportation, Leon Panetta, Democratic Party
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U.S. senator asks for UMUC records
The chairman of the U.S. Senate education committee asked the chancellor of Maryland's state university system Monday to hand over records on enrollment and workplace practices at the University of Maryland University College, where president Susan...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Career and Workplace, University System of Maryland, Teaching and Learning, University of Maryland, College Park
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