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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: Barack Obama, White House, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, TransCanada Corporation
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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: Mitt Romney, Illegal Immigrants, Rick Snyder, Regional Authority, G8
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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...
Tags: Jackie Walorski, U.S. Congress, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party
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RPT-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: Science and Technology, Medical Research, Margaret Hamburg, Harvard Medical School, Republican Party
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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: Private Health Care, Barack Obama, Aetna Inc., Physical Fitness and Exercise, Washington, DC
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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: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Entergy Corporation, Manufacturing and Engineering, Defense Equipment, Nuclear Power
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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: Jackie Walorski, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, U.S. Congress, Employees
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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: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Plant Closings, The Huffington Post, Entergy Corporation, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
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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: Asthma, Barack Obama, Environmental Politics, Arable Farming, Environmental Issues
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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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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: Barack Obama, Public Finance, Public Employees, U.S. Congress, Republican Party
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Talk of GOP primaries follows 'fiscal cliff' vote
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in Congress who took the politically risky step of voting to raise taxes now find themselves trying to fend off potential primary challenges next year from angry conservatives. These lawmakers wasted little time...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Tom Harkin, U.S. Congress, Politics
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