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    Apr 17, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  1. 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.
    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: Keith Ellison, Sports, Justice and Rights, Iraq War (2003-2011), U.S. Senate

    2. Apr 13, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  2. 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: Dana Rohrabacher, Laws, U.S. Department of Justice, Barack Obama, Justin Amash

    3. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. 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: Prescription Drugs, Lou Gehrig, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Science

    4. Feb 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 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.
    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: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Food and Drug Administration, Prescription Drugs, Tea Party Movement, Health Treatments

    5. Feb 22, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  5. 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: Kristi Noem, Rentals, Natural Resource Industry, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Collin Peterson

    6. Feb 19, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  6. 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: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Dana Rohrabacher, Health Treatments, Crime, Law and Justice

    7. Feb 14, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Judge rules against Oakland in medical marijuana lawsuit

    L.A. NOW
    A 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...
    8. Dec 20, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 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: Republican Party, Plan B (drug), Parties and Movements, George W. Bush, World War II (1939-1945)

    9. Sep 29, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. 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?
    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: Republican Party, Mining, Economy, Business and Finance, Air Pollution, Environmental Politics

    10. Jun 7, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Sarah Palin's vacation irks Oregon congressman; Michele Bachmann's camp says Palin's not serious

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    Sarah Palin is treated like any other award-winning actor says the National Park service...
    11. Jan 3, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. 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: The New York Times, Medicare, Medical Services, Environmental Politics, Litigation and Regulation

    12. Sep 26, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. 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?
    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: Republican Party, Homes, Harry Reid, Johnny Isakson, State Budgets

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