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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, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Environmental Politics
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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...
Tags: U.S. Army
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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: Fiscal Cliff, Joe Donnelly, Public Finance, Joe Donnelly, Politics
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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: Elections, Public Employees, Public Finance, Politics, Government
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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: Tom Harkin, Elections, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Parties and Movements, Paul Ryan
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Fiscal cliff looms for Congress
South Bend TribuneAs most Americans shift into holiday mode, members of Congress are going back to work this week. They have some important work to finish before the end of the year. The fiscal cliff -- a $600 billion combination of tax hikes and spending cuts -- is...Tags: George W. Bush, Fiscal Cliff, Joe Donnelly, Government Health Care, Politics
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BioWatch's many bugs
It's possible that not every problem has a technological solution. That will come as a shock to U.S. policymakers, who since the 9/11 terrorist attacks have invested in multiple technologies to protect us from evildoers. Some have been a success, while...
Tags: George W. Bush, Tularemia , U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Bioterrorism, Janet Napolitano
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BioWatch documents demanded
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Department and other federal officials responsible for BioWatch, the nationwide system for detecting deadly biological attacks, have withheld key documents sought by a congressional committee, according to the panel's...Tags: George W. Bush, Democratic National Convention (2008), U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Disease Prevention, Bioterrorism
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FDA seeks more authority amid meningitis outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration asked Congress Wednesday for more authority to police pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak, even as lawmakers questioned why the agency didn't do more with...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Margaret Hamburg, Food and Drug Administration, Cliff Stearns
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Lawmakers issue subpoena for pharmacy director
WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers have issued a subpoena for the director of the Massachusetts pharmacy linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak. The subpoena comes after Barry Cadden, co-founder of New England Compounding Center, indicated through...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Food and Drug Administration, Hampshire, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington, DC
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3 races key to Mich. Congress delegation control
DETROIT (AP) — Republicans are heading into Election Day with a two-seat majority in Michigan's congressional delegation and high hopes of maintaining the edge, but three surprisingly close races have Democrats eyeing a previously unexpected...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Crime, Law and Justice, Candice Miller, Elections, Dave Camp
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Upton faces familiar foe in 6th District GOP race
DETROIT (AP) — First elected to Congress a quarter-century ago as a moderate Republican, House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton has been moving steadily to the right in recent years. The question facing GOP primary voters on Aug. 7 is...Tags: Gerald Ford, Tea Party Movement, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Elections, Social Sciences
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