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EPA OKs E15 for More Cars
KickingTiresIt???s been more than 30 years since the Environmental Protection Agency allowed a fuel mixture of 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline in America???s vehicle fleet. Today, the federal agency took steps to increase the ethanol mix even further. The EPA......Tags: Passenger Cars, Regional Authority, Maryland, Ethanol, Benjamin L. Cardin
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Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Justice
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 4:30 pm EDT The Senate Judiciary Committee is a day away from voting to recommend the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, poised to become the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Sotomayor......Tags: Interior Policy, Civil Rights, Sonia Sotomayor, Olympia J. Snowe, Court Administration
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Cash for clunkers: Senate's turn (signal)
The Swampby Mark Silva If you have an old 1990 Chevy Suburban with a 5.7-litre V-8 engine kicking around, you could be in luck If the Senate follows through this week. After burning through $1 billion in "Cash for Clunkers,'' the......Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Parliament, NBC (tv network), Democratic Party, California
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'Czar'-watch: Obama's hires draw fire
The Swampby Joe Markman President Obama's appointment of "czars,'' or policy coordinators, is drawing new fire from lawmakers in both parties. Their most prominent complaint is that Obama, by using his own authority to name people to these policy jobs, is......Tags: Heads of State, Robert Byrd, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Democratic Party
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Health-care reform: Counting votes (60)
The Swampby Mark Silva Republicans, yes. Democrats, no. It's a volatile mix for a health-care overhaul that the White House is seeking. Alll eyes may be on the Senate Finance Committee today, but the outcome of the health-care overhaul in the......Tags: Ohio, Nebraska, Olympia J. Snowe, Joe Lieberman, Connecticut
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TSA: Questions of screening and memory
The Swampby Mark Silva The blocked nominee for chief of the Transportation Security Administration may face more than controversy over the unionization of the nation's airport screeners - he now finds himself explaining his own only recently refreshed memory of...Tags: South Carolina, Transportation Security Administration, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hawaii, Defense
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Senate says deal, House says hold on
The Swampby James Oliphant and Richard Simon, and updated Senate leaders said today that negotiators have struck a deal on a final version of a sweeping economic recovery package. If true, the bill could be sent to the president for his......Tags: Parliament, Pennsylvania, John Boehner, Olympia J. Snowe, Celebrities and Bad Behavior
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Ten for Thursday: Done deal on stimulus
Spin CycleHouse and Senate negotiators agreed on a scaled down $789 billion stimulus package that reduced the tax cuts and will now prompt questions about whether it is too small to jolt the economy. Highlights are here. Is Susan Collins......Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Parliament, Michelle Obama
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Stimulus: Winners depend on what works
Spin CycleWe see a number of people trying to declare winners and losers from the stimulus agreement, an approach that has become a staple of what passes for journalism these days. It's kind of like having an opinion on A-Rod......Tags: Arlen Specter, National Government, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Olympia J. Snowe
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Staffers scramble to finish stimulus bill
The Swampby James Oliphant and Richard Simon Congressional staffers worked overnight putting the finishing touches on the sprawling compromise stimulus bill that Democrats hope can be passed and signed into law by President's Day. House and Senate Democratic...Tags: Heads of State, Career and Workplace, Ohio, Unemployment, National Government
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Congress approves $787-B stimulus
The Swampby Mark Silva A divided Congress has approved a $787-billion stimulus that President Barack Obama demanded as an essential boost for a stalled economy, with the Senate voting 60-38 tonight on a measure that earlier cleared the House by 246-183......Tags: Ohio, Wages and Pensions, Money and Monetary Policy, Olympia J. Snowe, George W. Bush
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Cash for Clunkers: Cash gone
The Swampby Martin Zimmerman and Tiffany Hsu and Jim Puzzanghera With surprising swiftness, the government's "cash for clunkers" program has burned through its $1-billion budget in less than a week as car buyers swarmed dealerships, and federal officials were...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Ohio, Toyota, General Motors Corp., Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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