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Hagerstown's air subsidy in danger in FAA funding battle
andrews@herald-mail.comA federal subsidy for Hagerstown Regional Airport is at risk in a tug of war that appeared certain to shut down parts of the Federal Aviation Administration and temporarily put nearly 4,000 people out of work. Congress failed Friday to work out a...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Elections, Bill Shuster, Air Transportation
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Senate approves bill to end partial FAA shutdown; Obama signs
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate approved legislation Friday ending a two-week partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, clearing the way for thousands of employees to return to work and hundreds of airport construction projects to resume....Tags: Washington, DC, Emergency Planning, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Elections, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Postal Service deal clears Senate panel
CNNA Senate panel passed a bipartisan deal to save the U.S. Postal Service. The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 9-to-1 to pass the deal, which buys out some employees, cuts worker compensation benefits for some retirees and...Tags: National Security, Scott P. Brown, U.S. Senate, Joe Lieberman, Health
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Webliography: Budget cutting and tax reform proposals
Change of SubjectSource documents on competing proposals to get the federal budget back in shape: Choosing the Nation’s Fiscal Future-- (Jan, 2010) "This report represents the outcome of a joint and shared effort between our two organizations: the National Academy... -
Round and round we go
By Alan Guebert The mid-June Congressional action on ag programs seems to confirm why Washington, D.C.’s streets feature roundabout upon roundabout: moving left or right – a big deal on Capitol Hill now – usually lands you back where...Tags: U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Dianne Feinstein, Elections
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Sen. Kirk says Durbin group key to deficit reduction plan
Clout StreetRepublican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk said today that he’s hopeful a bipartisan group of senators now known as the “Gang of Five” can reach agreement on a deficit reduction plan key to a vote on raising the nation’s debt limit. “...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Mark Kirk, Randy Hultgren, Republican Party, Illinois
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Thune backs Johnson's bill to cap commodity payments
A bill offered by South Dakota Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson and Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley to cap annual farm commodity payments to $250,000 is an example of how both political parties should be working together, Johnson said Wednesday. "It is...Tags: Washington, DC, Libyan Civil War (2011), NATO, Government, Tim Johnson
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U.S. Senate votes to stop $6 billion ethanol tax break
By Leslie Brooks Suzukamo and Tom Webb Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. June 17--The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to repeal a $6 billion tax break for ethanol production, signaling that decades of federal support for the corn-based fuel...Tags: Minneapolis, U.S. Senate, Minnesota, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Credit and Debt
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Ethanol subsidies survive another vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate refused to kill a $5 billion annual subsidy for ethanol on Tuesday, backing continued government aid for a Farm Belt-based industry over deficit reduction in an era of record red ink. The 40-59 vote, far short of the 60...Tags: Minnesota, Tea Party Movement, Chuck Grassley, Republican Party, Cook County Government
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Senate sidetracks move to repeal ethanol credit
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate refused to kill a $5 billion annual subsidy for ethanol on Tuesday, backing continued government aid for a Farm Belt-based industry over deficit reduction in an era of record red ink.
The 40-59 vote, far short of the 60...Tags: Minnesota, Washington, DC, Tea Party Movement, Chuck Grassley, Petroleum Industry
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Move to kill subsidies for ethanol dies in the Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The Senate refused to kill a $5 billion annual subsidy for ethanol on Tuesday, backing continued government aid for a Farm Belt-based industry over deficit reduction in an era of record red ink. The 40-59 vote, far short of...Tags: Minnesota, Tea Party Movement, Chuck Grassley, Republican Party, Illinois
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Ethanol subsidy: Senate rejects bill to kill the $6 billion program
The following comes from the Tribune Co.'s Washington, D.C., bureau... The Senate rejected a proposal Tuesday to do away with annual ethanol subsidies in a vote that was closely watched for clues about the willingness of Republicans to take on tax breaks...Tags: Renewable Energy, Washington, DC, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Democratic Party, Biofuels
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