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Canton Hydropower Project Moves Forward In U.S. Senate
The Hartford CourantLegislation that would let two old dams on the Farmington River be used for hydropower got a boost on Thursday when a committee of the U.S. Senate endorsed the idea. The Senate's energy and natural resources committee voted in favor of a bill that...Tags: Renewable Energy, Hydroelectricity, U.S. House of Representatives, Conservation, Elizabeth Esty
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Restore waterway safeguards
I was shocked to learn that just this week the U.S. Senate had to defeat an attempt to allow more pollution into the streams and wetlands that feed Lake Michigan. For more than a decade, our waterways have been at risk of increased pollution thanks to...Tags: Environmental Issues, Rivers, Environmental Pollution, Bodies of Water, Water Pollution
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Obama's environment, energy team nears completion with votes
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's energy and environment team took two steps forward on Thursday after the U.S. Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz as energy secretary and a committee cleared Gina McCarthy to get a full Senate vote to lead the...Tags: Republican Party, Career and Workplace, Washington, DC, Democratic Party, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Obama the latest in line of US presidents to face suggestions of political bias in IRS actions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. Nor is it the first time that political and...Tags: Republican Party, Washington, DC, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Finance, Mitch McConnell
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House group reaches tentative deal on US immigration bill -lawmakers
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group in the House of Representatives reached a tentative deal to reform the immigration system, lawmakers said on Thursday after disagreements over a temporary worker program and health care benefits threatened...Tags: Migration, Career and Workplace, Politics, Labor Legislation, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Second appeals court finds Obama recess appointment is unconstitutional
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A second federal appeals court has found that President Barack Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to install a member to the National Labor Relations Board. The ruling by the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals...Tags: Republican Party, Career and Workplace, Trials, Washington, DC, Court Administration
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US House votes to repeal Obamacare in 37th symbolic act
ReutersBy David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law on Thursday in a symbolic move aimed as much at healing internal Republican rifts as...Tags: Republican Party, Washington, DC, Steny Hoyer, Lawyers, Laws
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WRAPUP 3-Obama picks temporary IRS head as Tea Party decries scandal
Reuters* Conservative Tea Party groups rally on Capitol Hill * Ousted IRS chief to testify before House panel on Friday * Republican McConnell alleges 'government intimidation' (Adds details, background) By Jeff Mason and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON, May...Tags: Republican Party, Max Baucus, Washington, DC, Labor Legislation, John Cornyn
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Finding permanent IRS chief difficult job for Obama
ReutersPresident Barack Obama on Thursday chose a White House budget official to lead the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service and vowed to ensure that the tax-collection agency will not single out any more groups based on their political beliefs. Danny Werfel,...Tags: Max Baucus, Republican Party, Rand Paul, Labor Legislation, John Cornyn
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U.S. House lawmakers in last-ditch bid to save immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives trying to write an immigration bill met on Thursday in a last-ditch attempt to resolve their differences over a temporary worker program and healthcare benefits for illegal immigrants....Tags: Labor Legislation, Employment, Lindsey O. Graham, Employment Opportunities, Immigration
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One Cabinet pick approved, two narrowly advance
WASHINGTON — President Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department won unanimous confirmation by the Senate on Thursday while two other Cabinet choices narrowly advanced out of committee, amid complaints from Democrats over Republican delaying...
Tags: Republican Party, Washington, DC, Labor Legislation, Government, Mitch McConnell
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Apple's Cook to propose tax changes at congressional hearing -report
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook will propose tax changes that would encourage firms to bring home more of their offshore funds when he faces congressional queries next Tuesday over his company's overseas cash holdings and tax bills, the...Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corporation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Tim Cook, The Washington Post
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