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Health-care compromise: A rural deficit
The Swampby James Oliphant Wyoming, with an economy marked by farming, ranching and small businesses, has a disproportionate number of people without medical insurance. And by that measures and others, its people are among the likely winners, if Congress...Tags: Mike Enzi, Laws, New Mexico, Employment, White House
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Blame game starts in spill hearings
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley The blood, er, oil is already flying this morning in Senate hearings into the ongoing Gulf of Mexico oil spill - and the oil company executives haven't even testified yet. Democrats and Republicans alike on the Senate......Tags: Ron Wyden, Republican Party, Idaho, Corporate Crime, Water Pollution
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Gulf oil spill: Senators criticize oil companies
GreenspaceThe blood, er, oil flew this morning even before oil executives at the Senate hearings into the ongoing Gulf of Mexico spill began to testify. Democrats and Republicans alike on the Senate energy committee were criticizing industry officials and... -
Oil Spill Testimony To Congress: Not Our Fault
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- BP PLC told Congress Tuesday its massive Gulf oil spill was caused by the failure of a key safety device made by another company. In turn, that company says BP was in charge, and that a third company that poured concrete to plug the...Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Texas, Health and Safety at Work, Water Pollution, Alaska
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Clunker Deals Could End By Friday
![WASHINGTON -- The government's wildly popular "cash for
clunkers" program, offering $4,500 rebates to customers who trade
in gas guzzlers, is likely to end Friday if the Senate doesn't
approve $2 billion more for it, the White House says.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-08/48428031-02185330.jpg "WASHINGTON -- The government's wildly popular "cash for
clunkers\" program, offering $4,500 rebates to customers who trade
in gas guzzlers, is likely to end Friday if the Senate doesn't
approve $2 billion more for it, the White House says.")
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- The government's wildly popular "cash for clunkers" program, offering $4,500 rebates to customers who trade in gas guzzlers, is likely to end Friday if the Senate doesn't approve $2 billion more for it, the White House says. "If it doesn'...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Laws, White House, Kentucky, Maine
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Nitty-gritty on healthcare reform: Issues and key players
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs the Obama administration and Congress prepare to wrestle with the divisive issue of healthcare reform, here is a checklist of the issues and key players to watch in the forthcoming weeks. Obama has said he wants to sign a bill this year, which means...Tags: Mike Enzi, Migration, Laws, California, U.S. House of Representatives
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Nitty-gritty on healthcare reform: Key players
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThough Democrats control the House of Representatives, they have not united around any one proposal. They also face opposition from conservative Republicans on several key points: Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said there aren't enough votes to pass healthcare...Tags: Mike Enzi, Laws, California, U.S. House of Representatives, Maine
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Snow buries global warming bill -- and my balcony [Updated]
Top of the TicketCongress is closed for business this week, shuttered by the heaviest snowfall since 1922. For Libertarians, this might be a dream come true -- no danger of lawmakers enacting new laws that will impose government regulation. But for one piece...... -
Obama and senators seek climate compromise
GreenspacePresident Obama convened a meeting of more than a dozen Democratic and Republican senators this afternoon to discuss energy and climate legislation. Unlike some other recent White House bipartisan policy summits you may recall recently, there were no... -
Congress seeks to have hospitals justify tax-exempt status
Proposals in the Maryland General Assembly to define which patients are eligible for financial assistance at hospitals are getting an unexpected push from Congress, which might soon consider legislation aimed at making nonprofit hospitals justify their...Tags: Laws, New Mexico, George W. Della Jr. , Health Insurance, Internal Revenue Service
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PASSINGS
Arnold Meri Genocide trial subject Arnold Meri, 89, a decorated Red Army veteran charged with genocide for deporting hundreds of his Estonian countrymen to Siberia in 1949, died Friday at his home in Tallinn, Estonia. In 2007, Estonian prosecutors...Tags: Extradition, Prosecution, New Mexico, Genocide, Hate Crimes
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Senate ready to grill Chu, Salazar
The Swampby Jim Tankersley Barack Obama is done appointing his Cabinet. Now come the questions. The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee announced today it will dive into confirmation hearings on Energy Secretary nominee Steven Chu and Interior...Tags: Barack Obama, Lisa Murkowski, Ken Salazar, Colorado, Government
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