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Indictment Documents Reveal Carothers Wore a Wire
(WGN-AM)- Federal court documents unsealed as Ald. Isaac Carothers (29th) was indicted on corruption charges suggest Carothers himself has been cooperating with federal investigators and secretly taping other public officials. The records included a...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Chicago Tribune, Government, Lawyers
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Conservation Topics - August 2007
The "farm bill' has now cleared the U.S. House of Representatives and heads for the Senate. What is news is that the conservation provisions of the "Farm Bill' appear to have largely remained in tact. Once thought destined for the crap heap, programs such...Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy
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Extension 720 Program Guide July 2009
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1ST CAP AND TRADE The House of Representatives has just passed their cap and trade legislation, and it now moves on to the Senate. You've heard from the media and from public figures and politicians about how this bill will solve our...Tags: Brown University, Trips and Vacations, John Dillinger, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Employees
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U.S. House Supports Chicago's Olympics Bid
(WGN-AM)- The House of Representatives Friday threw its support behind Chicago's bid to host the 2016 summer Olympic games. That puts Congress on record for an international contest that will be settled in October. "The city of big shoulders is ready to...Tags: International Olympic Committee, Sports, Chicago Tribune, 2016 Olympic Games, Jesse Jackson
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Legislation may enable states to offer universal healthcare
Universal coverage, Medicare for all, single payer — call it what you will. It's clear that conservative forces are determined to prevent such a system from ever being introduced at the national level. So it's up to the states.
The catch is that to...Tags: Health, Mark Leno, Private Health Care, Health Care Reform (2009), Government Health Care
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Segui's testimony in Clemens trial: McNamee said he kept needles as evidence
Former Major League Baseball player David Segui testified in Washington on Thursday that Roger Clemens' personal trainer told him he had saved needles he said he had used to inject Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, Reuters reported. Segui was...
Tags: Brian McNamee, Health, Trials, Drugs and Medicines, Steroids
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Former 9th District Congressman William Wampler dies
Former 9th District CongressmanWilliam C. Wampler Sr. has passed away. He was 86. He died Wednesday night at his home in Bristol after a lengthy illlness. He represented Southwest Virginia for two years in the 1950s and another 16 between the 1960s...
Tags: Bristol (Bristol, Virginia), Government, Barbara Lee, William C Jr Wampler, Politics
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Anti-abortion group backs Adams — and Mica too
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelWASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams told supporters in a mass e-mail today that she recently received an endorsement from the National Right to Life, an anti-abortion group whose support can help in a Republican primary — such as the one that... -
Watchdog Update: Pressure grows for limits on flame retardants
Chicago Tribune reportersIn New York state, lawmakers are moving to ban a cancer-causing flame retardant from children's products. At the U.S. Capitol, more than 100 nurses, mothers and cancer survivors marched for tougher federal regulation of the chemicals. And in Washington...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Medical Specialization, Cancer, Democratic Party, Andrew Cuomo
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Congress stands by Israel
Florida Jewish JournalCongress has been busy the last few weeks passing bipartisan legislation affirming U.S. policy to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and increasing military aid to Israel. On May 17 the U.S. House of Representatives passed Resolution 568 by a...Tags: Ted Deutch, Boca Raton, Religion and Belief, Israel, Government
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Former Prisoner Ernie Newton Wins Democratic Endorsement
The Hartford CourantFormer state Sen. Ernie Newton, a convicted felon who served time in federal prison on corruption charges, won the Democratic endorsement Monday night for his old state Senate seat. Newton defeated the incumbent, Sen. Edwin Gomes, and state Rep. Andres...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Waterbury
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Grade level of congressional speech falls
A study suggesting that the sophistication of congressional floor speeches has declined by a full grade level since 2005 ranks Reps. Chris Van Hollen and John Sarbanes as the most eloquent -- or verbose, depending on perspective -- members of Maryland&...Tags: C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Barbara A. Mikulski, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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