News from May 2004
By DOT News Wire | May 11, 2004
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2004
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today urged the U.S. Forest Service to ramp-up its efforts to treat western forests left dry and vulnerable to wildfires in the wake of extended drought and bug infestation. Domenici called on the Forest Service to maximize ...
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2004
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate today defeated by an overwhelming vote an effort by Senator John McCain to strip the energy tax provisions from the FSC-ETI bill - the JOBS bill - currently under consideration by the Senate. Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici worked closely with ...

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2004
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today praised Senate passage of his sweeping package to end tax avoidance abuses such as corporations claiming tax deductions for taxpayer-funded infrastructure such as subways, sewers, and bridge leases, corporate and individual expatriation to escape taxes, and Enron-generated tax avoidance schemes.
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2004
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) today unveiled a General Accounting Office (GAO) report showing that federal agencies have used taxpayer dollars to purchase “diploma mill" degrees and that some high-ranking federal officials have listed diploma mill...

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2004
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today made the followingcomment on the recommendations of the Senate Republican Uninsured Task Force. Grassley is amember of the task force.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2004
News Release: Sunflower breeders seeking new "ammunition" against the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum can now find it in three new disease-resistant germplasm lines dubbed "RHA 439," "RH 440" and "HA 441." Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service and North Dakota State University at Fargo and Carrington, N.D., cooperatively developed, tested and released the germplasm lines.

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2004
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today called Senate approval of broad renewable energy tax incentives a victory for Iowa’s economy and the nation’s green energy supplies.
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2004
News Release: SA 3129. Mr. MCCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1637, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to reform ...

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2004
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today won full Senate approval on a 92 to 5 vote of his legislation to cut taxes for U.S. factories, sole proprietors, partnerships, farms and small businesses that create jobs, to reform and simplify international taxes for U.S. companies operating overseas, and to shut down abusive tax shelters that have come to light over the last two years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2004
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, MAY 10, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice and the Mississippi District Attorneys office for the 4th District today announced the opening of an investigation into the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2004
News Release: FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY MONDAY, MAY 10, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights R. Alexander Acosta will hold a news conference TODAY, MONDAY, MAY 10, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. to announce a criminal civil rights-related matter.
By DOE Gazette | May 10, 2004
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 10, 2004
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 10, 2004
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 10, 2004
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 10, 2004
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | May 10, 2004
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 10, 2004
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | May 10, 2004
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.