News published on Federal Newswire in May 2004

News from May 2004


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOMENICI URGES FOREST SERVICE TO RAMP-UP FIRE PREVENTION IN WESTERN, TINDER-DRY FORESTS

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 ...


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 ...


Grassley Praises Advancement of Tax Shelter Loophole Closers, More Clean-up of Tax Abuse

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.


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...


Grassley Will Work to Advance Ways to Help the Uninsured

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.


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.


Senate Passes Grassley’s Renewable Energy Tax Package

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.


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 ...


Grassley Wins Senate Approval of Tax Cut for Factories, Farmers, Plus Significant International Tax Reforms

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.


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 Attorney’s office for the 4th District today announced the opening of an investigation into the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year ...


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.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.