News from February 2007
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2007
News Release: Mr. President, we’re finishing up debate on the Senate minimum wage/small business tax relief bill. The Senate invoked cloture on the Baucus Substitute amendment. It contained two basic components. The first one is the proposed increase in the Federal minimum wage. The second component is tax incentives...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said today that his committee will work quickly to reauthorize and expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) this year. At a committee hearing today entitled The Future of CHIP: Improving the Health of America’s Children,...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2007
News Release: Debbie Darden has been named Acting Superintendent of New River Gorge National River (NRGNR) for four months beginning February 4th, 2007. She will serve until the National Park Service (NPS) selects a permanent replacement for Cal Hite, who is retiring at the end of January.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Finance Committee, today praised Senate passage of small business tax relief, paid for largely by closing abusive tax avoidance loopholes, to accompany a minimum wage increase.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2007
News Release: The National Park Service invites the public to participate in a series of public events as part of management planning for the Tuolumne Wild and Scenic River and Tuolumne Meadows area.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 1, 2007
News Release: For Immediate Release: Feb. 1, 2007
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2007
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a sensitive new method for rapidly assessing the quality of carbon nanotubes. Initial feasibility tests show that the method not only is faster than the standard analytic technique but also effectively screens much smaller samples for purity and consistency and better detects sample variability.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today hailed the Senate’s passage of legislation increasing the minimum wage for American workers to $7.25 per hour. The Minimum Wage Increase Act of 2007 garnered widespread bipartisan support after Baucus and the Senate Finance...
