News from June 2007
By DOT News Wire | Jun 13, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jun 13, 2007
The US State Department published a one page notice on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jun 13, 2007
The US State Department published a one page notice on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 13, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: "Field intelligence" gathered by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist could give sweet corn growers a new edge in their war on weeds.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: Dr. Timothy Rawson is giving a presentation titled, “Wolves and the National Park Service: The Significance of Denali" on Thursday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Denali Visitor Center, located at Mile 1.3 on the Denali Park Road. His book, “Changing Tracks: Predators and Politics in Mt. McKinley National...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday passed legislation that would repeal a 2001 Bush Executive Order that created new and broad authorities for former presidents to block...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Despite record-high trade deficits and mounting reserves of currency the US Department of the Treasury today failed to label China a “manipulator" of its currency. Treasury delayed the release of the semi-annual report, which under statute was due in April, until after the recent US-China...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C-Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response tointroduction of the Higher Education Act (HEA) package in the United States House ofRepresentatives.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., passed historic legislation on Wednesday to give citizens of the District of Columbia a voting seat in the House of Representatives. The bill...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: Volunteers to Repair Trails at Mojave National Preserve.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, of which Senator Susan Collins is the Ranking Member, today approved a resolution that she and Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) coauthored to reaffirm the constitutional protections of sealed domestic mail. This approval paves the way for...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C- Today, Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Richard G. Lugar welcomed 250students from around the world to promote cultural awareness and understanding. SenatorsKennedy and Lugar founded the Cultural Bridges program in October of 2002 after theSeptember 11th terrorist attacks. The program...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today formally offered an amendment to establish a federal 20 percent Clean Portfolio Standard (CPS).
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) today introduced major legislation to deal with foreign currency concerns threatening the U.S. economy. The Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2007 establishes...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: Once again I have come to the floor to discuss the Alternative Minimum Tax. I’m sure many have noticed that the AMT is frequently a subject of my speeches, and they may be wondering how long I intend to keep talking about it. The simple answer is that I intend to keep talking about the AMT until this...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: Green current flows at Chattahoochee festival.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved legislation that would grant the District of Columbia a representative in the U.S. House of Representatives with full rights of participation and add an additional House seat for Utah. Committee Ranking Member Susan Collins...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore superintendent Jim Northup announced that the lakeshore will be hosting a “Climate Friendly Parks Workshop" on July 19 in Munising.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 13, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., expressed pleasure Tuesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency reversed its earlier decision to deny disaster aid to five Connecticut counties hard hit by an April nor’easter and agreed to provide...
