News from April 2008
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Committee on Ways and Means today passed the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008, by a bipartisan vote of 35-5. The legislation, introduced by Chairman Charles B. Rangel, would provide tax credits to first-time homebuyers, improve access to low-income housing, allow families to deduct property taxes, and includes other provisions.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: April 19-27, 2008. To celebrate National Park Week, please join National Park Service Ranger David Kronk for an hour long slide presentation on all four Michigan National Park areas - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Isle Royale National Park and Keweenaw National...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As you know, last year's effort on the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program was a very difficult process, but it was a bipartisan process. Members from both sides of the aisle made compromises and we ended up with a bill that passed the Senate with 67 votes.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: Subcommittee on Health Care Hearing Statement of Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be hosting the Eighth Annual Spring Planting Day Celebration on Saturday, April 26, 2008. The event will take place in the areas adjacent to the Bandy Creek Visitor Center and the Lora Blevins home place from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson today announced the list of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to participate in the conference committee that will negotiate the 2008 Farm Bill.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: While park crews have opened many park areas and continue to clear storm damage and prepare for the summer season, late season, low elevation snowfall has resulted in several delays.
By State Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: Before we begin, let me outline today’s proceedings, and welcome to our refurbished Committee room. After my opening statement and that of our distinguished colleague, Ranking Republican Member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, we will hear the witnesses’ opening statements. Then I’ll recognize committee members for five minutes each, based on seniority for those who were here at the opening of the hearing - that was 30 seconds ago -- and in order of arrival for those joining us later.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials have notified the State of Maine that the agency has denied its request for an emergency declaration that would open the door for federal funding to help deal with the severe winter weather suffered by Mainers this year. Senator Collins recently spoke...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Finance, todaymade the following comment regarding the reported decision by the House Democraticleadership to seek a rules change for the pending trade agreement between the United States andColombia.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: Petrified Forest Celebrates National Park Week-April 19-26, 2008.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: Four artists, including Ron Senungetuck, one of Alaska’s best-known native artists, will be participating in this year’s Artist-in-Residence program at Denali National Park and Preserve. Artists Sukey Bryan from Stanford, California, Melanie Mowinski of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and Sara Tabbert from...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: On Wednesday, April 16, Wilbur Wright’s 141st birthday will be celebrated at Wright Brothers National Memorial from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This festive celebration will be a full day of family fun, play, picnic, and learning just as the Wright brothers had at their own birthday celebrations more than 100 years ago. The event is free and open to the public.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus commented today regarding the House of Representatives’ proposed action regarding the pending trade agreement between the U.S. and Colombia.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2008
News Release: The Senate Homeland Security Committee, of which Senator Collins is the Ranking Member, is scheduled to hold a mark up on Thursday morning to consider a number of bills, including a bill cosponsored by Senator Collins that would enable the federal government and its contractors to donate surplus food...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Today Nathan J. Hochman, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, announced the creation of the National Tax Defier Initiative or TAXDEF. The purpose of this initiative ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 "Pinnacle Quest International" Allegedly Promoted "Tax-Fraud Trade Shows" at Resorts and on Mediterranean Cruise WASHINGTON- The United States has filed civil injunction complaints in three federal courts ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that Calvert Properties Inc. has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that its former president, Harold Calvert, of Richmond, Mo., sexually harassed female tenants in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A producer of allegedly obscene movies and two companies owned by him have been charged by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., with operating an obscenity distribution business and related offenses, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Christopher M. Lanoue, a former deputy with the Charleston County, S.C., Sheriff’s Office, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Charleston to using excessive force during an arrest, the Justice Department announced.
