News from May 2008
By DOT News Wire | May 21, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 21, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 21, 2008
The US Energy Department published a three page rule on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 21, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 21, 2008
The US Transportation Department published an eight page rule on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 21, 2008
The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 21, 2008
The US Energy Department published a five page proposed rule on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today urged passage of key Finance provisions in the domestic spending portion of the 2008 supplemental funding bill, including measures that would extend unemployment insurance (UI) for America’s workers and that would safeguard...
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives today passed legislation to extend vital tax relief to millions of families, strengthen investment opportunities for American businesses and encourage the production and use of renewable energy, by a strong bipartisan vote of 263-160. The legislation, H.R. 6049,...
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today condemned the President’s veto of the 2008 farm bill, but said Congress will override the veto in short order. Baucus led the creation of a permanent trust fund for agriculture disaster assistance in the bill, included $2 billion in farm tax reforms funding farm tax relief, and extended customs user fees to fully pay for the farm bill’s $10 billion in new spending.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: Today we’re taking a closer look at an issue that has received a lot of notice in global finance circles. It’s also started to receive greater attention - and some apprehension - by those who are focused on U.S. foreign policy.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: The summer of 2007 was the most exciting so far in the continued search for new dinosaur materials in Denali National Park and Preserve. Discoveries of hundreds of new dinosaur and fossil bird footprints were made, which included the footprints of adolescent hadrosaurs - commonly known as duck-billed...
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: This afternoon, Congress sent H.R. 2419, the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 to President Bush. The bill passed the House of Representatives with a vote of 318-106 and passed the Senate with a vote of 81-15 last week.
By US DOT Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: BACKGROUND: U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, John Warner (R-VA), and Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) will be joined by the members of America's leading religious organizations to discuss the need for action to address the challenge of global warming. ...
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: Lake Berryessa staff, to help stop the spread of invasive Quagga and Zebra mussels, will be conducting boat and trailer inspections at boat launches around the lake beginning on Saturday, May 24, 2008. Education, public outreach, and inspections will continue throughout the season to prevent the spread of these invasive species.
By US DOT Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks following the Committee's approval of S. 2766, the Clean Boating Act of 2008.
By US DOT Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today announced that the Committee approved S. 2555, "The Reducing Global Warming Pollution from Vehicles Act of 2008," a bill that instructs the President to sign the California waiver so that California and other states can proceed with laws to improve air quality problems from cars.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: At 4 a.m. this morning, National Park Service Wildland Fire Engine Crew 7361, was dispatched to assist the U.S. Forest Service at Mt. Potosi. The engine crew includes a Captain, Engine Operator, and three firefighters.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2008
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has advised that plans for a prescribed fire to maintain open fields in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District area have been postponed. The prescribed fire for the Burfiend fields was planned to take place prior to significant “green-up," but that window has passed...
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., issued the following statement Tuesday in response to YouTube’s response to Lieberman’s May 19, 2008, letter to Google Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt: “In response to my...
