News from July 2009
By Labor Gazette | Jul 15, 2009
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jul 15, 2009
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jul 15, 2009
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: Summer of Youth at Lowell National Historical Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 15, 2009 - Today, Frank Lucas (R-OK), Sam Graves (R-MO), and Doc Hastings (R-WA), Co-Chairs of the Rural America Solutions Group, released the following statement regarding Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s massive health care bill. The Pelosi health care plan includes employer mandates on...

By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: MUNISING, Mich. - A standing room only crowd packed the Alger County Heritage Center on June 30 for a celebration of the new Beaver Basin Wilderness at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, which was officially created with President Obama's signature on the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act on March 30, 2009.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: I want to address the tax hikes on small businesses that President Obama and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have proposed. The latest tax hike proposal is the House Democrats’ graduated surtax of up to 5.4 percent on those making over $280,000. For those Americans that are married but file separate returns, this surtax increases taxes for those making over $175,000.

By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: HYANNIS PORT - Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor,

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: Republican tax counsels for the Senate Committee on Finance today released the following Q&A regarding the effect of the tax increases on small businesses proposed by Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives to pay for President Obama’s health care reform legislation. View the Questions and Answers on the effect of the tax increases on small businesses proposed by President Obama and House Democrats in the Printer-Friendly Version of this release.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa (CA), the Ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today renewed his request to Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) to investigate reports that the Administration has inappropriately suppressed internal dissent in the Cap & Trade debate.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: MEDIA RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 15, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings and Republican Leader John Boehner reacted to the Democratic response to the California water crisis.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee for approving its health care reform bill. Sen. Baucus, who has worked closely with HELP Committee throughout the reform process, reaffirmed his commitment...

By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today passed The Affordable Health Choices Act, landmark legislation that will reduce health costs, protect individuals’ choice in doctors and plans, and assure quality and affordable heath care for Americans. The bipartisan bill includes more than 160 Republican amendments accepted during the month-long mark-up, one of the longest in Congressional history.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: America’s Best Idea - the national parks - just got better this summer….with two additional “fee-free" weekends! The National Park Service offers two upcoming “fee-free" weekends to encourage Americans seeking affordable vacations to visit their national treasures. Visitors enjoyed the first of the “fee-free"...

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON-Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday held a hearing, “Identification Security: Reevaluating the REAL ID Act," which examined problems with implementation of the REAL ID Act and looked at proposed legislation, the Providing for Additional Security in States’ Identification (PASS ID) Act of 2009, S. 1261, to address those problems.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee today began consideration of legislation offered by congressional Democrats to allow a government takeover of our nation’s health care system, with members of the committee offering opening statements just 24 hours after the 1,018 page bill was unveiled. The ...

By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: Contrast the beauty, simplicity and grandeur of nature at the edge of the most densely populated place in the nation, the greater New York and New Jersey metropolitan area. This is Gateway National Recreation Area.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: “Is this an art gallery or a National Park Service building?" You would have been asking this very question if you were walking by our Information Center this past spring.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: On July 27, 2009, the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area will begin site work and installation for a new restroom facility at Cochran Shoals, the Columns Drive entrance. While work is being completed, portions of the parking lot will be periodically closed with physical barriers to prevent...