News published on Federal Newswire in December 2010

News from December 2010


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Holiday Happenings at Gateway's Sandy Hook Unit

News Release: Several holiday activities will take place at Gateway National Recreation Area's Sandy Hook Unit, located in Highlands, New Jersey. Most events are free of charge.


TRAVELING HOLIDAY CELEBRATION AT NATIONAL LAKESHORE

News Release: In the style of progressive dinner parties where revelers hop from house to house for different courses, the staff at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore invites you to a "Progressive Holiday Celebration" on Saturday, Dec. 11, from 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. No need for a ghostly guide to share in different...


Grassley: Tax Revenue Doesn't Grow on Christmas Trees

News Release: “Republicans support tax relief across-the-board, including the middle class, and have fought for it. The middle class and the unemployed need job-creating policies that expand the economic pie, not shrink it. Growing the economy expands the tax base. Jacking up taxes would be a sure-fire way to deep-freeze...


News Release: A Gift that Gives All Year.


Baucus, Grassley Outline Millions of Wasted Taxpayer Dollars, Examine Reports Of Hundreds of Improper Cardiac Stent Implantations

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released a Finance Committee report detailing the case of a doctor who reportedly implanted nearly 600 potentially medically unnecessary stents from 2007 through mid-2009 at St. Joseph...


Senators Urge China to Resolve Longstanding Irritants to U.S.-China Economic Relationship

News Release: Dear Vice Premier Wang: The upcoming state visit by President Hu Jintao provides an opportunity for the United States and the People’s Republic of China to demonstrate concrete progress toward resolving several longstanding issues in the U.S.-China economic relationship. Progress on these issues would...


Baucus, Grassley Lead Group of 30 Senators Urging China to Resolve Longstanding Irritants to the U.S.-China Economic Relationship

News Release: Dear Vice Premier Wang: The upcoming state visit by President Hu Jintao provides an opportunity for the United States and the People’s Republic of China to demonstrate concrete progress toward resolving several longstanding issues in the U.S.-China economic relationship. Progress on these issues would...


Baucus, Grassley Report on Potentially Improper Cardiac Stent Implantations

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released a Finance Committee report detailing the case of a doctor who reportedly implanted nearly 600 potentially medically unnecessary stents from 2007 through mid-2009 at St. Joseph...


News Release: Chickasaw National Recreation Area planned to begin a series of prescribed fires starting on December 6, 2010, but National Park Service fire management professionals have decided to postpone the burns until weather conditions become more favorable. The decision to postpone burning was made due to current weather forecasts and to avoid the possibility of excess smoke entering or lingering in local communities.


Grassley: Tax Increases Would Harm Economy, Would Not Help Deficit Reduction

News Release: I’d like to discuss the proposal to increase taxes on some Americans starting in less than a month from now.


Baucus Criticizes Senate Failure to Pass Permanent Middle-Class Tax Cuts, Critical Job-Creation Measures

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today expressed deep disappointment in the Senate’s failure to pass legislation that would permanently cut taxes for middle class families making up to $250,000 and individuals making up to $200,000 a year. The legislation would...


News Release: This week the staircase on Anacapa Island was replaced using a Skycrane heavy-lift helicopter contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The National Park Service expects to open the island to the public on Saturday, December 4, 2010.


     A Taste of Christmas Past at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

News Release: It's easy to get overwhelmed this time of year by store catalogs, blaring commercials from the television and radio, and other intrusions interfering with the preparation for Christmas. Leave the modern world behind and visit Cumberland Gap National Historical Park on Saturday, December 11th at 10:00...


News Release: WASHINGTON — A one-count indictment was returned late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Miami charging Miami-based Florida West International Airways Inc., one of its former executives and two executives of a competing air cargo carrier with participating in a conspiracy to fix and coordinate certain ...


News Release: WASHINGTON — A former residential sales manager at a Florida property management company pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with housing repair contracts for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Justice announced today.