News from February 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on the announcement that Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General (IG) for the TARP program, will resign from his post. Baucus authored the legislation creating the Special IG for TARP office and fought to include it in the Emergency...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) today released the following statement after the Obama Administration unveiled its comprehensive plan to invest $556 billion in a six-year surface transportation bill...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: BOISE, IDAHO - A federal grand jury in Boise indicted 13 people on February 8, 2011, for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, employment of people under age 18 in drug operations, distributing methamphetamine, using a telephone to commit drug trafficking crimes, possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, and illegal re-entry.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Monday issued the following reaction to the Obama Administration’s FY2012 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) budget...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: Representatives from the BLM-Eastern States and non-governmental partners signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) on February 8, 2011 at the U.S. Department of Interior.The Diverse Youth Outings Program actively supports Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar's “Youth in the Great Outdoors" initiative...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. and Judiciary Democrats voted again not to renew expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, calling for a more open process and thorough review of the bill’s most controversial provisions. After last week’s bipartisan rejection of the ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) sent a letter today to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk urging him to act quickly so that Congress can approve the Colombia and Panama Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). In the letter,...
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2011
News Release: Jonathan Margolis's term ended on Sept. 30, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2011
News Release: Late last night, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a budget proposal (H.R. 1) that will make immediate and drastic cuts to the Justice Department, Homeland Security Department, and other federal agencies.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 12, 2011) - After going back to the drawing board several times in order to appease demands of its extremist Tea Party caucus, House Republicans have released their latest proposal for the so-called continuing resolution (CR) spending bill to fund the federal budget. The resulting...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, - President Obama's budget released today ends billions of dollars in giveaways to the biggest oil companies and increases research into cancer and other diseases, but still makes cuts to key programs needed to help our nation's poorest like low-income fuel assistance, Rep. Edward J. Markey...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2011
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By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2011
News Release: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is planning to conduct 50 - 300 acres of prescribed burning over the next several weeks, weather and air quality conditions permitting. The Buck and East Boundary Prescribed Burns are located along the east boundary of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, which borders private property and a small portion of land administered by Bureau of Land Management above the community of Old Shasta.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2011
News Release: "Most damaging are the nearly $2 billion in cuts to state revolving funds, which provide grants to states for drinking water, sewage and storm water runoff systems. This does nothing but take the burden of providing clean water to drink and clean air to breathe off the federal government, thrusting it onto the shoulders of hundreds of cities and states already struggling to meet the needs of their constituents.".
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Feb. 12, 2011 - Congressman José E. Serrano denounced the extreme cuts to the Financial Services and General Government section of the Continuing Resolution that were released late last night for the rest of Fiscal Year 2011. By cutting the Financial Services section from $24.1...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2011
News Release: The Republican Budget: A One Dimensional Approach.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2011
News Release: February 11th, 2011. The Republican Budget: A One Dimensional Approach. That Would Setback Economic Recovery. WASHINGTON, D.C. Feb. 11 - “House Republicans have cobbled together a proposed budget for the remainder of the current fiscal year that would represent a serious setback to economic recovery...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2011
News Release: Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the Theodore Roosevelt Nature and History Association will celebrate Presidents’ Day Weekend with a special viewing of “Theodore Roosevelt: A Cowboy’s Ride to the White House" on Saturday, February 19 at 1:30 p.m. MST in the South Unit Visitor Center.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2011
News Release: February 12th, 2011. DICKS’ STATEMENT ON ELIMINATION OF HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM: “STUNNING EXAMPLE OF MINDLESS BUDGET SLASHING". A stunning example of the mindless nature of the Republican party’s budget slashing exercise is the termination of a small but critical program that addresses the urgent...
