News from October 2011
By DOT News Wire | Oct 26, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 26, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 26, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 26, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after President Obama announced his plan to implement changes to federal student loans...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - ExxonMobil's quarterly profits are up 41 percent over last year's third quarter. Shell's are up 101 percent over the same time period. Yet the oil industry and Republicans continue to defend billions of dollars in tax breaks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) would like to announce that the third National Prescription Take-Back will be held on Oct. 29, 2011 from 10 am to 2 pm.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: Today, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce approved the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act (H.R. 3094), legislation to help roll back the activist agenda of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and reaffirm important protections for workers and employers. The legislation was passed by the committee by a vote of 23 to 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: SEATTLE, WASH- - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its community partners throughout Washington State will provide to the public a safe, free and anonymous way to rid their homes of potentially dangerous prescription drugs on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement in response to Chairman Camp’s proposal to reduce the top individual and corporate rates to 25 percent while also shifting to a territorial tax system...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC -During a meeting today with 19 Members of Congress, Edward DeMarco, the Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), praised a principal reduction proposal by Rep. Zoe Lofgren and pledged to provide an assessment within two weeks of how it could be implemented.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - Oct. 26, 2011. Ed Cummins, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x227. Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments to Waive Entrance Fees for Veterans Day 2011. Camp Verde, Ariz. - Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments will be joining national park...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3010, the “Regulatory Accountability Act," which would amend the Administrative Procedure Act in numerous ways that would effectively halt agency rulemaking, undermining critical public health and safety rules. Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released the following statement in response to the hearing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: Today, Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) led the opposition to H.R. 822, the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011," a dangerous bill that would override the laws of almost every state by obliging each to accept concealed handgun carry permits from every other state, even if the permit ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: The report was requested by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., along with the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight of Government Reform. GAO said that the $79 billion figure does not include the spending of 58 agencies, the Legislative Branch, or the Judicial Branch of government.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 26, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement announcing the departure of Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) and the addition of Mark Amodei (NV-02) to the Natural Resources Committee.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 26, 2011 - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1904, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, with a bipartisan vote of 235-186. Sponsored by Natural Resources Committee Member Paul Gosar (AZ-01), H.R. 1904 authorizes a fair value land exchange that...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 26, 2011 - Numerous groups across the country are calling for passage of H.R. 1904, the National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act, Republican legislation that will create thousands of good-paying jobs, strengthen our national security and provide billions of dollars...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its community partners throughout Idaho will provide to the public a safe, free and anonymous way to rid their homes of potentially dangerous prescription drugs on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Congressman Darrell Issa and Senator Chuck Grassley are pressing for additional information into the murder of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata and the tactics used while conducting surveillance on known straw purchasers, raising concerns similar to policies of Operation Fast and Furious out of the Phoenix office.
