News from July 2012
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on July 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 10, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a three page proposed rule on July 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 10, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a nine page proposed rule on July 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on July 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jul 10, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 10, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jul 10, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on July 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 10, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on July 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement on the House floor in opposition to the latest House Republican attempt to repeal Obamacare...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
News Release: Superintendent Dan Buckley has announced the availability of an environmental assessment (EA) of proposed improvements to the Lava Flow Campground. The EA analyzes alternatives and issues derived from comments received last year. The project is intended to improve accessibility and enhance visitor experience and resource protection.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining the impact of tax reform on economic opportunities for young people...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
News Release: Road construction will begin July 11, 2012 on a damaged section of the Natchez Trace Parkway at Milepost 94.8, south of Ridgeland, MS. This section has been closed since March due to a failure in the road base that made the road unsafe for vehicular travel. The National Park Service (NPS) had continued...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
News Release: This afternoon, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, filed amendment #2491 to S. 2237, the Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act, which is currently being debated in the Senate. The Hatch amendment would extend current tax policy through the end of 2013 and instructs the Senate Finance Committee to undertake comprehensive tax reform during that time.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - After the Senate moved to consider the Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, outlined the importance of preventing taxes from going up on virtually all Americans and said that the President’s plan to raise...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - A new Congressional Budget Office report released today shows that the average federal tax rate dropped to a historic low in 2009 - the latest year full data is available - during President Obama’s first year in office. The average federal tax rate fell to 17.4 percent in 2009, down from...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) highlighted the results of a recent report that examines how Medicare officials' address potential conflicts of interests among the private-sector contractors that perform most of the payment, administration...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - In a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said tax reform should boost economic opportunity and help secure the American Dream for young people and future generations. The goal, Baucus said, should be to ensure every American child has a fair shot at a rich and full life.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Tuesday reacted to the announcement by General Keith Alexander, head of the U.S. Cyber Command, that the U.S loses billions of dollars each year because of cyber espionage and cyber crime, constituting the "greatest transfer of wealth in history.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
News Release: TAMPA, FL - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that the Honorable Elizabeth E. Kovachevich, United States District Judge sentenced Jabulani Bendar Seay to...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 10, 2012
News Release: As the House of Representatives prepares to consider legislation to strike down the president’s job-destroying health care law, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) testified in front of the House Rules Committee to urge support for the Repeal of ObamaCare Act (H.R. 6079)...
