Category Archives: Bill

Debt and spending deal picks up momentum in Senate

By doris | Published: August 1, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and congressional leaders worked Monday to align lawmakers from both parties behind their formula for averting a financial meltdown and halting the government’s prolific spending habits. Despite resistance from both liberals and conservatives, momentum appeared to be building in support of the compromise deficit-reduction plan. [...]

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Billy the Kid photograph fetches $2.3 million at auction

By doris | Published: June 26, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A 130-year-old photo, billed as the only authenticated picture of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid, sold for $2.3 million at a Denver auction Saturday night. The Kid reportedly paid 25 cents to have the photo taken in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The Old West Show & Auction had estimated [...]

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Skyrocketing water bills mystify, anger residents

By doris | Published: March 1, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Atlanta (CNN) — Imagine paying as much for water as you do for your mortgage. Residents throughout Atlanta are outraged by hundreds, even thousands of dollars in monthly spikes in their water bills, and have questioned the legitimacy of the charges for years. Now, they’re demanding answers. “I thought we were [...]

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Panel calls for drastic steps to stop future deepwater oil spills

By doris | Published: January 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — If the government does not take drastic steps, another deepwater oil spill like the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico could devastate the coastal areas of the United States, an oversight commission warned Tuesday in a long-awaited report to the president. More research, funding and oversight are [...]

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Senate passes food safety bill, again

By doris | Published: December 20, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – The Senate on Sunday passed a sweeping bill to make food safer, sending it to the House in the waning days of Congress. It was the second time the Senate passed the bill, which would give the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and [...]

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Mayor vetoes San Francisco ban on Happy Meals with toys

By doris | Published: November 13, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — San Francisco, California, Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoed Friday the city’s ban on most McDonald’s Happy Meals with toys. In making the veto, the mayor released a new report on how a public-private partnership is combating childhood obesity and how San Francisco’s more than 55,000 public school students are now [...]

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U.S. and S. Korea fail to resolve free-trade pact

By doris | Published: November 11, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com SEOUL, South Korea — The United States and South Korea failed on Thursday to revive a stalled free trade agreement, dealing a blow to both countries’ leaders and putting a brake on bilateral trade. President Barack Obama and South Korea’s Lee Myung-bak said negotiators would continue talks to address U.S. concerns [...]

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Calls for longer school years face budget reality

By doris | Published: September 28, 2010

Full Story at news.yahoo.com NEW YORK – President Barack Obama’s call for a longer school day and year for America’s kids echoes a similar call he made a year ago to little effect, illustrating just how deeply entrenched the traditional school calendar is and how little power the federal government has to change it. Education [...]

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Survivors of foodborne illness to demand action on bill

By doris | Published: September 8, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — After the recall of more than 500 million eggs from a salmonella outbreak this summer, food safety advocates and survivors of foodborne illness will call for the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that has been in limbo since last year. The groups will release a report Wednesday afternoon [...]

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Obama pleads for $50 billion in state, local aid

By doris | Published: June 13, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – President Obama urged reluctant lawmakers Saturday to quickly approve nearly $50 billion in emergency aid to state and local governments, saying the money is needed to avoid “massive layoffs of teachers, police and firefighters” and to support the still-fragile economic recovery.

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Mayor Wants To Force Gas Stations To Post Prices

By doris | Published: May 19, 2010

Full Story atwftv.com ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Mayor Buddy Dyer announced a proposed city ordinance Tuesday morning to crack down on gas stations that he said are being very misleading. The Mayor says gas stations near Orlando International Airport don’t display prices for drivers and some drivers don’t even know what they’ve paid until after [...]

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FCC looks to prevent surprise cell phone bills

By doris | Published: May 12, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — If federal regulators get their way, you may soon be warned before you receive another unexpectedly high bill from your cell phone company. The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday it is seeking public comment on proposed regulations that would require wireless phone companies to notify customers of [...]

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The impact of more offshore drilling

By doris | Published: April 1, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com By opening parts of the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico to oil drilling, the Obama administration wants to tap a huge energy resource that could keep fuel costs in check. But don’t expect gasoline pump prices to fall anytime soon because of the new drilling. The offshore areas are located [...]

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Idaho first to sign law against health care reform

By doris | Published: March 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com BOISE, Idaho – Idaho is leading the charge in a states-rights push to defeat a proposal in Congress that would require people to buy health insurance, a key piece of reforms being pushed by President Barack Obama. Republican Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter used a ceremony Wednesday afternoon to become the first [...]

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Question riles Clinton; translation might have been off

By doris | Published: August 11, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com The unscripted moment happened as Clinton spoke to students at a Congolese university in Kinshasa, the Congo capital. A male student rose to ask a question about Chinese financial contracts with Congo. The student asked Clinton what President Obama would think of the deal, but pool reporters in the room said [...]

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CBO: Senate bill $1 trillion over 10 years

By doris | Published: June 16, 2009

Full Story At News.yahoo.com WASHINGTON – A leading health care bill under consideration in Congress would cost the government an estimated $1 trillion over the next decade and reduce the ranks of the uninsured by about one-third, or 16 million individuals, congressional budget officials said Monday in a preliminary estimate. In a letter to Sen. [...]

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Georgia ‘Octomom bill’ would limit embryo implants

By doris | Published: March 4, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com A Georgia state senator introduced legislation to limit the number of embryos that can be implanted in a woman’s uterus during in-vitro fertilization procedures. Sen. Ralph Hudgens, a Republican from near Athens, Georgia, said his legislation was inspired by Nadya Suleman, the woman who said she gave birth to octuplets after [...]

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