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The WashingtonWatch.com Blog
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The WashingtonWatch.com blog ties the bills in Congress to the day’s headlines, discusses the bills being debated on the House and Senate floors, and reveals hidden stories and insights from inside the Washington, D.C. Beltway.
Smith Watch - Nebraska's Third District
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Tracking the actions, statements and activities of Representative Adrian Smith, Republican, representing Nebraska's 3rd District.
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The Game of Politics in Asia
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U.S has signed an agreement with Tajikistan to allow transit of cargo through their territory to Afghanistan. The United States would be sending supplies to its troops stationed in Afghanistan through a route via Tajikistan. The new “northern route
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As Nation Struggles With Huge National Debt, Obama Gives Federal…
Say Anything | 18 hours ago
I can understand it in the instance of the troops, given what’s going to be asked of them in Afghanistan in the coming years on top of what we’re finishing in Iraq, but all federal employees (via Dan Riehl)? President Obama on Wednesday read more
Obama signs bills including Israel defense funds
JTA Election Central | December 23rd 2009 by Daniel Sieradski
President Obama signed a defense appropriations bill that includes $202 million in defense cooperation with Israel. read more
Ho Ho Ho SDSU: Defense Bill Packs $8M in Pork
Madville Times | December 23rd 2009 by Cory Allen Heidelberger
...or so the headline will read for my government- and education-hating Tea Party neighbors and GOP candidates... right?Senator Thune had the guts to become my new favorite hippie last week, voting to block funding for the Pentagon. Now will his Repu read more
Obama to Find Budgetary Sobriety?
Cato @ Liberty | December 23rd 2009
By Tad DeHavenThe White House is hinting that its fiscal year 2011 budget due out in February will be “austere.” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs didn’t provide any specifics but recently said that “it will not look as it has in the p read more
Obama Fails On Promise To Close Guantanamo Prison
Eagle World News | December 23rd 2009
WASHINGTON - The New York Times newspaper says the Obama administration may not be able to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and transfer terrorism suspects held there until 2011 at the earliest. The administration announced plan read more
Obama signs Franken’s anti-rape amendment into law
Mountain Sage Blog | December 23rd 2009 by Mountain Sage
I’m really, really happy about this. No employer should be able to require someone to sign away their rights in order to work for them. For some of the back story see HERE. The White House Press Office sent out a statement today announcing read more
The End of Employment Arbitration?
Mediation's Place | December 22nd 2009 by Joe Markowitz
This week, the Franken amendment to a Defense appropriations bill became law, forbidding most defense contractors from using mandatory arbitration clauses in their employment contracts. This is a subject I have written about previously. People in t read more
Al Franken's anti-rape bill becomes law
The Reaction | December 22nd 2009
By Michael J.W. StickingsThink Progress: "Obama signs Franken's anti-rape amendment into law."You remember, right?Within the Appropriations Act is Sen. Al Franken's (D-MN) amendment prohibiting defense contractors from restricting their employees' ab read more
President Signs Legislation Delaying Medicare Physician Payment R…
Medicare Update | December 22nd 2009 by Michael Apolskis
Yesterday, the Obama Administration announced that the President signed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (H.R.3326) into law. Among other things, H.R.3326 delays the scheduled 21.2 percent Medicare payment reduction for physician se read more
COBRA Reduced Premium Eligibility Extended
NoJobSurvivor.com | December 22nd 2009 by David Irwin
December 21, 2009 Phyllis C. Borzi, Assistant Secretary of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) Administration (EBSA) today released the following statement regarding the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) and the read more
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Jerry88ACWV has posted a new entry on: American Cold War Veterans, Inc: Blog Jerry T
Appropriations
The Senate Defense Appropriations bill did not include the Cold War Service Medal.Now it will have to be a "stand alone bill", which means we need cosponsors urgently.So keep up the flow of emails, fa…
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Cartman has posted a new entry on: The Republican Temple
Joint Statement From Secretary Gates And Secretary Clinton On Defense Appropriations
We strongly urge Senate passage of the Defense Appropriations Bill today, prior to expiration of the current continuing resolution. Passage today will provide important support for our foreign poli…
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neighborworks has posted a new entry on: NeighborWorks News
FY 2010 Appropriations Bill for NeighborWorks America Signed
We are pleased to announce that on December 16, 2009, President Obama signed into law H.R. 3288, which provides FY 2010 appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Education, Health and H…
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2010 Education Appropriations Guide
Congress completed the fiscal year 2010 appropriations process on Dec. 13, 2009, finalizing annual funding for nearly all federal education programs through September 2010 at $63.7 billion, up $1.1 b…
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Rep. Courtney, House Pass FY 2010 Defense Appropriations Bill That Infuses Historic Level of Investment in Connecticut Economy
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney and the House of Representatives voted to pass the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Appropriations by wide bipartisan margin of 395-34. The annual defense spending…
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Defense Appropriations Bill May Extend Satellite License Deadline
Still engaged over health care legislation, it looks like Congress will be putting off wrangling...
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JRShown has posted a new entry on: Rhymes With Clown
Appropriations Bills Move Forward.
What's another 1,000 pages of legislation among friends, huh?All remaining appropriations bills with the exception of Defense, have been rolled into a single bill and passed the House. Open Congress…
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Senate switches gears to appropriations from health care
Despite Republican objections, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Dec. 10 he intends to hold a vote to pass an omnibus appropriations conference report (H.R. 3288), thereby delaying furth…
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