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Florida lawmakers, who rejected Medicaid, have really sweet health insurance deal
Posted by admin on May 16th, 2013
Search for ‘Obamacare’ Funding Angers Lawmakers
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2013
With money and time running out to implement the president’s health care law, administration officials are looking for funding wherever they can find it—and angering members of Congress along the way. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Lawmakers outraged over another military sex case
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers say they're outraged that for the second time this month a member of the armed forces assigned to help prevent sexual assaults in the military is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct. Tweet This Post
Western lawmakers push to restore mineral funds
Posted by admin on May 14th, 2013
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A bipartisan group of western lawmakers are pushing legislation in Washington to restore cuts of $ 110 million in federal mineral royalty payments to 35 states. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Minn. lawmakers prepare final vote on gay marriage
Posted by admin on May 13th, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Supporters of gay marriage in Minnesota taped blue and orange hearts Monday onto the state Capitol steps, creating a path into the building for lawmakers preparing an afternoon vote on whether to allow same-sex weddings starting in August. Tweet This Post
White House, lawmakers discuss how to combat military sex crimes
Posted by admin on May 9th, 2013
By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top White House officials and lawmakers met on Thursday to discuss how to toughen up laws to prevent and punish sexual assault in the military, and provide better support for victims of the crimes. A bipartisan group of nine senators and seven representatives talked about their ideas to address [...]
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Posted by admin on May 9th, 2013
By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top White House officials and lawmakers met on Thursday to discuss how to toughen up laws to prevent and punish sexual assault in the military, and provide better support for victims of the crimes. A bipartisan group of nine senators and seven representatives talked about their ideas to address [...]
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Posted by admin on May 9th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional efforts to combat sexual assault in the military secured the support of the Obama administration as senior White House officials met privately Thursday with a bipartisan group of lawmakers. Tweet This Post
Lawmakers advance bill on prescription drug tracking
Posted by admin on May 8th, 2013
By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A House of Representatives panel advanced a bill on Wednesday on how the federal government should track prescription drugs as they move through the distribution chain, over the objections of some Democrats who said the proposal did not go far enough to ensure safety. The draft legislation approved by [...]
Lawmakers Becoming Lobbyists at Increasing Rate
Posted by admin on May 8th, 2013
Bloomberg: “Since the November elections, at least 22 members of the last Congress took jobs with lobbying firms, running trade associations or handling government relations for organizations. That would increase by 14 percent over 2012 the number of former lawmakers now in the lobbying business… Since 1998, a total of 338 former members of Congress [...]
