Government Relations

• Obama to sign extension of jobless benefits
  AP (November 06, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is set to sign a bill extending jobless benefits 20 weeks and prolonging the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit.
   
  
• House Dems push for votes on health bill
  AP (November 06, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats are scrambling to secure enough support to pass President Barack Obama's historic health overhaul initiative, working to soothe last-minute concerns from rank-and-file Democrats ahead of a make-or-break vote.
   
  
• CCH Special Tax Briefing: Bill Extends, Expands Stimulus Provisions
  PRNewswire (November 06, 2009)
  
   
  
• Details on health care bills in House, Senate
  AP (November 06, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democratic leaders are offering a $1.2 trillion, 10-year health overhaul bill that expands coverage to millions of Americans. House Republicans have unveiled their alternative, after months of criticizing the Democrats' approach.
   
  
• House Dems in final push on health care
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is steaming toward a historic vote on President Barack Obama's remake of the U.S. health care system, with Democratic leaders increasingly confident and the powerful seniors' lobby AARP about to get on board.
   
  
• Detroit, Michigan watch as Ohio OKs Toledo casino
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  DETROIT (AP) - Ohio voters have given their blessing to the opening of casinos in Toledo and three other cities, and that has Michigan officials and gambling interests paying close attention.
   
  
• FRC Action PAC Endorses Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate
  PRNewswire (November 05, 2009)
  
   
  
• Army: 12 die in dual shootings at Fort Hood, Texas
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. Lt. Gen Bob Cone said at a news conference that one shooter has been killed and two suspects were apprehended on Thu
   
  
• Statement by AFGE on Ft. Hood Tragedy
  PRNewswire (November 05, 2009)
  
   
  
• New Abortion Funding Amendment in Health Bill a Sham and Should Be Rejected
  PRNewswire (November 05, 2009)
  
   
  
• Rail worker killed in Philly on 3rd day of strike
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A packed commuter train struck and killed a rail worker during the morning rush Thursday, disrupting service for three hours and stranding hundreds of riders on a system already crippled by a transit strike.
   
  
• Congress set to clear aid to jobless, homebuyers
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is one vote away from sending the president legislation that continues aid to more than a million jobless people and extends tax breaks to hundreds of thousands of prospective homebuyers and struggling businesses.
   
  
• United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO Metal Trades Presidents to Be Featured on 'Inside Government'
  PRNewswire (November 05, 2009)
  
   
  
• Congress giving homebuyers a big new tax break
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the government. If you're a first-time homebuyer, get up to $8,000.
   
  
• New Report Reveals That 75% of Young Americans Are Unfit for Military Service
  PRNewswire (November 05, 2009)
  
   
  
• AP source: Fort Hood shooting suspect Army major
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Officials say a shooting suspect at Fort Hood has been identified as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, who they say was an Army mental health professional.
   
  
• Lax laws allow US companies to be used for crimes
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Lax state laws allow arms traffickers, drug kingpins and money launderers to use U.S. companies to hide their illicit activities from investigators, government officials said Thursday.
   
  
• EPA to impose standards on PVC plant emissions
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency will set new nationwide emission standards for makers of polyvinyl chloride, commonly known as the plastic PVC, under a settlement with environmental groups announced Thursday.
   
  
• Anti-abortion activists arrested at Pelosi's suite
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Capitol Police have arrested a dozen anti-abortion activists outside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office after a massive protest against the Democrats' health care bill.
   
  
• Senate Democrats advance climate bill without GOP
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Ignoring a Republican boycott, Senate Democrats pushed a precedent-setting climate bill through a key committee Thursday.
   
  
• Democrats' plan to help 'uninsurables' questioned
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - You're afraid your cancer is back, and a health insurance company just turned you down. Under the health care bills in Congress, you could apply for coverage through a new high-risk pool that President Barack Obama promises would immediately start serving patients with pre-existing medical problems. Wait a second. Read the fine print. You may have to be uni
   
  
• European, British central banks leave rates alone
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  FRANKFURT (AP) - The European Central Bank and the Bank of England kept interest rates at record lows Thursday as their economies struggle to emerge from recession.
   
  
• Senator: No stimulus money for US-China wind farm
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A Democratic senator is calling on the Obama administration to reject an expected request for economic stimulus money for a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy project.
   
  
• AARP Endorses Affordable Health Care for America Act
  PRNewswire (November 05, 2009)
  
   
  
• 'Clunker' data show pickup-for-pickup trades
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Billed as a way for the government to put more fuel-efficient vehicles on highways, the popular $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program mostly involved swaps of old Ford or Chevrolet pickups for new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data by The Associated Press.
   
  
• Majority leader: House will pass health bill
  AP (November 05, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Majority Leader Steny Hoyer predicts the House will pass historic health care overhaul legislation Saturday to extend coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and ban insurance companies from turning people away.
   
  
• House to accelerate credit card rules
  AP (November 04, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats want tougher rules for credit card companies to go into effect by Dec. 1, accelerating by two months the enactment date of legislation previously passed by Congress.
   
  
• Bank of England faces key stimulus decision
  AP (November 04, 2009)
  LONDON (AP) - The Bank of England's injection of 175 billion pounds ($289 billion) into the economy hasn't yet pulled Britain out of recession, and the central bank now faces a difficult decision on whether to raise the stakes.
   
  
• Voters in struggling Ohio approve 4 urban casinos
  AP (November 04, 2009)
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio voters hit hard by the economic downturn have approved casinos on the fifth try by gambling supporters in the past two decades.
   
  
• Iowa AG: States must help protect consumers
  AP (November 04, 2009)
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller says the states should continue to have a role in protecting consumers from fraudulent practices.
   
  
• Former Federal Juvenile Justice Administrators to Gather in Washington on Nov. 10, 2009
  PRNewswire (November 04, 2009)
  
   
  
• Voters Send a Message About Self-Financed Candidates in New Jersey and New York City
  PRNewswire (November 04, 2009)
  
   
  
• Treasury expects debt limit will be hit in Dec.
  AP (November 04, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Treasury Department now expects to hit the government's debt limit in December, two months later than its initial estimate, after scaling back an emergency loan program as the financial crisis abated.
   
  
• DNC Chairman Tim Kaine Releases Statement on Election Results
  PRNewswire (November 04, 2009)
  
   
  
• Health Reform Needs Stronger Focus on National Workforce Strategy
  PRNewswire (November 04, 2009)
  
   
  
• FDA Unveils Safe Use Initiative That Targets Preventable Harm From Medication Use
  PRNewswire (November 04, 2009)
  
   
  
• Fed likely to keep key interest rate at record low
  AP (November 04, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Faced with lurking dangers to the budding recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers are sure to leave a key interest rate at a record low to entice Americans to spend more and help the economic turnaround gain traction.
   
  
• California lawmakers approve $11B water overhaul
  AP (November 04, 2009)
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California lawmakers have passed an $11 billion overhaul of the state's antiquated water system, ending decades of debate over how to supply a soaring population while preserving the fragile environment.
   
  
• San Francisco voters defeat sign district plan
  AP (November 04, 2009)
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Voters have defeated a measure to allow advertising signs and billboards along a small area on one of San Francisco's major roadways.
   
  
• STIMULUS WATCH: Salary raise counted as saved job
  AP (November 04, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's economic recovery program saved 935 jobs at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, an impressive success story for the stimulus plan. Trouble is, only 508 people work there.
   
  
• WA CeaseFire Exploits Slain Officer to Push Agenda, Says CCRKBA
  PRNewswire (November 03, 2009)
  
   
  
• Calif. lawmakers haggle over potential water fixes
  AP (November 03, 2009)
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Lawmakers kept haggling Tuesday in their effort to alleviate California's water woes, as the Legislature prepared to vote on a package of bills that appears to lack the support needed to pass.
   
  
• RI gov signs bill banning indoor prostitution
  AP (November 03, 2009)
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri has signed legislation closing a loophole that made indoor prostitution legal and allowed more than 30 suspected brothels to operate around the state.
   
  
• Lawmakers seek ban on laptops in airliner cockpits
  AP (November 03, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles.
   
  
• Unintended Consequences: Health Care Reform Proposals Would Disrupt Dental Coverage, Limit Competition
  PRNewswire (November 03, 2009)
  
   
  
• Dollar rises ahead of central bank announcements
  AP (November 03, 2009)
  NEW YORK (AP) - The dollar mostly rose Tuesday as major bank restructurings in Europe and worries over slow growth made the currency more attractive to investors seeking safety amid central bank meetings in the U.S. and Europe this week.
   
  
• Attorney: Texas lottery won't pay cheated winner
  AP (November 03, 2009)
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - An attorney for a man who lost out on a $1 million jackpot says the Texas Lottery Commission still considers the store clerk who allegedly stole the ticket to be the winner.
   
  
• USW Declares Support for 'Trade Enforcement Priorities Act' to Create Jobs
  PRNewswire (November 03, 2009)
  
   
  
• Sierra Club, USW Urge Regulators to Uphold Intent of Lacey Act
  PRNewswire (November 03, 2009)
  
   
  
• NC appellate judges reject public records lawsuit
  AP (November 03, 2009)
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Court of Appeals has sided with the state treasurer's office in a public records lawsuit that accused officials of withholding documents about the state's pension fund.
   
  
• SD regulators to hold public hearing on pipeline
  AP (November 03, 2009)
  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The Public Utilities Commission gets comments from the public Tuesday evening in Pierre on the $920 million, 313-mile stretch of the Keystone XL pipeline that TransCanada Keystone plans to build across western and south central South Dakota.
   
  
• Feeding America Statement on Report That Nearly Half of All American Children Will Receive SNAP (Food Stamps)
  PRNewswire (November 03, 2009)
  
   
  
• United Airlines spent $510K lobbying gov't in 3Q
  AP (November 03, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - United Airlines spent $510,000 in the third quarter lobbying on legislation including the cap-and-trade bill that was taken up in the Senate this week, according to a recent disclosure form.
   
  
• Ore. treasurer: State's credit rating remains good
  AP (November 03, 2009)
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon treasurer's office says national credit rating firms are reporting that the state remains a safe credit risk at a time when many others are being warned about potential downgrades.
   
  
• IMF sells gold to India's central bank
  AP (November 03, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The International Monetary Fund has sold 200 metric tons of gold worth $6.7 billion to India's central bank as part of an effort to shore up IMF finances and increase low-cost lending to developing countries.
   
  
• Union for Federal Prison Officers Requests Immediate Action From Attorney General Eric Holder
  PRNewswire (November 03, 2009)
  
   
  
• Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE to Receive up to $5.5 Million in Funding from U.S. Department of Energy to Further Technical Goals of Competition
  PRNewswire (November 02, 2009)
  
   
  
• Change to Win Challenges U.S. Chamber's Assault on Wednesday's Investor Reform Vote
  PRNewswire (November 02, 2009)
  
   
  
• Flex spending accounts face hit in health overhaul
  AP (November 02, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Those tax-free spending accounts that you and your co-workers use to help pay for dental work, insurance copayments or over-the-counter drugs face a hit under the health overhaul bills in Congress - unless a coalition that includes a powerful union, insurers and others can stop it.
   
  
• US Labor Department obtains court judgment to restore more than $1.2 million to El Vocero de Puerto Rico union employee retirement plan
  PRNewswire (November 02, 2009)
  
   
  
• The GOP - A Party With Leaders But No Followers
  PRNewswire (November 02, 2009)
  
   
  
• Air Transport Association Statement on USDA Withdrawal of Inspection Fee Increase
  PRNewswire (November 02, 2009)
  
   
  
• Mass. considers clampdown on toxic substances
  AP (November 02, 2009)
  BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts lawmakers are considering tighter restrictions on the use of toxic chemicals in consumer products as a way to encourage the use of safer alternatives.
   
  
• Tongass wars flare over Logjam timber sale
  AP (November 02, 2009)
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Conservation groups and the U.S. Forest Service have fought for decades over management of the country's largest national forest. The wrangling has gone on for so long it has a name: The Tongass Wars.
   
  
• Obama: Private, public sectors must create jobs
  AP (November 02, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said Monday the public and private sectors must find more ways to create jobs to continue the nation's climb out of an economic recession.
   
  
• Los Angeles County's rail car contract falls apart
  AP (November 02, 2009)
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - A deal to build 100 rail cars for Los Angeles County's transit system has fallen through, costing the region an estimated $368 million in economic activity and hundreds of jobs.
   
  
• As jobs vanish, factory towns slow to see stimulus
  AP (November 02, 2009)
  

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Many communities hit hardest by job losses, those built around dying factories and mills, have been slowest to see relief from President Barack Obama's stimulus plan, underscoring how hard it is for Washington policymakers to cr
   
  

• Funds dwindling to oversee Utah's hazardous waste
  AP (November 02, 2009)
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Businesses that handle some of Utah's most dangerous materials are being inspected less often because of dwindling funds to pay for the work.
   
  
• Health care plan hits rich with big tax increases
  AP (November 02, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The typical family would be spared higher taxes from the House Democratic plan to overhaul health care, and their low-income neighbors could come out ahead.
   
  
• Governor Perdue Declares November 16-20 College Application Week; Students Across the State Set to Apply to College
  PRNewswire (November 02, 2009)
  
   
  
• GovDocs Inc. Releases GINA-Compliant Labor Law Poster
  PRNewswire (November 02, 2009)
  
   
  
• News Story Highlights Rep. Mike Rogers' Favor for Campaign Contributor
  PRNewswire (November 02, 2009)
  
   
  
• CORRECTED: AltaRock Energy Receives Notification of Grant Award from Department of Energy
  PRNewswire (October 31, 2009)
  
   
  
• Fed Fixes for Overdraft Fall Short, Strong Reform Crucial, CRL Tells Congress
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) Adds His Name As Co-Sponsor to the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• Recovery Act Coalition Applauds Recipient Reporting as Milestone in Government Transparency; Calls for More Data to Assess Effectiveness and Fairness of Stimulus
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• Mich. sued for cutting off adult dental benefits
  AP (October 30, 2009)
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 400,000 adult Medicaid recipients whose dental benefits were eliminated by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to save money.
   
  
• Pelosi: Report on Recovery Act Shows it Brought Economy Back from the Brink of Depression and is Creating Jobs
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• 60 Plus Announces New :30 TV Ad Targeting Senator Lincoln to Protect Seniors Medicare
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• AltaRock Energy Receives Notification of Grant Award from DOE
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• Millions spent on small border stations justified
  AP (October 30, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - An internal Obama administration review supports its rationale for upgrading little-used border checkpoints rather than the busiest crossings.
   
  
• US Department of Labor's OSHA Issues Record-Breaking Fines to BP
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• Teamsters Protest U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Extreme Agenda
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• CDC: Swine flu kids' deaths jump to 114
  AP (October 30, 2009)
  ATLANTA (AP) - Swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths - the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April, health officials said Friday.
   
  
• SC governor signs incentive package for Boeing
  AP (October 30, 2009)
  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A $750 million Boeing 787 assembly plant is expected to bring thousands of badly needed jobs to South Carolina's ailing economy and, officials hope, a closer look at the state by other industrial prospects.
   
  
• Treasury Department Announces $5 Billion in Awards to Spur Investment in Economically Distressed Communities
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• National Alliance for Hispanic Health Applauds Confirmation of Dr. Regina Benjamin as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• NextGen Acceleration Needed Now
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• NFL's Goodell to testify on Vikings suspensions
  AP (October 30, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is returning to Capitol Hill next week, this time to testify about the case of two professional football players whose suspensions for violating the league's anti-doping policy were blocked by the courts.
   
  
• EPA settles with Detroit co. over hazardous waste
  AP (October 30, 2009)
  DETROIT (AP) - Federal officials have reached an agreement with a Detroit company over alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at two oil recycling operations.
   
  
• Seniors to Senator Nelson 'Don't Cut Medicare!'
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• US spy agencies' spending rises to $49.8 billion
  AP (October 30, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. spy agencies spent $49.8 billion in fiscal year 2009, $2 billion more than in 2008 and the second such multibillion-dollar increase in as many years.
   
  
• CAIR: Texas Medical Group Denies Muslim Doctor Right to Hijab
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• Seneca Nation Calls On New York State Leadership To Fix State Economic Problems
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• Update: Census Bureau to Launch 2010 Census in Schools Program Nationwide
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• Geithner: Legislation won't lead to more bailouts
  AP (October 29, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the government's ability to dismantle mammoth financial institutions like Lehman Brothers and American International Group, when necessary, won't lead to future bailouts.
   
  
• U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: The 2009 Holiday Season
  PRNewswire (October 29, 2009)
  
   
  
• FAA: 2 jets were only about 82 feet apart at LAX
  AP (October 29, 2009)
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday a runway incursion put a taxiing jet about 82 feet from a departing airliner - less than half the separation required by aviation rules.
   
  
• Geithner says economy on the mend
  AP (October 29, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he sees positive signs that the economy is recovering, although the recession remains "alive and acute" for families dealing with unemployment and facing home foreclosure.
   
  
• Cardiology Groups Implore President Obama: Stop Medicare Rule That Will Restrict Access to Heart Care
  PRNewswire (October 29, 2009)
  
   
  
• USAID and San Diego Padres a Winning Team for Education in Dominican Republic
  PRNewswire (October 29, 2009)
  
   
  
• CHANGE Illinois! Says Agreement to Limit Campaign Contributions Puts Illinois on the Road to Reform
  PRNewswire (October 29, 2009)
  
   
  
• Obama to lay out plans to help small businesses
  AP (October 29, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama speaks Thursday morning to small business leaders about the administration's plans to offer them assistance.
   
  
• Remarks as Prepared for Attorney General Eric Holder at the Tribal Nations Listening Session
  PRNewswire (October 29, 2009)
  
   
  
• New Report Shows Urgent Need for Fair Elections Now Act
  PRNewswire (October 29, 2009)
  
   
  
• US official: Homemade bombs pose worldwide threat
  AP (October 29, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The use of homemade bombs extends well beyond Afghanistan and Iraq, making the weapons a global problem that requires an international solution, a senior U.S. military official said Thursday.
   
  
• Obama seeks new powers to dismantle nonbank firms
  AP (October 29, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A year after Lehman Brothers collapsed, helping to trigger the worst financial crisis in seven decades, the Obama administration is pressing Congress for the power to dismantle other nonbank firms considered so large and influential that they could bring down the entire economy.
   
  
• Senator calls Okla. roads 'life threatening'
  AP (October 29, 2009)
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The poor state of Oklahoma's bridges and roads is "life threatening," and the state can't afford Congressional bickering that threatens to block federal aid for improvements, Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe said Wednesday.
   
  
• Pelosi Statement on House Passage of Small Businesses Financing and Investment Act
  PRNewswire (October 29, 2009)
  
   
  
• Military notified too late to launch fighter jets
  AP (October 29, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military would have launched fighter jets to track down an errant Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport if officials had been notified sooner, a top commander said Thursday as federal authorities defended the decision to revoke the licenses of the pilots involved.
   
  
• White House Garden goes through second harvest
  AP (October 29, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama and several dozen children from Washington, D.C., schools have harvested the produce growing in the garden on the South Lawn of the White House.
   
  
• Ohio senators curious about casino money
  AP (October 29, 2009)
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Some Ohio senators were curious Wednesday about the possibility of plugging the state's budget hole with money from casinos, should they be approved by voters next week.
   
  
• NSPS Repealed with Signing of 2010 National Defense Authorization Act
  PRNewswire (October 29, 2009)
  
   
  
• Educators urge lower lottery profits for Ore. bars
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Education advocates are pressing the Oregon Lottery Commission to reduce what they say are overly generous payouts to bars and taverns that host the state's video gambling machines.
   
  
• Ind. Republicans want to delay jobless tax hikes
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The state should delay unemployment tax increases on businesses from 2010 to 2011 to help companies retain workers and possibly wait long enough for a federal bailout, Republicans who control the Indiana Senate said Tuesday.
   
  
• Message to Congress: Women Farmers Critical to Hunger Fight
  PRNewswire (October 28, 2009)
  
   
  
• Feds file suits over $562 million bogus tax claims
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal authorities have filed lawsuits against seven people accused of promoting a bogus tax return scheme seeking a total of $562 million in refunds.
   
  
• House panel votes for new rating agency rules
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Financial Services Committee has voted to set new rules for credit rating agencies, which lawmakers say misled investors by giving high marks to risky securities tied to subprime mortgages.
   
  
• Dozers Descend On Capitol Hill
  PRNewswire (October 28, 2009)
  
   
  
• La. sells $200M in bonds for building projects
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana sold $200 million in general obligation bonds to generate upfront cash to finance state construction projects, the first such bond sale since September 2006.
   
  
• SMC Business Councils Calling Attention to Proposed 1099 Law Changes
  PRNewswire (October 28, 2009)
  
   
  
• Mo. smelter downplays EPA concerns about lead
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Doe Run Co. on Tuesday downplayed the extent of lead contamination at properties near its Herculaneum lead smelter, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stood by tests showing many neighboring homes had tainted soil.
   
  
• Just Released -- New Poll: Healthcare Through Women's Eyes
  PRNewswire (October 28, 2009)
  
   
  
• Pelosi Remarks at Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in Honor of Former Senator Edward Brooke
  PRNewswire (October 28, 2009)
  
   
  
• FAA grounds wayward Northwest Airlines pilots
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles are grounded indefinitely unless the National Transportation Safety Board grants them a reprieve.
   
  
• Interim New Mexico state investment officer named
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has selected Bob Jacksha to serve as interim state investment officer while the administration searches for a permanent appointee.
   
  
• Iowa gov to unveil plan for cutting state budget
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Gov. Chet Culver is unveiling his plans for a 10 percent across-the board budget cut, slashing $565 million in spending and forcing hundreds of layoffs.
   
  
• New Census Reveals Decline in Greater Los Angeles Homelessness
  PRNewswire (October 28, 2009)
  
   
  
• Neb. targets $335M for cuts in 2-year state budget
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers and Gov. Dave Heineman will have to slash $335 million from the two-year state budget during a special legislative session intended to deal with state government's worst fiscal crisis in recent memory.
   
  
• Sen. Murray asking Boeing, machinists to talk
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Patty Murray's office says she's trying to arrange talks Wednesday in Washington, D.C., between Boeing and the Machinists union.
   
  
• National Children's Alliance to Administer $10 Million in Federal Grants
  PRNewswire (October 28, 2009)
  
   
  
• Democrats struggle to find unity on health plan
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats are still struggling to find a strategy that will let them push a health care overhaul through the Senate and fulfill President Barack Obama's goal of signing a bill this year.
   
  
• Farm states may copy Ohio vote on livestock rules
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Ohio voters will decide next week whether to create a board overseeing livestock care in a move that could give farmers in rural America a blueprint for battling animal rights groups intent on outlawing cramped cages for chickens and hogs.
   
  
• Treasury, GMAC in talks for 3rd round of US aid
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  NEW YORK (AP) - GMAC, the former lending arm of General Motors Co., is in talks with the Treasury Department for a third injection of taxpayer aid, a further sign of the U.S. government's entrenchment in the U.S. auto industry.
   
  
• THE INFLUENCE GAME: Doctors' lobby in tricky spot
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Does the AMA matter in the health care debate? Congress is beginning to have its doubts, despite the medical association's deep pockets and platoons of lobbyists.
   
  
• Hawaii Supreme Court ending ceded lands case
  AP (October 28, 2009)
  HONOLULU (AP) - The Hawaii Supreme Court is bringing a 15-year court battle over Hawaiian lands to a close.
   
  
• Senate hearing kicks off climate bill
  AP (October 27, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Top Obama administration officials are looking to make their case before the Senate for aggressive action to combat climate change, even as Republicans show no sign of softening their dislike of a Democratic bill that would dramatically cut heat-trapping pollution.
   
  
• Justice Department Honors Utah Citizens at National Amber Alert Symposium
  PRNewswire (October 27, 2009)
  
   
  
• Gov. Riley announces launch of Aerospace Alliance
  AP (October 27, 2009)
  BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) - The governors of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi have announced the launch of an alliance designed to create an aerospace and aviation corridor from Panama City, Fla., to Louisiana.
   
  
• Economy and Public Health Will Benefit if Clean Car Standards Are Well-Designed, Group Testifies
  PRNewswire (October 27, 2009)
  
   
  
• Justice Department Honors AMBER Alert Coordinator of the Year, Mark Hill
  PRNewswire (October 27, 2009)
  
   
  
• Teamsters Commend White House Efforts to Reopen Delaware GM Plant
  PRNewswire (October 27, 2009)
  
   
  
• Obama promotes 'smart grid'
  AP (October 27, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - After an overnight stay in Miami, President Barack Obama heads to Arcadia, Fla., to promote "smart grid" technologies.
   
  
• North Dakota, National Long Term Care Leaders Praise Conrad, Pomeroy, Dorgan for Helping Voice Concerns of Seniors, Caregivers in Washington Health Care Reform Debate
  PRNewswire (October 27, 2009)
  
   
  
• Senate Temporarily Extends SBA Programs Through April
  PRNewswire (October 27, 2009)
  
   
  
• Ark. energy companies make case for climate bill
  AP (October 27, 2009)
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An industry group said Monday that alternative energy companies need Congress to pass the climate bill so they will be assured of a long-term market, one that will ultimately lower energy costs and employ 25,000 in Arkansas by 2020.
   
  
• Long-term care insurance program gains in House
  AP (October 27, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - House health care legislation expected within days is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help seniors and disabled people stay out of nursing homes, senior Democrats say.
   
  
• Tenn. Appeals Court rules for Bible Park rezoning
  AP (October 27, 2009)
  MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Court of Appeals at Nashville has ruled in favor of a rezoning that would allow a Bible-based theme park to be built in Rutherford County.
   
  
• Wyo. governor talks energy with Western lawmakers
  AP (October 27, 2009)
  JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal warned western state lawmakers that despite easy platitudes about working together, competition among the states often blocks interstate cooperation.
   
  
• No guarantees on Senate health bill's public plan
  AP (October 27, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The focus of the health overhaul debate now shifts to whether Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid can persuade a handful of moderate senators to get behind his new proposal for a government-sponsored insurance plan.
   
  
• Biden tells Ohio stimulus program helping economy
  AP (October 27, 2009)
  CLEVELAND (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden told an Ohio audience that the federal economic stimulus package is helping to revive the U.S. economy and has helped stabilized the financial markets.
   
  
• Kerry: US leadership at stake in climate debate
  AP (October 27, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The lead author of a Senate climate bill says action to combat global warming will raise energy prices, but also create jobs and that inaction could cause even worse economic and security problems.
   
  
• Justice Department Honors Colorado Police Officer With Amber Alert Law Enforcement Leadership Award
  PRNewswire (October 27, 2009)
  
   
  
• Strong Clean Energy Policies Will Grow the Economy and Create 78,000 New Jobs in Pennsylvania
  PRNewswire (October 26, 2009)
  
   
  
• Wis.: No one taking blame for higher car insurance
  AP (October 26, 2009)
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) - As insurance companies begin mailing notices to Wisconsin customers telling them that their auto premiums are likely to increase soon, state politicians are scrambling to avoid the blame.
   
  
• First of Four Rallies Kicks Off Final Push for Supporters of State Issue 3
  PRNewswire (October 26, 2009)
  
   
  
• CtW Challenges U.S. Chamber's Attack on Corporate Reform
  PRNewswire (October 26, 2009)
  
   
  
• Time growing short for overhaul effort
  AP (October 26, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Time growing short, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate still face key decisions if they are to achieve President Barack Obama's goal of passing legislation to remake the nation's health care system by year's end.
   
  
• Strong Clean Energy Policies Will Grow Economy and Create 45,000 Jobs in Indiana
  PRNewswire (October 26, 2009)
  
   
  
• Puerto Rico Fire Extinguished
  PRNewswire (October 26, 2009)
  
   
  
• Vice President Biden Receives Distinguished Service Award From the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
  PRNewswire (October 26, 2009)
  
   
  
• Shire says FDA reaffirms Vyvanse exclusivity
  AP (October 26, 2009)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Shire PLC said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reaffirmed a prior decision to give the attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder drug Vyvanse five years of market exclusivity.
   
  
• Strong Clean Energy Policies Will Grow Economy and Create 61,000 Jobs in Ohio
  PRNewswire (October 26, 2009)
  
   
  
• Obama quotes about the news media
  AP (October 26, 2009)
  (AP) - Quotes by President Barack Obama about the media:
   
  
• The March of Dimes Honors Tammy Duckworth, Anita Alvarez and Kwame Raoul at its Annual 'Faces of Our Success' Awards Breakfast in Chicago
  PRNewswire (October 26, 2009)
  
   
  
• Clock ticking on Democrats' health care reform
  AP (October 26, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Time growing short, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate still face key decisions if they are to achieve President Barack Obama's goal of passing legislation to remake the nation's health care system by year's end.
   
  
• Assistant Attorney General Tony West to Host Government Pro Bono Week Panel on Promotion of Expanded Access to Justice
  PRNewswire (October 26, 2009)
  
   
  
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Sue Itself for Fraud and Self-Parody?
  PRNewswire (October 26, 2009)
  
   
  
• Rep. Visclosky Expose Shows Need for "Fair Elections" Campaign Reform
  PRNewswire (October 26, 2009)
  
   
  
• Consumer Groups Back Rep. Maloney's Continued Push for Overdraft Reform
  PRNewswire (October 26, 2009)
  
   
  
• FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair Addresses Thousands of Taxpayers at Showdown in Chicago in Support of President Obama's New Consumer Protection Agency
  PRNewswire (October 26, 2009)
  
   
  
• HHS' Sebelius: Ample flu vaccine will be available
  AP (October 26, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday the swine flu vaccine "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line."
   
  
• Bread for the World Welcomes Administration's Child Nutrition Priorities
  PRNewswire (October 24, 2009)
  
   
  
• Consumer Financial Protection Agency Needs Strengthening to Keep Consumers and the Economy Safe
  PRNewswire (October 23, 2009)
  
   
  
• Abortion divides House Dems in health care debate
  AP (October 23, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats are at an impasse over whether their remake of the nation's health care system would effectively allow federal funding of abortion.
   
  
• Senate bill may have public insurance plan
  AP (October 23, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has long been seen as opposed to the federal government selling health insurance in competition with private industry, but now senior Senate Democrats and White House officials are strongly considering including such a measure in health care overhaul legislation, officials say.
   
  
• Recovery Act Coalition to Hold Press Briefing Ahead of October 30 State-Data Release
  PRNewswire (October 23, 2009)
  
   
  
• No Free Lunch: The True Cost of ObamaCare Report Released
  PRNewswire (October 23, 2009)
  
   
  
• Politics at play as Obama talks energy at MIT
  AP (October 23, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is doing more than promoting clean energy with a tour of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He's pumping some energy of his own into the campaigns of New England allies facing tough re-election bids.
   
  
• CAIR Banquet Sold Out, Congressional Coalition Blasts Anti-Muslim Reps
  PRNewswire (October 23, 2009)
  
   
  
• Department of Justice to Hold National Amber Alert Symposium in Tampa, Fla
  PRNewswire (October 23, 2009)
  
   
  
• Bernanke urges Congress to act now on overhaul
  AP (October 23, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke prodded Congress Friday to enact legislation overhauling the nation's financial regulatory system to prevent a repeat of the banking and credit debacles that had thrust the country into crisis.
   
  
• Court filings tie Young to Alaska corruption
  AP (October 23, 2009)
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Documents filed in federal court directly link U.S. Rep. Don Young to a wide-ranging investigation of corruption in Alaska for the first time.
   
  
• LA County OKs $300 billion transportation plan
  AP (October 23, 2009)
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County's public transit system has approved a nearly $300 billion, 30-year plan to reduce gridlock in one of the nation's most congested areas.
   
  
• House panel's probe targets big mortgage lenders
  AP (October 23, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A House panel is investigating the role of mortgage lenders in the financial crisis and is seeking information from some of the biggest U.S. companies to determine if they used deceptive practices to lure borrowers into the housing boom.
   
  
• AFGE Bid Protests Save More Than 500 West Point Jobs
  PRNewswire (October 22, 2009)
  
   
  
• Congress scrutinizes problems in homebuyer credit
  AP (October 22, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A House panel is looking into concerns of fraud among those taking advantage of the first-time homebuyer tax credit, a program central to the Obama administration's effort to get the housing market back on track.
   
  
• FCC set to start pursuing `net neutrality' rules
  AP (October 22, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators are expected to take a step forward Thursday on rules that would prohibit broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against Internet traffic.
   
  
• MEDIA ADVISORY: Schedule for 2009 Center for Plain Language Symposium - National Press Club, Washington, D.C., October 30, 2009
  PRNewswire (October 22, 2009)
  
   
  
• AFGE Thanks Congress, President Obama for Advance Funding for Department of Veterans Affairs
  PRNewswire (October 22, 2009)
  
   
  
• Congressional Moves to Protect Consumers and Provide Financial Oversight Good First Step
  PRNewswire (October 22, 2009)
  
   
  
• TARP figure confirms substantial pay cuts looming
  AP (October 22, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the panel that oversees the $700 billion federal bailout fund said Thursday the Obama administration is insisting on slashing the salaries of executives of companies that took money from the government.
   
  
• Consumer Watchdog Asks HHS to Repeal Rule Allowing Health Care Providers to Decide When Notification of Breached Electronic Medical Records is Necessary
  PRNewswire (October 22, 2009)
  
   
  
• Poultry industry: Okla. didn't enforce water rules
  AP (October 22, 2009)
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Arkansas poultry companies claimed Wednesday that an Oklahoma agency could have gone to court long ago to enforce water quality standards in a sensitive watershed, but failed to do so until 2005, when it filed a federal lawsuit blaming the companies for pollution there.
   
  
• Teamsters Applaud Vote on Consumer Financial Protection Agency
  PRNewswire (October 22, 2009)
  
   
  
• Judge: Notices must be in formats blind can read
  AP (October 22, 2009)
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Social Security Administration must provide information on benefits in a way that is accessible to blind people.
   
  
• Fla. House panel discusses offshore drilling
  AP (October 22, 2009)
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Texas and Alabama get far less money every year from offshore drilling in their state waters than advocates say Florida can expect, the state's environmental chief told a House panel Wednesday.
   
  
• Vermont Senate chief questions Entergy spinoff
  AP (October 22, 2009)
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant's future as a provider of a third of the state's electricity could be in jeopardy if the plant's owner spins it off to a newly created company, the head of the state Senate said Wednesday.
   
  
• Utah's 4-day workweek brings some dividends
  AP (October 22, 2009)
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Closing Utah state offices on Fridays has delivered an unexpected bonus: a big saving on overtime pay.
   
  
• Congress moves to expand financial oversight
  AP (October 22, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress wants another government regulator to cut through the red tape and protect your pocketbook. But there's plenty of fine print that will limit the new agency's reach.
   
  
• Key senators may rebuff Obama on health care
  AP (October 22, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democrats' control of a hefty majority in the Senate - plus the House - would suggest that President Barack Obama is within reach of overhauling the nation's health care system this fall.
   
  
• Hispanic farmers fight to sue USDA over lost land
  AP (October 22, 2009)
  SALINAS, Calif. (AP) - In their straw hats, rolled up sleeves and work boots, a dozen or so Latinos gathered by a field of ripening strawberries still look like farmers. All but one of them, however, have lost their land.
   
  
• AARP Maryland Key Vote News Alert
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• Dems eye insurance industry's antitrust protection
  AP (October 21, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Top Senate Democrats intend to try to strip the health insurance industry of its exemption from federal antitrust laws, according to congressional officials. It's the latest evidence of a deepening struggle over President Barack Obama's effort to overhaul the health care industry.
   
  
• ATR: Will Obama Again Deny Healthcare Excise Tax is a Tax?
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• Idaho Docs on Track to See Massive Medicare Pay Cut in 2010
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• Bread for the World Welcomes White House Focus on Child Nutrition
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• Watchdog: Bailout helped but at a great cost
  AP (October 21, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A government watchdog said the $700 billion bailout for the financial industry played a major role in rescuing the economy over the last year but also engendered anger and distrust among Americans because of secrecy and confusion about the way the program was handled.
   
  
• Governor Rendell: $300,000 Federal Grant Will Help Fulton County Manufacturer Meet Changing Workforce Needs
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• FRC: Where Is the Protection and Tolerance for Marriage Defenders?
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• USCAP to Hold Clean Technology Showcase
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• CPSC eyes side-by-side recreational vehicles
  AP (October 21, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government is taking a closer look at off-road recreational vehicles, known as ROVs, after dozens of deaths.
   
  
• Alliance for Digital Equality (ADE) Voices Support for the Congressional Black Caucus
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• New Conservation Program Gets Strong California Response
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• Gideon Technologies Earns OVAL Repository Top Contributor Award for the 3rd quarter of 2009
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• Finances of tax credit extension are questioned
  AP (October 21, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Key congressional leaders want to extend the tax credit for first-time homebuyers beyond its scheduled end-of-November expiration despite complaints of fraud and Obama administration concerns about the costs.
   
  
• Office of Drug Czar Representative to Speak at NABP Symposium on Medical Marijuana
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the 57th Annual Attorney General Awards Ceremony
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• Governor Corzine Welcomes U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chu to New Jersey's 'Clean Energy Now' Conference
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• CDC concedes vaccine production behind schedule
  AP (October 21, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A top-ranking official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says production of a vaccine for swine flu virus is behind schedule and people should take precautionary steps to prevent its spread.
   
  
• Auto task force shocked by state of GM, Chrysler
  AP (October 21, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The shockingly poor financial management of General Motors and Chrysler weakened their case for a government bailout, but officials feared letting the automakers collapse would severely harm the U.S. economy, the former head of the Obama administration's auto task force says.
   
  
• Postal Service Goes Mobile
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• House panel says states can protect consumers
  AP (October 21, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Financial Services Committee has voted to let states regulate large national banks when it comes to protecting consumers from fraud and abuse.
   
  
• Bailout watchdog expects much to remain unrefunded
  AP (October 21, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The man who watches over the $700 billion in government money given to banks and other institutions to avert a financial collapse said Wednesday he thinks it's too early to say how much will be repaid to the taxpayers.
   
  
• Bernanke weighs faster credit card protection
  AP (October 21, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Moving up the effective date of tough new regulations to protect credit card customers from sudden interest rate increases could be a double-edged sword, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
   
  
• Hundreds of U.S. Companies & Organizations Urge Congress to Strengthen and Make Permanent the R&D Tax Credit
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Mort's Concrete and Owner, to Enforce Employment Rights of Wisconsin Army National Guardsman
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• Miss. lawmakers hear talk of possible session
  AP (October 21, 2009)
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Several Mississippi lawmakers say they've heard a special session is possible in the next couple of weeks, with speculation that it would involve incentives for a proposed auto plant in Tunica County, but Gov. Haley Barbour has not made an announcement.
   
  
• New rules established for municipal bond deals
  AP (October 21, 2009)
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee has set up new rules for cities and counties that want to engage in interest rate swaps and other exotic financial transactions.
   
  
• AARP Illinois Key Vote News Alert
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• Analysis: Courting doctors in special interest war
  AP (October 20, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - In the special interest war over health care, the White House and congressional Democrats have the nation's drug makers and hospitals generally on their side; the insurance industry, not so much.
   
  
• Pelosi Remarks at Press Availability with Easter Seals on Benefits of Health Reform for Children
  PRNewswire (October 20, 2009)
  
   
  
• Hispanic National Bar Association Joins National Organizations to Oppose the Vitter-Bennett Amendment As Unconstitutional, Divisive, and Aimed at Undermining Census 2010
  PRNewswire (October 20, 2009)
  
   
  
• NARA's Presidential Libraries to Host National Issues Forums This Fall
  PRNewswire (October 20, 2009)
  
   
  
• Linda Smith (U.S. Congress 1994-98) Speaks at Congressional Hearing on International Violence Against Women
  PRNewswire (October 20, 2009)
  
   
  
• General David Petraeus and the Men and Women of Central Command to Receive 2009 American Patriot Award
  PRNewswire (October 20, 2009)
  
   
  
• Urban Caucus Chair Tells Investors: 'Greatest Untapped Market for American Business is in Minority Communities at Home'
  PRNewswire (October 20, 2009)
  
   
  
• US Labor Department's OSHA addresses need for combustible dust standard
  PRNewswire (October 20, 2009)
  
   
  
• Canada's central bank leaves rate unchanged
  AP (October 20, 2009)
  TORONTO (AP) - Canada's central bank is holding its key interest rate at a record low 0.25 percent and reiterating its intention to hold the rate there until the middle of next year.
   
  
• Health Benefits Excise Tax Calculator Developed by Findley Davies
  PRNewswire (October 19, 2009)
  
   
  
• Ad agencies urge DOJ to okay Yahoo, Micorosft deal
  AP (October 19, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Major advertising and marketing agencies are urging antitrust reviewers to approve a proposed online search partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft.
   
  
• Adviser: Obama waits on finished health care bill
  AP (October 19, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is waiting for Congress to settle on a final health care bill, even though President Barack Obama has a clear preference in favor of at least one specific - the much-debated public option, advisers said.
   
  
• Mayors Bloomberg and Booker Urge Congress to Update Old Law to Allow Ports Nationwide to Enact Clean Trucks Programs
  PRNewswire (October 19, 2009)
  
   
  
• Ariz. plans securities sales for budget maneuver
  AP (October 19, 2009)
  PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona officials say they plan to offer securities to individuals and institutional investors to ease the state's budget crisis by borrowing against prisons and other state properties.
   
  
• JAL shares surge on government rescue report
  AP (October 19, 2009)
  TOKYO (AP) - Shares of Japan Airlines surged nearly 12 percent Monday following a report the government is expediting a rescue for the struggling carrier.
   
  
• Justice Department Reaches ADA Settlement With Fort Wayne, Indiana, Day Care Center Regarding Children With Diabetes
  PRNewswire (October 19, 2009)
  
   
  
• Registration Opens for FDA's Second Annual Science Writers Symposium
  PRNewswire (October 19, 2009)
  
   
  
• FDA letter delays OK for Amgen bone drug Prolia
  AP (October 19, 2009)
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) - Amgen says the Food and Drug Administration wants more information about its osteoporosis treatment Prolia before granting marketing approval. It delays a drug seen as a potential blockbuster for the company.
   
  
• Euro finance ministers face strong euro worries
  AP (October 19, 2009)
  LUXEMBOURG (AP) - Finance ministers from the 16 nations that use the euro meet for talks late Monday as the shared currency's rise against the dollar hits European exports, endangering the continent's fragile economic recovery.
   
  
• Phoenix offers settlement in airport death case
  AP (October 19, 2009)
  PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix has proposed a $250,000 settlement to the family of a New York City woman who accidentally strangled herself while in police custody two years ago at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
   
  
• Global Aids Alliance Voices Its Strong Support for the International Violence Against Women Act
  PRNewswire (October 19, 2009)
  
   
  
• AJWS Encouraged by Obama Administration's Unity on Sudan Strategy
  PRNewswire (October 19, 2009)
  
   
  
• UK's Brown urges progress on climate pact
  AP (October 19, 2009)
  LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday that failure to strike a new global deal on reducing greenhouse emissions would be catastrophic, and urged other national leaders to personally attend a climate summit in Denmark later this year.
   
  
• Alternative Income and Poverty Estimates: 2008
  PRNewswire (October 19, 2009)
  
   
  
• NALEO Educational Fund Condemns Vitter-Bennett Amendment as Effort to Suppress Latino Census Count
  PRNewswire (October 16, 2009)
  
   
  
• Catastrophe Experts Urge Awareness and Congressional Action on Loma Prieta's 20th Anniversary
  PRNewswire (October 16, 2009)
  
   
  
• President Barack Obama Joins President George H.W. Bush to Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the 'Points of Light' Volunteer Movement and Extend the Call of Service to the Nation
  PRNewswire (October 16, 2009)
  
   
  
• NASA Recognized for Excellence in Project Management
  PRNewswire (October 16, 2009)
  
   
  
• AUDIO from Medialink and Guardian: Breast Cancer Awareness Month Highlights Need for Critical Illness Insurance
  PRNewswire (October 16, 2009)
  
   
  
• 2009 Solar Decathlon Winners Announced
  PRNewswire (October 16, 2009)
  
   
  
• Coalition for an Accountable Recovery Praises Timely Release of Recovery Act Recipient Reports; Criticizes Tools for Understanding Data
  PRNewswire (October 15, 2009)
  
   
  
• Department of Public Welfare Earns Federal Recognition for Programs and Services for Children
  PRNewswire (October 15, 2009)
  
   
  
• FRC Stands With 53 House Members; Calls on President to Remove Kevin Jennings
  PRNewswire (October 15, 2009)
  
   
  
• Statement From Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Ed Scanlan With Respect to the General Assembly's Adoption of Governor Quinn's Proposed Recall Amendment
  PRNewswire (October 15, 2009)
  
   
  
• Pelosi Statement on Comprehensive Regulation of Over-the-Counter Derivatives Marketplace
  PRNewswire (October 15, 2009)
  
   
  
• CAIR: Members of Congress Blast Claims That Muslim Interns are 'Spies'
  PRNewswire (October 15, 2009)
  
   
  
• One Thousand to Rally for Single-Payer Healthcare in Pennsylvania Capitol
  PRNewswire (October 15, 2009)
  
   
  
• LISC Commends Administration on Nomination of Corvington to Lead National Service Agency
  PRNewswire (October 15, 2009)
  
   
  
• VA Funding Reform Bill Clears Congress
  PRNewswire (October 15, 2009)
  
   
  
• At Waters Forum, Rep. DeLauro, Administration Urge Congress to Improve the Safety of Imported Food
  PRNewswire (October 14, 2009)
  
   
  
• Interest groups battle to deflect health taxes
  AP (October 14, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Insurance companies, unions, medical device makers and others in the health care industry are furiously lobbying lawmakers to shift burdens onto someone else - anyone else - before they find themselves saddled with billions of dollars in taxes under new health care legislation.
   
  
• Another GOP senator open to health care overhaul
  AP (October 14, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she's open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting President Barack Obama closer to a historic achievement that has eluded generations of Democratic leaders.
   
  
• Health care legislation back behind closed doors
  AP (October 14, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Health care talks slip back behind closed doors Wednesday as Senate leaders start trying to merge two very different bills into a new version that can get the 60 votes needed to guarantee its passage.
   
  
• Ex-Im Bank Hits 75-Year Financing High in Fiscal 2009
  PRNewswire (October 14, 2009)
  
   
  
• Snowe suggests scenario for government-run option
  AP (October 14, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Olympia Snowe, the only Republican to support the Finance Committee's health care bill, said Wednesday she could foresee a government-run plan that would "kick in" if private insurers failed to live up to expectations.
   
  
• South Carolina Teachers Lead Nation in Training to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
  PRNewswire (October 14, 2009)
  
   
  
• Nearly 470,000 'Middle-Skill' Job Openings Projected for Washington by 2017, New Report Finds
  PRNewswire (October 14, 2009)
  
   
  
• National Gateway in the Spotlight as Public-Private Partnerships Gain Significance
  PRNewswire (October 14, 2009)
  
   
  
• Sept. retail sales fall 1.5 percent post Clunkers
  AP (October 14, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Retail sales declined in September by the largest amount this year as car sales plummeted following the end of the government's popular Cash for Clunkers program. But outside of autos, sales were better than expected.
   
  
• House panel begins push on financial overhaul
  AP (October 14, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Small neighborhood banks and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are overshadowing the nation's biggest banks in influencing lawmakers as Congress begins the initial phase of its long-awaited overhaul of how the government regulates financial companies.
   
  
• National Women's Law Center Challenges Insurance Industry Practices That Treat Being a Woman Like a 'Pre-Existing Condition'
  PRNewswire (October 14, 2009)
  
   
  
• Watchdog: Treasury wasn't prepared for AIG bonuses
  AP (October 14, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The fierce debate over bonuses for bailed-out executives was revived on Capitol Hill Wednesday as a government watchdog explained how some executives nearly brought down the financial system - then pocketed millions.
   
  
• DOD to Award SMART Scholarships Worth $45 Million
  PRNewswire (October 14, 2009)
  
   
  
• NTSB to review crash of organ transplant plane
  AP (October 14, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Transportation Safety Board is set to determine the cause of a 2007 crash that killed six people when their plane slammed into Lake Michigan off Wisconsin's coast.
   
  
• Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli at the 2009 Office on Violence Against Women National Rural Conference
  PRNewswire (October 14, 2009)
  
   
  
• U.S. Department of Energy Earmarks $5 Million for ComEd Smart Grid Solar Pilot
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• Fair Elections Now Act Hits Milestone: More Than 100 House Sponsors
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• Big vote for health overhaul in Senate committee
  AP (October 13, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's plan to remake the nation's health care system is about to take its biggest step yet toward becoming reality.
   
  
• Media Advisory: Justice Department Officials to Discuss Post-Katrina Resource Needs for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victim Services in New Orleans
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• Business Groups to Governor and Legislature: Finish The Job
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• Lotteries discuss cross-selling, national game
  AP (October 13, 2009)
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The nation's two biggest lottery games are talking about cross-selling tickets in U.S. lottery jurisdictions with the potential for a national lottery, the head of a lottery association said Tuesday.
   
  
• Consumer Watchdog: White House Should Respond to Health Insurer Scare Tactics by Supporting 'Prior Approval' Rate Regulation
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Oct. 13
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• Banking Lobby Weakening Financial Reform Bill is a Recipe for Another Financial Debacle
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• J&J: Planned tax on medical device makers too high
  AP (October 13, 2009)
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Johnson & Johnson executives said Tuesday a proposed tax on medical device makers, part of the health care reform package moving in the Senate, is too high and could cost jobs in the industry.
   
  
• Statement of Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on The Senate Finance Committee's Health Reform Plan
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• ACLU Asks State Court to Strike Down Restriction on Teens' Access to Abortion
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• ProtectStudentChoice.org Urges Senators Specter and Casey to Save Pennsylvania Jobs
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• California Becomes First State to Regulate Proprietary Security Employers
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• The American Consumer Institute Outlines Ten Issues That the FCC Must Address in Its Net Neutrality Rulemaking Proceeding
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• DC: Muslim Coalition to Host Interfaith Hearing on Health Care
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• Congresswomen to Convene on House Triangle to Launch National Girls Initiative
  PRNewswire (October 12, 2009)
  
   
  
• Backgrounder Now Available for 10/13 Recovery Act Media Briefing on 10/15 Recovery.gov Data Release
  PRNewswire (October 12, 2009)
  
   
  
• Consumer Regulator Must Oversee Credit Reports to Fulfill Obama's Pledge Against Unfair Rate Hikes & Penalties
  PRNewswire (October 12, 2009)
  
   
  
• Statement of Support - Re: Appropriation for International Food Protection Institute
  PRNewswire (October 12, 2009)
  
   
  
• Britain sells off public assets to boost finances
  AP (October 12, 2009)
  LONDON (AP) - The British government is holding a fire sale of public assets including the undersea Channel rail link to raise 16 billion pounds ($25 billion) as Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned on Monday that the country is "only halfway there" in overcoming the recession.
   
  
• Kidney Care Community Commends Congressional Black Caucus for Naming Expansion of Medicare Provisions for Kidney Failure Patients as Top Priority
  PRNewswire (October 12, 2009)
  
   
  
• Insurers mount attack against health reform
  AP (October 12, 2009)
  

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The health insurance industry is warning that a comprehensive Senate bill would increase the cost of a typical policy by hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars a year after lawmakers eased up on the requirement that all Americans get coverage.
   
  

• PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. Reports California Regulatory Reform
  PRNewswire (October 12, 2009)
  
   
  
• Schwarzenegger calls session to discuss water deal
  AP (October 12, 2009)
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders plan a seventh straight day of water negotiations Monday, as the governor summoned lawmakers for a special session on the state's water problems.
   
  
• SB 790 Passes - A Step Forward for California's Water Future
  PRNewswire (October 12, 2009)
  
   
  
• Job losses mar recovery, create woes for Dems
  AP (October 12, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A distressed economy is widely blamed for President George H.W. Bush's re-election defeat in 1992, and a decade earlier, for the loss of 26 House seats in midterm elections by Ronald Reagan's Republicans. Yet in both instances recession had already ended or was winding down.
   
  
• General Dynamics unit gets $646.9M Army deal
  AP (October 12, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A division of General Dynamics recently received a $646.9 million contract from the Army to provide 352 Stryker vehicles, the Pentagon said late Friday.
   
  
• Insurers' warning shot has Democrats scrambling
  AP (October 12, 2009)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Insurance companies aren't playing nice any more.
   
  
• Sarkozy's son, 23, ignites uproar over job bid
  AP (October 12, 2009)
  PARIS (AP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son is angling for a key job overseeing billions of euros in commerce at France's top business district - a job critics say he does not deserve.
   
  
• Seniors lobby challenges health insurance report
  AP (October 12, 2009)
  

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Supporters of President Barack Obama's drive to remake health care are pushing back against a dire report from the insurance industry warning of hefty new costs for consumers from the latest legislation.
   
  

• President Obama Ignores Election Mandate, Pushes Radical Social Policies
  PRNewswire (October 11, 2009)