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Deciphering the proposed constitutional amendments
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsAfter picking candidates, voters in Tuesday???s election will be confronted with proposed amendments to the state Constitution. They???re on critical issues: reforming the way legislative districts are drawn, changing the system governing land use plans,...Tags: Real Estate, Budgets and Budgeting, National Government, Property, Bill Clinton
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Maybe God hates farm bill, too
The Swampby Frank James Maybe God hates the farm bill, too. Many critics have complained about the $300 billion, give or take a few billion, farm bill being an unwarranted giveaway to wealthy farmers at a time when farm incomes are......Tags: George W. Bush, Iowa, Tom Harkin, Upper House, Farms
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Bush pressures Congress: $4 a gallon
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, attempting to put political pressure on the Democratic-run Congress in an election year plagued by soaring gasoline prices, today called for a lifting of federal bans against off-shore oil drilling and other measures to...Tags: Disasters, Wildlife, Gasoline Industry, National Government, Bill Clinton
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Sarah Palin sought, got federal pork
The Swampby Frank James Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin apparently likes a good earmark as much as most other politicians. The watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense found that when Palin was mayor of little old Wasilla, Alaska she hired a well-connected......Tags: Don Young, Washington Post Co., Health Treatments, Executive Branch, Common
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Bush: Oil-drilling, hurricanes and storms
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush is trying to change the subject. The subject all week and this coming week: Hurricanes and tropical storms. The ones that have passed and the ones coming. The story line is good: Recovery efforts so......Tags: Tropical Storms, Disasters, Mississippi, Tropical Weather, National Government
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Bailout (of rum, arrows, race tracks)
The Swampby Frank James What do rum, motorsport race tracks and wooden arrows used by kids all have in common? The financial markets bailout bill, that's what. Taxpayers for Common Sense has compiled a handy list of what it called the......Tags: Ron Wyden, Boeing Co., Alcoholic Beverages, Don Young, Common
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Chamber to Congress: drill, baby, drill
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will urge Congress this morning to invest heavily in so-called "clean coal" research, to expand incentives for nuclear energy and renewable fuels, and to keep its hands off domestic oil and gas......Tags: Petroleum Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Natural Resources, Global Change
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Love abounds at Interior hearing
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley For all the fire they can spit on C-SPAN, ranting about procedure or policy, the truth is that most United States senators are exceedingly polite to one another in public. Friendly, often. Every once in a while......Tags: Ron Wyden, Colorado, Wildlife, Everglades, Global Change
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$800 billion stimulus buys what? This
The Swampby Janet Hook with Noam N. Levey, Jim Puzzanghera, Richard Simon and Jim Tankersley. . With Congress moving toward passage of an $800-billion-plus economic stimulus plan, big government is back. Unabashed. With a vengeance. The stimulus is bigger than...Tags: National Government, Government, Santa Clarita (Los Angeles, California), Mike Pence, Arts
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Karl Rove: Federal prosecutor firings
The Swampby Tom Hamburger and David G. Savage Karl Rove and other officials in George W. Bush's White House played an active role in the firing of the top federal prosecutor in New Mexico, according to documents released Tuesday that also......Tags: Executive Branch, National Government, FBI, Arizona, John Conyers, Jr.
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Salazar: Scandal-ridden program closed
The Swampby Jim Tankersley The Interior Department is ending a controversial oil-and-gas royalty program that was the centerpiece of a drug and sex scandal in the federal Minerals Management Service, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said this morning. Testifying...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Ken Salazar, Natural Resources, Politics, Energy Resources
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Salazar: Break up drilling agency
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will propose splitting the troubled agency that regulates offshore drilling in half, in a bid to improve safety regulation in response to the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an Interior......Tags: Petroleum Industry, Alcoholic Beverages, Disasters, Lifestyle and Leisure, Environmental Pollution
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