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    Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. Congress passes bill to reduce flight delays; Obama will sign it

    WASHINGTON -- Seeking to end flight delays that jammed airports nationwide, the House approved legislation Friday that will stop the furlough of air-traffic controllers, sending the bill to President Obama. Final passage of the quickly arranged...

    Tags: Jay Carney, Labor Legislation, Layoffs and Downsizing, Politics, Career and Workplace

  2. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. Bill to end sequester's air travel delays flies through Congress

    WASHINGTON — Congress approved a quick fix Friday to end the flight delays snarling the nation's airports, and President Obama will sign the bill when it reaches the White House, showing how swiftly compromise can be found when powerful interests demand it.
    WASHINGTON — Congress approved a quick fix Friday to end the flight delays snarling the nation's airports, and President Obama will sign the bill when it reaches the White House, showing how swiftly compromise can be found when powerful interests...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Budget Control Act of 2011, Crime, Law and Justice, Steny Hoyer, Air Transportation Industry

  4. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Air travel: That's one silly victory over sequestration

    So that’s how you get this Congress to spend money: You cramp their vacation plans.
    So that’s how you get this Congress to spend money: You cramp their vacation plans. The House on Friday passed legislation that will end the furloughing of air traffic controllers. And what got these famously contentious representatives off...

    Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, George W. Bush, John Boehner, Barack Obama, Federal Aviation Administration

  6. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  7. WRAPUP 1-U.S. budget cuts back in spotlight as flight delays mount

    Reuters
    * "We can't do this for long" - airline CEO * FAA says delays not as bad as feared By Mark Felsenthal and Alwyn Scott WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday backed a plan that would temporarily eliminate...

    Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Harry Reid, Paul Ryan, U.S. Airways, Air Transportation Industry

  8. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  9. Flight delays bring U.S. budget cuts back into spotlight

    Reuters
    By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday backed a proposal to temporarily eliminate spending cuts disrupting U.S. air travel, while politicians in Washington scrambled to avoid blame as the effects of the cuts...

    Tags: Raul Labrador, Budgets and Budgeting, Washington, DC, Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics

  10. Mar 9, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News
  11. Democrats face challenging Senate landscape

    WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President...

    Tags: John D. Rockefeller IV, Washington, DC, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Mark Begich, Saxby Chambliss

  12. Nov 7, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast
  13. Democrats expand Senate grip but fail to win House

    <span style="font-size: small;">Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly authorized second term, will face the same divided Congress in 2013 that has bedeviled efforts to enact his major legislation.</span>
    Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly authorized second term, will face the same divided Congress in...

    Tags: Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Primaries, Harry Reid, Olympia J. Snowe, Joe Donnelly

  14. Nov 7, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV
  15. GOP Retains Grip on U.S. House of Representatives

    WASHINGTON -- Republicans held on to their House majority in Tuesday's election, leaving Democrats well short of the net gain of 25 seats they needed to take control.
    Los Angeles Times
    WASHINGTON -- Republicans held on to their House majority in Tuesday's election, leaving Democrats well short of the net gain of 25 seats they needed to take control. "The American people have once again given the House of Representatives to Republicans,...

    Tags: David Rivera, 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Mark Kirk, Scott DesJarlais, Polls

  16. Sep 21, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News
  17. Farm-state lawmakers returning home empty-handed

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Farm-state members of Congress have campaigned for decades on the back of farm bills delivering election-season subsidies and other goodies to rural voters. Not this year. The bill is stalled, primarily because House GOP leaders don'...

    Tags: Jon Tester, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Washington, DC, Kristi Noem, Crime, Law and Justice

  18. Jul 24, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast
  19. House acts to stop rules for child labor on farms

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Tuesday barred the labor secretary from imposing new safety rules for children working on farms, putting a legal stamp on a Labor Department decision to put off action on the rules. The Labor Department announced last...

    Tags: Labor Legislation, Washington, DC, Lynn C. Woolsey, Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work

  20. Jan 4, 2011 |Story| Health Portal
  21. Funding uncertain for US food safety overhaul

    Republican opponents of food safety legislation are already promising a fight over its funding, even before it becomes law.
     
    Republican opponents of food safety legislation are already promising a fight over its funding, even before it becomes law. President Barack Obama was scheduled to sign the bill on Tuesday. It allows the Food and Drug Administration to increase...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Chris Crawford, Politics, Food and Drug Administration, Barack Obama

  22. Mar 31, 2011 |Story| AP Broadcast
  23. NEW MAP: A proposed congressional redistricting plan would toss two Republicans in the same district and two Democrats in another

    A proposed new map of congressional districts tosses Republican congressmen Steve King and Tom Latham into the same district. It also puts Democratic Reps. Bruce Braley and Dave Loebsack in the same northeastern Iowa district.
    Staff Writer
    A proposed new map of congressional districts tosses Republican congressmen Steve King and Tom Latham into the same district. It also puts Democratic Reps. Bruce Braley and Dave Loebsack in the same northeastern Iowa district. The proposed maps delivered...

    Tags: Bruce Braley, Iowa, Des Moines (Polk, Iowa), Republican Party, Democratic Party

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