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Walorski, Upton vote to repeal health care law
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Jimtown, was among 227 House Republicans and two House Democrats to vote Thursday to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The vote was 229-195 in favor of repeal. Four Democrats...
Tags: Democratic Party, U.S. Congress, Politics, Republican Party, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Upton, NRC to visit Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Monday
VAN BUREN COUNTY -- Michigan Congressman Fred Upton, R- St. Joseph, along with a commissioner from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will head to southwest Michigan today, to get a first-hand look at the troubled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Van...
Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Manufacturing and Engineering, Nuclear Power, Defense Equipment, Entergy Corporation
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Walorski joins fellow Republicans, votes in favor of overtime bill
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski voted this week in favor of a bill that would allow private-sector employees to trade overtime pay for paid time off at the same rate of 1.5 hours per hour of overtime worked. The bill passed by a vote of 223-204 with mostly...Tags: Democratic Party, Employees, U.S. Congress, Politics, Republican Party
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Palisades water tank leak drawing attention
South Bend TribuneThe entry into Lake Michigan of 79 gallons of what officials at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission describe as "very slightly radioactive'' water has drawn its share of attention, very little of it positive. The leak...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, The Huffington Post, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power, Plant Closings
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The high cost of tailpipe emissions
It isn't hard to recognize an example of false economy in the average household budget. The vegetable gardener who spends $500 on supplies to produce $12 in produce, the inexpensive home repair that falls apart in a month or the avid shopper who saves...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Global Warming, Petroleum Industry, Gasoline Industry, Arable Farming
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St. Joseph Harbor to get US funding for dredging
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Fred Upton says emergency federal funding will be used to dredge St. Joseph Harbor for the second straight year. The St. Joseph Republican made the announcement Friday. The dredging is necessary because of Lake...
Tags: U.S. Army
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Scaling the fiscal cliff
The optimism expressed early in the week on both sides of Washington’s political aisle for a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, lamentably, has waned. If last November’s failure of the “supercommittee” to reach a grand...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Joe Donnelly, Joe Donnelly, Dan Coats
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Walorski discusses debt ceiling, federal pay
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- Newly elected U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski spoke to The Tribune on Thursday about her vote to suspend the federal debt ceiling, federal pay and other fiscal issues facing the 113th Congress. Along with 86 Democrats and 199 Republicans,...Tags: U.S. Congress, Government, Public Employees, Politics, Republican Party
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Talk of GOP primaries follows 'fiscal cliff' vote
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in Congress who took the politically risky step of voting to raise taxes now find themselves trying to fend off potential primary challenges next year from angry conservatives. These lawmakers wasted little time...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Tom Harkin, Politics, Steve Womack, Mitch McConnell
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Fiscal cliff looms for Congress
South Bend TribuneAs most Americans shift into holiday mode, members of Congress are going back to work this week. They have some important work to finish before the end of the year. The fiscal cliff -- a $600 billion combination of tax hikes and spending cuts -- is...Tags: Democratic Party, John Boehner, George W. Bush, Politics, Joe Donnelly
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BioWatch documents demanded
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Department and other federal officials responsible for BioWatch, the nationwide system for detecting deadly biological attacks, have withheld key documents sought by a congressional committee, according to the panel's...Tags: Democratic National Convention (2008), U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, National Security, Anthrax, George W. Bush
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BioWatch's many bugs
It's possible that not every problem has a technological solution. That will come as a shock to U.S. policymakers, who since the 9/11 terrorist attacks have invested in multiple technologies to protect us from evildoers. Some have been a success, while...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, National Security, George W. Bush, Anthrax, Science
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