Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.1 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011

Congress.org: How Hawaii's Elected Officials Voted - December 17, 2012

2012-12-17T01:00:00Z

Editor's Note: MegaVote will be on hiatus until January 2, 2013. TAG Extension – Motion to Waive - Vote Rejected (50-42, 8 Not Voting) Last week the Senate began and stopped the process of considering legislation to extend the FDIC’s Transaction Accoun

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Bills of the 111th Congress Concerning Climate Change

2012-10-19T01:00:00Z

The bills, resolutions, and amendments of the 112th Congress dealing with climate change are divided into the following categories: H.R.300: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act This bill would reestablish the National Oceanic and Atmosphe

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Men shouldn't rule women's bodies

2012-10-18T01:00:00Z

To a male-dominated room of Michigan legislators, Rep. Lisa Brown had only one sentence to conclude her criticism on a proposed anti-choice abortion legislation: “And finally Mr. Speaker, I’m flattered that you’re all so interested in my vagina, but

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Bills of the 112th Congresss Concerning Climate Change

2012-09-20T01:00:00Z

The bills, resolutions, and amendments of the 112th Congress dealing with climate change are divided into the following categories: H.RES.672: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the energy, environmental, and foreign policies of th

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DOJ F&F probe: “Pattern of serious failures,” 14 employees up for… sanctions

2012-09-19T01:00:00Z

The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Justice has released a long-awaited 400 page report on their investigative findings concerning deadly gunwalking operation Fast & Furious, in which thousands of untraceable firearms were actively

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Do You Need A New Nut In Your Consciousness? Meet Todd Young (R-IN)

2012-09-16T01:00:00Z

There are three Republican Congressmen Youngs-- two extremely old and extremely corrupt carbuncles, Florida's CW "Bill" Young (age 82 and chairman of the Appropriations Committee subcommittee on Defense, a longtime conservative honey-pot) and Don Young (

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Overall, Obama has been good to veterans

2012-07-31T06:26:51Z

(pbs.org) • Feb. 14, 2011: “House Republicans introduced a continuing resolution (H.R. 1). The bill proposes to cut $2.6 billion in funding provided to care for America’s veterans.” (veteranstoday. com) • February 2011: “Michelle Obama ...

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Cheers and Jeers: Monday

2012-07-30T08:36:54Z

When the long-stalled Medicare effort came before the 89th Congress in January 1965, congressional leaders designated the bills as H.R. 1 and S. 1. Despite determined resistance by organized medicine and some of its congressional allies ...

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Guinta’s Anti-PLA Amendments Win Him Award From Associated Builders and Contractors

2012-07-27T16:04:16Z

Last February there were many discussions about government appropriations. Much of the discussion surrounded H.R. 1, the "Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011". HR 1 was full of all sorts of amendments from both sides of the aisle.

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Guinta’s Anti-PLA Amendments Win Him Award From Associated Builders and Contractors

2012-07-27T08:40:27Z

Congressman Guinta’s Anti-PLA Amendments Win Him An Award From ABC

2012-07-26T15:08:11Z

Tester stood up to health care cuts, cancer survivor says

2012-07-24T10:09:54Z

The cancer screening I received in 2011 is covered by Title X funds, which Rehberg voted to eliminate in H.R. 1, a budget passed by the House of Representatives in February 2011. And it didn’t stop there. He also drastically cut the organization that ...

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Mason & Ireland: 3/20 [hr1]

2012-07-18T17:48:00Z

John Ireland is with the Lakers in Houston and joins Steve Mason for a preview of Lakers at Rockets. Steve and John discuss the Golden St. Warriors booing their owner last night at Chris Mullin's jersey retirement. Peyton Manning introduced as Broncos QB .

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Max & Marcellus: 7/17 [hr1]

2012-07-18T13:58:56Z

Max and Marcellus discussed the comments Kobe Bryant made about David Stern's idea about having the USA basketball comprised of 23 or younger players. Also, 710 ESPN's Beto Duran on Dwight Howard at the Dodgers/Phillies game.

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Analysis of TV ad’s claims

2012-07-17T02:32:55Z

The ad bases its claim on Rehberg’s 2011 vote for the House Republican majority’s budget resolution, HR1, which passed the House and proposed many cuts in public health programs for fiscal year 2011 — but did not eliminate funding for breast-cancer s

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Tester ad takes aim at Rehberg record

2012-07-17T01:42:49Z

Analysis: Analysis: The ad bases its claim on Rehberg’s 2011 vote for the House Republican majority’s budget resolution, HR1, which passed the House and proposed many cuts in public health programs for fiscal year 2011 — but did not eliminate funding

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Rehberg camp calls Tester cancer ad 'blatantly false,' rolls out counter ad

2012-07-15T19:53:15Z

Rehberg has supported federal funds for breast-cancer screening, and the cuts in HR1 did not eliminate those funds, he said. Bond noted that Rehberg voted for the final federal 2012 budget, which included the family planning and clinic funds. Wendy Doely .

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Stephen A. Smith: 11/7 [hr1]

2012-07-14T12:37:46Z

Today is the 20th anniversary of Magic Johnson announcing he contracted the HIV virus, and Stephen A. remembers when he heard the news. Magic himself joins the show to recall that day and talk about the current NBA lockout.

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Mason and Ireland: 7/13 [hr1]

2012-07-13T16:42:20Z

A Martinez and the Kamenetzky Brothers fill in for Steve and John. The Dwight Howard saga continues as the Houston Rockets are making a push to trade for the center from Orlando. Milwaukee Bucks Point Guard Brandon Jennings comes on to talk about NBA Free

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MN-08: Operating Engineers Local 49 Falls For A Union Buster

2012-07-13T13:36:14Z

Overall, H.R. 1 would destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs." Three republicans broke with their party to vote with organized labor. Cravaack was not one of them. It passed by a vote of 235-189. 3. Cravaack voted for HR 3010, a bill that rolls ...

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Mason & Ireland [hr1]

2012-07-11T16:30:24Z

Dave Shore and Mark Willard broadcast todays show live from the Red Carpet at the ESPY's. Dave and Mark talk to new Laker Steve Nash after the official Lakers press conference. Also, ESPNLA 710 remembers the famous Jimmy V speech.

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Mason & Ireland: 3/15 [hr1]

2012-07-10T19:30:32Z

It's an emotional day for Steve Mason and especially John Ireland as the Lakers trade Derek Fisher. Did the Lakers do the right thing? How will Ramon Sessions and Jordan Hill fit in with this Lakers roster.

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Max & Marcellus: 7/10 [hr1]

2012-07-10T14:08:25Z

With Marcellus out, Max and Beto Duran were joined by the Kamenetzky Brothers to talk about Jerry Buss' influence on the Lakers and the NBA plus, some chatter on the possible Dwight Howard for Andrew Bynum deal.

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Obama Backed into Corner on Tax Cuts Again

2012-07-09T14:16:46Z

Instead, they’ll wait until they control government to introduce HR1 in the 2013 Congress — a permanent extension of the Bush tax cuts that the new president will sign triumphantly. That is exactly where we are today. The president has ...

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Mason and Ireland: 2/20 [hr1]

2012-07-08T08:55:49Z

Mark Willard and the Kamenetzky Brothers fill in. Kobe has made it known that the Lakers need to make a decision on Pau Gasol and put the trade rumors to bed. The guys discuss their thoughts and let the fans in LA chime in as well.

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Mason and Ireland: 9/28 [hr1]

2012-07-07T13:57:39Z

Mason & Ireland crosstalk with Max & Marcellus and talk about the NBA Lockout and players going overseas to make money. Mason & Ireland talk to Arizona head coach Mike Stoops to preview their game this Saturday against USC. Who would you want as your ...

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Mason & Ireland [hr1]

2012-07-05T16:30:21Z

Mark Willard and Brian Kamenetzky fill-in for Steve and John on this edition of Mason & Ireland. The Lakers do it again and make a big trade for Steve Nash. ESPN NBA insider Ric Bucher says getting Nash is great but does not help the Lakers get Howard.

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Weekend Warrior: 1/07 [hr1]

2012-07-04T00:53:48Z

The Coach Dave Miller and Doctor Robert Klapper start with Doc talking about his Bucket List trip to Lambeau Field. Coach and Doc pick their playoff teams. Doc breaks down the week's NBA injuries. Doc explains ligament and tendon injuries then takes ...

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Mason & Ireland: 3/9 [hr1]

2012-07-02T02:22:05Z

Andy Kamenetzky fills-in for John Ireland and joins Steve Mason on this hour of Mason & Ireland. What is going on with the rumor that Pau Gasol has been traded? Is it time for the Lakers to push the panic button?

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Mason and Ireland: 6/29 [hr1]

2012-06-29T17:20:25Z

Steve and John are live from the X Games and start off with what the Lakers did and did not do in the NBA draft. Dave McMenamin of ESPNLA.com calls in to break it down with them. What can the Lakers do and what have they missed out on?

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Stephen A. Smith: 2/7 [hr1]

2012-06-29T16:58:57Z

Stephen A. opens up with Chris Paul's comments on loosing Chauncey Billips to a torn achilles and the loss of a leader. ESPN Medical Analyst Dr. Michael Kaplan comes on to explain Billups' injury and his chances of coming back. Stephen also discusses Kobe

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Max & Marcellus: 6/29 [hr1]

2012-06-29T14:21:28Z

Max and Marcellus talk of the Lakers inability to make a trade and draft at 60; rumors swirl that Pau to Minnesota for Derrick Williams. Also Odom may be coming to the Clippers and Mo Williams is off to the Jazz. Max and Marcellus fantasize about Pau on ..

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Max & Marcellus: 6/29 [hr1]

2012-06-29T12:48:24Z

Stephen A. Smith: 4/25 [hr1]

2012-06-27T19:31:38Z

Stephen A. Smith gets into Metta World Peace's twitter rant calling out the media and former NBA players for their hypocracy in regards to his suspension for his elbow to James Harden. Stephen also announces that today's show will be his last for ESPN Los

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Eric Holder, meet John Mitchell

2012-06-26T23:50:31Z

Exhibit Three: In 2009, Obama budgeted $10 million for the program. As noted in H.R. 1 – 16 "10,000,000 (dollars) shall be transferred to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, salaries and expenses for the ATF Project Gunrunner."

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Mason and Ireland: 10/18 [hr1]

2012-06-26T17:16:49Z

Steve and John crosstalk with Max & Marcellus about the greatest NBA players at this moment. Mason & Ireland discuss the Carson Palmer trade to the Raiders. Former USC Trojan and teammate of Carson Palmer from 1999-2000 Darrell Rideaux calls in to talk ...

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Max & Marcellus: 6/25 [hr1]

2012-06-25T13:14:37Z

Even though the NBA season officially ended last week with the Miami Heat winning the title, Max and Marcellus talked NBA news with Deron Williams cutting his list down to two teams he wants to play for next season. Plus, ESPNLA.com's Mark Saxon on last ..

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Stephen A. Smith: 11/23 [hr1]

2012-06-24T07:53:41Z

A Martinez sits in for Stephen A. Smith; Ryan Braun won the NL MVP over Matt Kemp. A Martinez doesn't think Kemp was passed over at all. Tim Tebow continues to make statements regarding his faith and A Martinez wonders why people are so against it.

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Stephen A. Smith: 11/16 [hr1]

2012-06-23T18:39:07Z

Stephen doesn't think Tim Tebow has any chance of being a "great" NFL Quarterback. Stephen is surprised at the state of the NFL in California: the 49ers are soaring and the Chargers are struggling. Also, Pedro Moura of ESPNLA.com joins Stephen to talk ...

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ESPN LA On-Air: 6/23 [hr1]

2012-06-23T15:18:41Z

Andy and Brian recap the recent play of the Dodgers and Angels over the last few weeks. They make a comparison of Matt Kemp and Mike Trout. Dodgers outfielder Tony Gwynn joins Andy and Brian to talk about the Dodger team chemistry and breaking out of a ...

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ESPN LA On-Air: 6/23 [hr1]

2012-06-23T15:18:41Z

Andy and Brians recap the recent play of the Dodgers and Angels over the last few weeks. They make a comparison of Matt Kemp and Mike Trout. Dodgers outfielder Tony Gwynn joins Andy and Brian to talk about the Dodger team chemistry and breaking out of a ..

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Max & Marcellus: 6/22 [hr1]

2012-06-22T16:09:59Z

With the Miami Heat winning the 2012 NBA Championship in 5 games against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Max and the Kamenetzky Brothers ranked where LeBron James comes in NBA History after winning his first title. Plus, ESPN.com's Kevin Arnovitz on LeBron Jame

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Mason and Ireland: 9/15 [hr1]

2012-06-22T14:29:46Z

Eric Neel fills-in for John. Steve and Eric talk about Clayton Kershaw getting tossed out of last night's game. NY Jets RB and former USC Trojan Joe McKnight talks about his big punt block on Sunday. SNL Weekend Update Anchor Seth Myers talks about hosting

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In The Zone: 3/8 [hr1]

2012-06-22T00:10:46Z

With the trade deadline approaching A analyzes where Dwight Howard may go or if he stays in Orlando. Steven Kyler, managing editor of HoopsWorld.com talks of the possible Lakers deal for Cleveland's Ramon Sessions. A gives his take on why Sessions is a ...

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In The Zone: 3/19 [hr1]

2012-06-22T00:10:46Z

A welcomes Jemele Hill, Page 2 columnist at ESPN.com who talks about the 49'ers pursuit of Peyton Manning and the possible offended feelings of Alex Smith. A has callers role play as Coach Harbaugh and A as Alex Smith to see how Coach Harbaugh could win ..

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NFL at LA: 11/25 [hr1]

2012-06-21T07:35:46Z

Ndamukong Suh of the Detroit Lions is ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct in their game against the Green Bay Packers. Keyshawn Johnson and Dave Shore break down the ejection and what it means for the Lions going forward. Also, the guys recap the ...

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Mason & Ireland [hr1]

2012-06-20T16:19:31Z

A Martinez and Andy Kamenetzky fill-in for Mason & Ireland and discuss the Jim Buss comments that both Bynum and Gasol will likely be back next season. ESPNLA.COM Lakers beat writer Dave McMenamin talks about trades and tweaks Lakers may make.

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Max & Marcellus: 6/20 [hr1]

2012-06-20T14:10:40Z

Max and Marcellus are surprised that Jim Buss came out and said he intends to keep Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol. The guys think some roster changes have to be made before the start of next season's training camp.

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Mason & Ireland: 11/23 [hr1]

2012-06-19T16:56:29Z

Jeff Biggs and Mychal Thompson fill in for Steve and John. ESPN College Basketball Analysts Miles Simon and Sean Farnham preview the start of the NCAA season and look at the current Bruin and Trojan squads.

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Obama’s Spending: ‘Inferno’ or Not?

2012-06-18T19:56:38Z

U.S. News & World Report. 17 Feb 2009. Congressional Budget Office. “Conference Agreement for H.R. 1 (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009)” 13 Feb 2009. Congressional Budget Office. “The Budget and Economic Outlook ...

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Stephen A. Smith: 1/30 [hr1]

2012-06-17T21:59:30Z

Stephen A. is shocked by the Lakers interest in Gilbert Arenas after his locker room gun incident. Are the Lakers that desperate? Chris Brousaard join Stephen A. and talks about Gilbert Arenas and the Dwight Howard rumors. Callers react.

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Mason & Ireland: 11/7 [hr1]

2012-06-16T18:47:25Z

Mason & Ireland crosstalk with Max & Marcellus and talk about the Chargers and Phillip Rivers. Former teammate of Magic Johnson on the Lakers Byron Scott calls in to talk about the day Magic told the team he had HIV. Where were you when you heard Magic ...

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Max & Marcellus: 6/15 [hr1]

2012-06-15T14:02:16Z

Live at Langers' Deli, Max and Mychal Thompson discussed the Miami Heat evening up the series at 1-1 in the NBA Finals by looking at the marquee superstar matchup. More on the NBA Finals with ESPN TrueHoop Blogger Henry Abbott.

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NFL at LA: 12/04 [hr1]

2012-06-15T13:12:10Z

Keyshawn Johnson and Dave Shore deliver their final thoughts on the 10-2 finish for the 'SC Trojans. Key also chimes in on Robert Woods breaking his single-season record for receptions as a Trojan. Changes are coming in Phily with the Eagles and IT does ..

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In Struggle Over Violence Against Women Act, War on Women Turns Deadly

2012-06-15T07:35:44Z

Conservative bills like H.R.1, H.R.3 and H.R.317, respectively remove federal funding for family planning clinics, prevent private insurance from covering abortion costs and authorize public hospitals to watch pregnant women die rather than ...

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Stephen A. Smith: 3/26 [hr1]

2012-06-15T05:55:31Z

Stephen A. Smith is beside himself and does not understand why Kobe Bryant was benched in the 4th quarter last night. What was Mike Brown thinking? Stephen thinks this situation is still circling back to Jim Buss taking over the franchise and trying to ...

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In Struggle Over Violence Against Women Act, War on Women Turns Deadly

2012-06-14T14:10:37Z

Terry O'Neill: In Struggle Over Violence Against Women Act, War on Women Turns Deadly

2012-06-14T01:00:00Z

Rumor in Washington, D.C., has it that House conservatives bent on dismantling the Violence Against Women Act believe they've succeeded by setting up a heads-I-win-tails-you-lose endgame. They figure, so it's said, that they can either force passage of t

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Mason & Ireland [hr1]

2012-06-13T16:20:39Z

Former NBA great Clyde Drexler calls in to talk about celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Dream Team. Mason & Ireland discuss the Thunder's win over the Heat last night in game 1 of the NBA Finals. Also, Mike Tyson sings a song in dedication to Lebron

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Max & Marcellus: 6/11 [hr1]

2012-06-11T13:52:42Z

With Marcellus out, Max and Mychal Thompson were joined by 710 ESPN's Dave Joseph as they chatted about the Kings/Devils. DJ thinks the Kings are in trouble if they don't close it out in tonight's Game 6.

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Stephen A. Smith: 11/8 [hr1]

2012-06-11T11:29:32Z

Stephen A. does not like what he is hearing from various media reports about former Penn St. Defensive Coordinator Jerry Sandusky who is charged with sexual abuse. Also, the way Head Football Coach Joe Paterno responded upon being informed of the allegatio

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Weekend Warrior: 6/09 [hr1]

2012-06-09T16:54:02Z

The Coach Dave Miller and Doctor Robert Klapper talk about the L.A. Kings closing in on the Stanley Cup. The injury of the week is the Dodger's pitcher Clayton Kershaw. Coach and Doc also take listeners' calls.

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Weekend Warrior: 6/09 [hr1]

2012-06-09T16:54:02Z

Mason & Ireland [hr1]

2012-06-08T17:59:38Z

LA Kings center Colin Fraser calls in and talks about his experience winning the Stanley Cup in Chicago and going for it again this year with the Kings. Hall Of Fame NBC Sports Network Stanley Cup game announcer Doc Emrick calls in for a preview of Kings .

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Stephen A. Smith: 12/5 [hr1]

2012-06-07T18:07:59Z

Stephen A. Smith gets into USC Trojans Quaterback Matt Barkley not being named one of the Heisman Trophy finalists and he also breaks down the other players who are finalists for the award. Stephen also breaks down the BCS Bowl picture according to him.

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Max & Marcellus: 6/7 [hr1]

2012-06-07T15:01:52Z

With Max out, Marcellus and Mark Willard were joined by 710 ESPN's Dave Joseph to talk about the New Jersey Devils finally winning a game against the Kings. Joseph thinks the Kings better wrap it up in Newark in Game 5 or they are in trouble.

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Max & Marcellus: 6/6 [hr1]

2012-06-06T15:53:10Z

Max and Marcellus discussed the all of a sudden hot Boston Celtics, who just won 3 straight against the Miami Heat to take a 3-2 series lead. Plus, 710 ESPN's Dave Joseph previews Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

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Mason & Ireland [hr1]

2012-06-05T16:37:18Z

Mason & Ireland are joined in-studio by ESPN NHL analyst Barry Melrose to discuss the Kings win last night in game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Barry Melrose says this team can stay together for a long time. LA Kings defenseman Rob Scuderi calls in for a .

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Stephen A. Smith: 2/28 [hr1]

2012-06-05T15:11:24Z

A Martinez fills in for Stephen A. Smith tonight. Kobe Bryant has a nasal fracture and a concussion from the hit he took from Dwayne Wade during the All Star Game. To A Martinez this is one of many reasons why All Star games in sports are pointless.

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Mason & Ireland : 12/22 [hr1]

2012-06-05T05:53:03Z

Mason & Ireland crosstalk with Max, Marcellus and Mychal and are joined by Matt Barkley to discuss his decision to come back to USC for another season. USC athletic director Pat Hayden calls in to talk about how surprised he was to hear that Matt Barkley .

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In The Zone: 2/16 [hr1]

2012-06-04T21:46:17Z

A. Martinez is joined by Brando, A. hits a sore spot bringing up the 49er's playoff loss and tries to convince Brando that if Peyton Manning is given a clean bill of health, he can take them the next step to the Superbowl?

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Obama’s Spending: ‘Inferno’ or Not?

2012-06-04T17:42:55Z

Mason and Ireland: 5/19 hr1

2012-06-04T03:59:42Z

Mason & Ireland discuss Kareem Abdul Jabbar's complaint that he doesn't have a statue. Was it to promote the movie? Lakers vice president of public relations John Black calls in to give us the Lakers side of the story.

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Mason & Ireland [hr1]

2012-06-04T00:10:39Z

Andy Kamenetzky joins John Ireland on this edition of Mason & Ireland. LA Kings president Dean Lombardi calls in and says the Lakers tradition inspires the Kings organization. ESPN NBA insider Marc Stein calls in and discusses the future for this Lakers ..

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Weekend Warrior: 3/24 [hr1]

2012-06-03T06:02:35Z

The Coach Dave Miller and Doctor Robert Klapper open up talking about March Madness and the recent Lakers games. They next look at the injuries around the NBA and close the hour taking listeners' calls.

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Weekend Warrior: 3/31 [hr1]

2012-05-31T16:28:55Z

The Coach Dave Miller and Doctor Robert Klapper open up talking about the Lakers loss to the Thunder and the NCAA Final Four. The injury of the week is the Yankees' Joba Chamberland and they close the hour taking listeners' calls.

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Weekend Warrior: 3/31 [hr1]

2012-05-31T16:28:55Z

Stephen A. Smith: 1/23 [hr1]

2012-05-30T15:11:21Z

Stephen starts things off by breaking down the NFC Championship game where the New York Giants defeated the San Francisco 49ers. Stephen also gets into the New England Patriots squeking by the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC. Plus, it wouldn't be Stephen A.

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Max & Marcellus: 5/21 [hr1]

2012-05-21T12:58:52Z

Max and Marcellus breakdown the "biggest sports weekend in LA history" that saw the Lakers split their back-to-back games and saw the Clippers get swept out the NBA playoffs. More on the Clippers losing to the Spurs with DJ Foster of Clipperblog.com.

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NFL at LA: 12/16 [hr1]

2012-05-19T00:00:59Z

Keyshawn Johnson and Dave Shore mention Chris Paul going to the LA Clippers and then jump into the big stories this week in the NFL: the Broncos take on the Patriots, trouble for the Cowboys, and the Packers still being undefeated.

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In The Zone 12/14 [hr1]

2012-05-18T13:38:13Z

Is there a sports earthquake shifting the sports landscape in Los Angeles? Eric Pincus, Hoops World, speaks of the Clipper trade for Chris Paul and what this does for them. Eric Neel, ESPNLA, joins A. and talks of the Laker and Clipper moves, what does the

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TSA sets December deadline for 100 percent air cargo screening for international U.S-bound flights

2012-05-18T10:17:47Z

Bush signed “H.R. 1 Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007” into law in August 2007. This legislation required the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a system to enable to airline industry to establish a ...

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Mason & Ireland [hr1]

2012-05-14T16:20:26Z

Will the days off hurt the Thunder or are the Lakers exausted after a 7 game series with Denver? Mason & Ireland re-live the Metta elbow to Harden. Thunder TV announcer Brian Davis calls in for a preview of Lakers/Thunder game 1.

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Democrats attack Scott Brown over AmeriCorps funding

2012-05-11T14:36:37Z

In response to the visit, Democrats sent out a press release pointing to Brown’s vote on H.R. 1, a Republican House-sponsored budget continuing resolution, in March 2011. The Republican plan, made in the midst of a fierce budget battle ...

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Max & Marcellus: 5/11 [hr1]

2012-05-11T13:53:40Z

With Marcellus gone, Max and the Kamenetzky Brothers are fuming that all the Lakers not named Kobe Bryant didn't show up for the Game 6 blowout loss in Denver. More on the Lakers with 710 ESPN's Mychal Thompson.

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Max & Marcellus: 5/10 [hr1]

2012-05-10T19:45:37Z

After the injuries to Blake Griffin and Chris Paul in their Game 5 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, Max and Marcellus wondered if the Clippers have what it takes to win Game 6 at home. More on the Clippers/Grizzlies series with ESPN.com's Kevin Arnovitz.

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Mason and Ireland: 9/16 [hr1]

2012-05-09T03:04:39Z

Eric Neel fills-in for John Ireland on this edition of Mason & Ireland. Steve and Eric preview this Saturdays USC football game against Syracuse. Also, the guys discuss the billboards that Bronco fans want to put up urging the Broncos organization to bench

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In The Zone 12/14 [hr1]

2012-05-09T03:04:39Z

Mason and Ireland: 9/16 [hr1]

2012-05-09T03:04:39Z

Dems, GOP trade barbs as Obama approaches

2012-05-08T13:42:55Z

[H.R. 1, Vote #147 , 2/19/11; House Committee on Appropriations, accessed 5/07/12 ] Gibson Voted to Slash NIH Funding by $1.6 Billion. On February 19, 2011, Gibson voted for a Republican continuing resolution that would have cut $1.63 billion from the ...

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Mason & Ireland [hr1]

2012-05-07T16:35:54Z

Mason & Ireland recap the Lakers win last night in Denver as they take a 3-1 series lead. ESPN sports science guy John Brenkus calls in to talk about the effects of playing in high altitude like Denver.

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Ryan Reneges on Last Summer's Deal

2012-05-05T14:50:54Z

After the election, a lame-duck Congress will kick the can forward, again, to the new Congress and whomever inhabits the White House in 2013 Other bills rolled out by the Republican Mean Machine: H.R.1 : Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act ...

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1.8m now getting HIV drugs help

2012-04-27T10:35:32Z

Repeat sequences in gp41, HR1, and HR2 then interact, causing the collapse of the extracellular portion of gp41 into a hairpin. This loop structure brings the virus and cell membranes close together, allowing fusion of the membranes and ...

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Auburn to Receive $1.7 Million for Major Business Development Project

2012-04-26T00:06:47Z

The Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent, and President Bush signed it into law. Last year, 145 Republicans and 160 Democrats supported an amendment offered by Michaud to H.R.1 to restore funding for the agency.

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Jack Hassard: Creationism Creeps Into Louisiana and Tennessee Science Classrooms

2012-04-24T21:09:01Z

4. "Conference Report to accompany H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001″ (pdf).primary source. U.S. Government Printing Office. December 12, 2001. Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-08. 5. Foerstel, Herbert (2009).

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Lamb: The Audacity of Ignorance

2012-04-23T08:02:47Z

Missouri hog farmer Chris Chinn, told the House Small Business’ Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, that Solis’ new rule HR1 would prohibit farm kids from driving a tractor. She said that milking a cow was prohibited by HR4 ...

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The audacity of ignorance

2012-04-23T06:01:06Z

Missouri hog farmer Chris Chinn, told the House Small Business' Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, that Solis' new rule HR1 would prohibit farm kids from driving a tractor. She said that milking a cow was prohibited by HR4; cutting weeds would

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The audacity of ignorance

2012-04-22T06:38:05Z

ESPN: Mason & Ireland

2012-04-20T18:57:45Z

It's time for Saxon/Jackson on Mason & Ireland for a update on the Dodgers and Angels. Who is the most clutch team in the NBA and why? Mason & Ireland talk about Dalonte West giving a wet willy, Dodgers 9-1, and more in Fast Track.

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Changes to aid threaten ‘financial livelihood’

2012-04-20T01:11:10Z

Cuts in Pell Grants have already been made due, in part, to the Continuing Resolution (H.R. 1), which sliced $60 billion from the federal budget in February. Together, these changes will affect nearly 17 million students across the country.

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So You Want To "Bring The Troops Home," Do You?

2012-04-20T01:00:00Z

A brief note in the record from this week's news, CBS4: Rep. Mike Coffman believes it's time to start pulling out U.S. troops that are stationed in Europe... H.AMDT.130 to H.R.1 An amendment numbered 46 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the

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It's Time to Reexamine the Welfare Reform Law of 1996

2012-04-19T13:36:49Z

During the Nixon years when Daniel Patrick Moynihan before becoming the senator from New York was a presidential adviser, Nixon proposed H.R. 1 which would have nationalized welfare with all states required to make the same base cash payment of $6,500 ...

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It's Time to Reexamine the Welfare Reform Law of 1996

2012-04-19T13:36:49Z

Chris Gibson happy for support of … Alec Baldwin? (updated)

2012-04-17T15:55:12Z

Update: Gibson’s spokeswoman Stephanie Valle sent along information about the votes that earned Baldwin’s thanks: February 17, 2011 – H.R. 1 – amendment which would cut funding to the National Endowment for the Arts by an additional $20.6 million .

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Time To Revisit Welfare Reform

2012-04-16T12:43:06Z

About 10 percent of households headed by women report incomes that low . . . ” During the Nixon years when Daniel Patrick Moynihan before becoming the senator from New York was a presidential adviser, Nixon proposed H.R. 1 which would have ...

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Bachmann: Women ‘can make their own choices for… their own bodies’

2012-04-15T14:38:50Z

This is a debate that has long been settled.” “But this Congress — starting with H.R. 1 — has made an effort…,” Gillibrand said, before she was interrupted by the Minnesota congresswoman. “That’s a false portrayal,” Bachmann argued.

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ESPN: In the Zone

2012-04-12T20:11:40Z

A Martniez breaks down the upcoming matchup with the Lakers and Miami Heat in South Beach. Martinez doesn't understand why there isn't more buzz surrounding this game. Dave Shore, 710 ESPN Lakers Shootaround host and side line reporter, joins A. from Miami

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Vote Republican

2012-04-04T02:27:25Z

He mockingly calls Bush’s program "More Children Left Behind." But when it came time in 2001 for the final vote on H.R.1, the No Child Left Behind Act, DeMint voted for it. As did Pat Toomey, who wrote the introduction to the first chapter of DeMint’s

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Immunomedics Develops Bispecific Hexavalent Antibodies For Epithelial Cancers

2012-04-02T15:08:34Z

Both agents comprise intact hR1, a proprietary humanized antibody targeting the type I insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-1R). 1R-(E1)-(E1) was created by attaching four antibody fragments of hRS7, a humanized antibody that recognizes the trophoblast

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HEALTH CARE: Two Years Into New Law, Murray Highlights Benefits for Women

2012-03-21T15:51:25Z

"The very first one, H.R. 1, would have totally eliminated Title X funding for family planning and teen pregnancy prevention. And it included an amendment that would have completely defunded Planned Parenthood and cut off support for the millions of women

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HEALTH CARE: Two Years Into New Law, Murray Highlights Benefits for Women

2012-03-21T12:16:41Z

Rep. Cantor takes sides in Illinois House primary

2012-03-19T05:45:21Z

The basis for their claims is over amendments voted on in one bill – H.R. 1. After voting to significantly cut spending, the House voted on additional amendments to reduce spending. The amendments he voted against were ones that warranted a hearing and .

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Rep. Cantor takes sides in Illinois House primary

2012-03-18T19:58:22Z

How Liberal/ Conservative is Jay Inslee or Just the Facts.

2012-03-15T20:09:05Z

Liberal Votes: (Includes bills, resolutions, amendments and sponsorships.) H. Amdt 16 to H.R. 1 Spending billions of dollars for two separate manufacturing systems in two separate companies to make two versions of an engine, with identical ...

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Michaud Leads Bipartisan Push to Support Economic Development Funding

2012-03-15T20:01:55Z

Tea Party’s Targets

2012-03-14T15:31:06Z

Congressional Research Service. 20 Jan 2012. U.S. Senate Website. Roll Call Vote: H.R. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003. 25 Nov 2003. Congressional Budget Office. Projection of Spending for the Medicare Part D Benefit. 16 Feb 2005.

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Tea Party’s Targets

2012-03-13T19:57:08Z

Sportman's Storm: Congress to Come Down on Anglers and Hunters

2012-03-02T19:10:11Z

The attacks began shortly after the new Congress was sworn in, with an appropriations bill to keep government functioning—H.R. 1—that was loaded with dozens of policy riders aimed at everything from wetland protections to global warming studies.

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Conservative Media Still Deny Fact That Unemployment Benefits Stimulate The Economy

2012-02-24T11:47:31Z

The nonbusiness tax cuts in H.R. 1 would reduce revenues much more in calendar year 2010 than in calendar year 2009 because much of the reduction in taxes would be realized by households when they filed their returns in 2010. [CBO, January 2009 ...

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Historic Porsche collection going up for auction at Amelia Island

2012-02-14T15:55:36Z

Fresh from restoration, 962- HR1 was displayed at RennSport Reunion IV in 2011. This rare factory team car – one of just four built - has competed at top events (Le Mans, Nürburgring and Laguna Seca) in the highest levels of international ...

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Mark Critz | National Drug Intelligence Center – how we got here

2012-02-07T00:54:48Z

In February 2011, House Republicans unveiled H.R. 1, the Fiscal Year 2011 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, which cut the president’s funding request for NDIC to $34 million. During consideration of this legislation, Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

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Rep. Silvestre Reyes asked Susan G. Komen Foundation to reverse Planned Parenthood decision

2012-02-04T01:55:37Z

Borjon reiterated that stance Friday. "While he voted in favor of an amendment to H.R. 1, it is important to note that he disagreed with using this topic as a wedge issue aimed at shutting down the government and ultimately opposed and voted ...

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Eric Holder On the Run?

2012-02-02T01:29:21Z

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact Here’s the bill that Obama funded for this program H.R. 1 – 16. Here is the exact wording in the bill: 10,000,000 shall be transferred to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, salaries and ...

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Fitzpatrick Votes to Freeze Congressional Pay

2012-02-02T01:07:53Z

He supports eliminating automatic pay raises for Members of Congress (H.R. 187),and streamlining the way the legislative branch does business for even more savings (Amendments to H.R. 1, Amendments to H.R. 2551, H.R. 292).

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Democrats Lie Again About the “Fast and Furious” Gunrunner Operation

2012-01-31T18:35:22Z

Here’s the bill that Obama funded for this program H.R. 1 – 16. Here is the exact wording in the bill: 10,000,000 shall be transferred to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, salaries and expenses for the ATF Project Gunrunner.

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GOP gamesmanship gets in way of NLRB work

2012-01-31T02:43:19Z

U.S. House Republicans went to the extreme by voting to defund the NLRB in a failed amendment to H.R. 1 in 2010. This would have stripped employees of their right to a secret-ballot election in the workplace. The NLRB rule changes to post ...

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GOP victory would raise specter of a frightening scenario

2012-01-22T09:13:22Z

Let the good Lord's sun shine on this "new restoration of American freedom." Speaker of The House Eric Cantor's top priority H.R.1, The Social Services Budget Adjustment Act, will be followed with H.R. 2, The Privatization Of Social Security And ...

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Why the 2012 GOPers Aren't Talking About Obamacare

2012-01-20T10:05:51Z

Yes, they should be given credit for at least attempting to pay for such massive new spending. But fiscal reality circa 2012 is a mean goddess. Prediction: A bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act will be H.R. 1 in the next Congress.

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Thompson Seeks Re-election

2012-01-18T14:25:55Z

As Chairman, Congressman Thompson introduced and engineered House passage of the most comprehensive homeland security package since September 11, 2001 - H.R. 1, the "9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007". Congressman Thompson's reputation ...

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Approps Panel Regains Status

2012-01-17T15:45:51Z

Rogers said that reality was particularly difficult to deal with because Congress “immediately jump into the H.R. 1 omnibus, because we were left with no appropriations bills … and we had all those new Members who were crying for blood on spending.

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U.S. Rep. Steve Womack yells at constituent during meeting

2012-01-08T01:01:44Z

Eubanks was asked to explain why the Pell Grant is so important to her and why that was the question she asked. "Under H.R. 1, which Womack voted for, $60 million would have been cut from the Pell Grant Program in Arkansas, affecting 94,000 higher ...

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U.S. Rep. Steve Womack yells at constituent during meeting

2012-01-08T00:54:35Z

Peugeot developing compact crossover based on 208 hatch

2012-01-06T08:13:37Z

Tipped to replace the slot previously taken by SW wagon versions of the previous 206 and 207, the 2008 is expected to borrow some of its styling cues from the HR1 concept (pictured in the rendering above) that debuted at the last Paris Auto Salon.

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Save Service

2012-01-06T00:56:57Z

We, including all signed attachments, petition that you and your colleagues consider the impact H.R. 1 has on solving many of our nation’s largest issues that surround education, employment, health care, access to social services, and lowering ...

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House GOP's Pledge to America is still the plan

2012-01-05T19:41:59Z

The result -- H.R. 1 -- reduced spending by a prorated $68 billion for the remaining months of that fiscal year -- and did it in a transparent, open process. But then, in what would turn out to be the first of many punts, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid ..

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Organic food trends for 2012

2012-01-03T19:51:31Z

Subsidies came up earlier in the year when the House Resolution Bill 1 (H.R.1) came in front of congress. This is an issue that we will hear more about, especially as the national debt continues to grow. National events like the TedX “Changing the way we

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House Republicans' Pledge to America is still the plan

2012-01-03T13:46:27Z

The result - H.R. 1 - reduced spending by a prorated $68 billion for the remaining months of that fiscal year - and did it in a transparent, open process. But then, in what would turn out to be the first of many punts, Senator Reid and President Obama ...

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House Republicans' Pledge to America is still the plan

2012-01-03T13:46:27Z

FacePalm: GOP Rep can't even get Schoolhouse Rock right.

2011-12-21T23:13:03Z

The bill then says if the Senate does not act, then H.R. 1 [the House-passed bill] will be the law of the land." -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), quoted by the Washington Post, forgetting that bills -- even symbolic ones -- cannot ...

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Schock Continues to Find Success as Legislative Year Comes to an End

2011-12-20T04:51:52Z

365) to establish a commission to reduce government spending. - H.R. 389 (incorporated in H.R. 1) to end taxpayer funded Stimulus advertisement signs. -H.R. 2082 (incorporated in H.R. 674) to provide for a Work Opportunity Tax Credit for businesses that ..

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GOP Report Card: A Few A’s and Many Incompletes

2011-12-20T00:12:41Z

On Feb. 19, House passed H.R. 1, a full-year appropriations bill that included rescinding unspent stimulus money. The Senate never considered it. On Jan. 6, 2011, by a 410-13 margin, the House cut Congressional appropriations by 5 percent or ...

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Flying With Fish - Congress Focuses On TSA Uniforms Rather Than Real Issues

2011-12-16T18:32:39Z

On the 28th of January 2009, shortly after the TSA had completely phased in the new uniforms, the 1st Session of the 111th Congress House passed H.R. 1, which stated all future uniforms, and textile products, purchased by the TSA must be made from US ...

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House GOP’s priorities: They’re still working on it

2011-12-16T15:19:23Z

And indeed, their first bills — numbered H.R.1-5, in wonky parlance — represented the GOP’s biggest campaign talking points, like reversing the health-care law and a pared-down spending plan. But, curiously, the bills H.R.6-10 are blank.

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House GOP’s priorities: They’re still working on it

2011-12-16T01:00:00Z

House Republican leaders have some primo legislative real estate available. (Alex Wong - Getty Images) Before House Republicans won the majority in the 2010 elections, they often talked about what their first moves would be upon taking control of the cha

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Eric Holder Lied Again

2011-12-09T22:08:33Z

“OIG offered 15 recommendations.” In 2009, Obama funded 10,000,000 to Holder for this program H.R. 1 – 16. Here is the exact wording in the bill: 10,000,000 shall be transferred to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...

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Now isn’t that noble

2011-12-02T09:59:32Z

No honor for our flag? No show of gratitude? One more thing before I end my tirade. To top this all off, the Republican proposal HR1 wanted to remove $268 million from the veterans program that was assisting wounded returning veterans. Nothing like going .

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You’ll get the message

2011-11-28T12:41:46Z

No honor for our flag, no show of gratitude? One more thing before I end my tirade. To top this all off, the Republican proposal HR1 wanted to remove $268 million from the veterans program that was assisting wounded returning veterans. Nothing like going .

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Sierra Club launches TV ad attacking Congressman Fred Upton on clean energy

2011-11-23T06:42:38Z

They are: H.R. 2354: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 Small Business Program Extension and Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 1: House GOP 2012 budget proposal Each bill contains provisions that the Sierra Club ...

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Right-Wing Media Use CBO Director's Testimony To Launch Bogus Attack On Stimulus

2011-11-16T19:44:01Z

From a letter written by Doug Elmendorf to then-Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Judd Gregg: CBO estimates that this Senate legislation would raise output and lower unemployment for several years, with effects broadly similar to those of H.R. 1 as in

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Fact check: Examining political attack ads in Senate battle

2011-11-15T20:13:50Z

Press release: "Senators Nelson and Collins Negotiate Bipartisan Economic Stimulus Agreement." 07 Feb 2009. H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Library of Congress. Mascaro, Lisa. "Health care compromise gives sweet Medicaid deal to Neb

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The Fall TV Season’s Senate Air Wars

2011-11-15T17:57:50Z

Press release: “Senators Nelson and Collins Negotiate Bipartisan Economic Stimulus Agreement.” 07 Feb 2009. H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Library of Congress. Mascaro, Lisa. “Health care compromise gives sweet Medicaid deal

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The Fall TV Season’s Senate Air Wars

2011-11-15T17:22:02Z

International family planning saves lives. So why is the GOP cutting it?

2011-10-07T01:00:00Z

In HR 1, the majority's original budget proposal for the current fiscal year: the Global Gag Rule, which would hold recipients of US foreign aid accountable to standards that would be unconstitutional here, was reinstated. By forcing eligible health .

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Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy Hearing

2011-10-06T01:00:00Z

Analyses of HR 1, the continuing resolution that called for $61 billion in reduced federal spending, by Goldman Sachs and Economy.com have been touted by some as evidence that it is not feasible to engage in spending reductions. ...

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Stenty typu DES lepsze niż BMS w zaopatrywaniu zwężeń w żylnych pomostach ...

2011-10-06T01:00:00Z

Śmiertelność całkowita nie różniła się w obu grupach i wyniosła odpowiednio 5% (15 osób) w grupie DES i 5% (14 osób) w grupie BMS (HR = 1,08; 95% CI 0,52–2,23; p = 0,83). Pewna lub prawdopodobna zakrzepica w stencie wystąpiła u 2 (1%) pacje

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District Advocates Favor House Education-Spending Bill

2011-10-05T01:00:00Z

Dennis R. Rehberg, R-Mont., the chairman of the House committee that oversees education spending] supported HR 1, a bill that would have cut almost $700 million from Title I. In 2009, every House Republican also voted against the Recovery Act, ...

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Homoarginina, niewydolność serca i nagły zgon sercowy u chorych hemodializowanych

2011-10-03T01:00:00Z

Stężenie homoargininy nie wiązało się natomiast z ryzykiem wystąpienia zawału serca (HR 1,0; 95% CI 0,7–1,3). W celu wyeliminowania potencjalnego wpływu leczenia atorwastatyną na uzyskane wyniki wszystkie analizy przeprowadzono w grupie przyjmu

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Opóźnienie wykonania reperfuzji u pacjentów ze STEMI wiąże się z rozwojem ...

2011-10-03T01:00:00Z

W przypadku oddzielnego rozpatrywania składowych opóźnienia leczenia, tj. opóźnienia ze strony pacjenta oraz opóźnienia systemu, jedynie opóźnienie systemu było niezależnie związane z późniejszymi kontaktami ze służbą zdrowia spowodowanym

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Durbin blasts GOP over Amtrak funding

2011-10-01T01:00:00Z

I intend to push back and fight for the federal funding I believe pays dividends in communities across Illinois, just as I did when the House proposed and passed HR 1 earlier this year. “But, I can't do it alone,” the senator added. ...

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Reed discusses key issues

2011-10-01T01:00:00Z

When you hear about the EPA attack and HR 1. The real reason that fight was occurring wasn't to defund the EPA. It was to send a message to the EPA , 'You better stop this regulatory agenda or we're going to cut your funding off'. ...

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Durbin fights to keep Quincy Amtrak route open

2011-09-29T01:00:00Z

I intend to push back and fight for the federal funding I believe pays dividends in communities across Illinois, just as I did when the House proposed and passed HR 1 earlier this year. But, I can't do it alone. These threats should not be dismissed.

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Agrarian Union to hold rallies protesting against grain export duties

2011-09-29T01:00:00Z

Novikov added that unreasoned statements of officials that the sunflower oil export duties could be introduced have led to the fall in its price by Hr 1 per tonne. Earlier a source in the government said that the government at cabinet meeting on ...

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29.09.2011 – Kopftuch, Migranten, Jerusalem, Ausländer, GORA, Terror

2011-09-29T01:00:00Z

10:00-10:15 • HR (1) Jerusalem – Tor zum Himmel – Der erste Teil der Dokumentationsreihe über die heiligen Stätten der Erde erzählt die Geschichte Jerusalems. Es ist eine Stadt der Mythen und des Glaubens, der Prophezeiungen und der Sehnsüchte,

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The Huddle: Labrador backs limits

2011-09-28T01:00:00Z

The reason: House Republicans declined to stake out as strong a position as they had on HR 1…Republicans were not put back in control of the House this year in order to avoid disruptions in governance and run out the clock until the 2012 elections. ...

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Facing Shutdown, GOP Goes Soft

2011-09-28T01:00:00Z

The reason: House Republicans declined to stake out as strong a position as they had on HR 1. The heated climate and gridlock that have overcome Washington this year are due to the simple fact that there are now three political forces in Congress: ...

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Schnee aus Mainz

2011-09-27T01:00:00Z

Im Dezember geht es übrigens weiter mit DAB+, dann werden sechs Hörfunkprogramme des Hessischen Rundfunks eingespeist: hr 1 bis 4, hr info und You FM. Im Fernsehen kann dann wiederum Das Erste gestört sein – wegen der Frequenzen. ...

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Ukrainian government approves Ukroboronprom's statute

2011-09-27T01:00:00Z

The statutory fund of the state concern is formed by assets from the national budget, property of the concern's members, other legal sources, and amounts to Hr 1 billion. According to the statute, the participants of the concern preserve their legal .

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If the GOP Wins

2011-09-26T01:00:00Z

Let's assume that the first piece of legislation introduced in the House is HR 1, a bill to effectively repeal the health care law. Upon arriving in the Senate it is incorporated into the budget reconciliation process and therefore cannot be ...

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Hessen fließt in ihren Adern

2011-09-24T01:00:00Z

So könnte es kommen, dass Mathias Münch und Mirko Förster in zehn Jahren entweder auf hr 1 oder hr 4 landen. Mathias Münch ist mittlerweile selbst Hessen-Fan, das war nicht immer so, denn mit 21 Jahren habe er kein Gefühl für seine Heimat gehabt. ..

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Solyndra's lobbying not disclosed by Energy under stimulus guidelines

2011-09-24T01:00:00Z

In addition, the firm reported that it contacted both chambers of Congress as well as Energy regarding “HR 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PL: 111-5), monitored implementation. Monitored provisions of pending energy and climate ...

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Hessen fließt in ihren Adern

2011-09-24T01:00:00Z

Groover vor nächstem Coup

2011-09-23T01:00:00Z

Die hr1-Band gewinnt eine professionelle Studioproduktion, tritt in Radiosendungen auf und repräsentiert hr 1 bei zahlreichen Veranstaltungen. The Groove Generation hat sich bereits einen Namen in der Region gemacht. ...

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Groover vor nächstem Coup

2011-09-23T01:00:00Z

View From The Top

2011-09-22T01:00:00Z

Around Hr 1 billion have been pumped into it that ended up in the state budget. And I had to answer many questions regarding Dniproenergo. MT: We entered the company as the largest private shareholder, and we were interested in its normal development, ...

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The Cook Report: If the GOP Wins

2011-09-22T01:00:00Z

Peugeot 208 GTI Tersingkap dari "Topengnya"

2011-09-20T01:00:00Z

Secara desain, tarikan garis tegas yang terlihat seperti terinspirasi dari SR-1 dan HR-1 Concept. Kesan sporti dihadirkan lewat rear wing yang agak lebar. Ruang kabinnya menyediakan terobosan baru berupa gadget serupa iPad yang diperkenalkan dengan ...

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No such thing as a one-year cut for medical researchers

2011-09-20T01:00:00Z

The majority's original appropriations proposal for 2011, HR 1, threatened to cut NIH funding by $1.6 billion. Had it passed, the number of new NIH competing grants would have declined by about 3000, or nearly a third below 2010 levels. ...

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Doing the Right Thing with Funding the Government

2011-09-19T01:00:00Z

The House-passed funding bill for this year, HR 1, which had 19 anti-environmental riders, , provides a taste of the pro-polluter, anti-public health policies these Republicans have advocated. This site has links to the riders offered since HR 1. ...

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Republican-led Class Warfare

2011-09-19T01:00:00Z

The measure failed to pass the House, but HR 1, the continuing resolution passed by the House, included a $50 million reduction in the National Labor Relations Board's budget, which if it had also passed the Senate would have forced NLRB staff members

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International Family Planning Saves Lives. So Why Is the GOP Cutting It?

2011-09-15T01:00:00Z

Cross-posted with permission from Impact, a magazine produced by Population Services International. Few examples of U.S. foreign assistance provide benefits as tangible, cost-effective, life-saving and critical for both the United States and aid recipien

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Minimalna aktywność fizyczna zmniejsza śmiertelność i wydłuża przewidywaną ...

2011-09-15T01:00:00Z

W porównaniu z osobami wykazującymi niską aktywność fizyczną ci z grupy nieaktywnej charakteryzowali się większym o 17% ryzykiem zgonu (HR 1,17; 95% CI 1,10–1,24) io 11% zwiększonym ryzykiem zgonu z powodu chorób nowotworowych (HR 1,11; 95% CI

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Konferencja Sekcji Wad Wrodzonych Serca

2011-09-15T01:00:00Z

W analizie wieloczynnikowej iw analizie propensity score matching wykazano wzrost śmiertelności całkowitej wśród leczonych glimepirydem (pacjenci z przebytym MI: HR 1,30; 95% CI 1,11–1,44; pacjenci bez MI: HR 1,32; 95% CI 1,24–1,40), ...

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Porównanie skuteczności i bezpieczeństwa standardowej i nasycającej dawki ...

2011-09-14T01:00:00Z

... mózgu nie różnią się istotnie u osób otrzymujących LD klopidogrelu w porównaniu z pacjentami otrzymującymi konwencjonalne dawki tego leku [odpowiednio: hazard względny (HR) 1,00; 95% CI 0,72–1,40; p = 0,98; HR 0,92; 95% CI 0,68–1,25; p =

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South Bend Police Get Grant

2011-09-09T01:00:00Z

... they need to carry out their duties both effectively and safely. Most recently, in February of this year, he voted in favor of an amendment to HR 1, The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act for 2011, to preserve funding for the COPS program.

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Delawareans in the minors

2011-09-09T01:00:00Z

Jerrell Allen, OF, Milford, Arizona League Royals, Class A (Royals) AVG., .242; AB, 149; R, 27; H, 36; 2B, 5; 3B, 2; HR, 1; RBI, 12; SB, 5. Carlos Alonso, INF, UD, Lakewood BlueClaws, Class A (Phillies) AVG., .313; AB, 160; R, 17; H, 50; 2B, 10; 3B, 0; ..

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Romney Job Training Plan Would Lack Financing

2011-09-07T01:00:00Z

Earlier this year, House Republicans passed a shortsighted and potentially devastating bill (HR 1) to cut more than $4 billion from job training programs, including: These programs form the backbone of our federal investment in job training. ...

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White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, September 6, 2011

2011-09-06T01:00:00Z

In terms of consultations, I wasn't aware that when the Republicans drew up HR 1, they had invited Democrats to write it with them, or the Ryan plan, or any of their economic proposals going forward. What they do is put those proposals forward, ...

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Łuszczyca o ciężkim przebiegu a choroby sercowo-naczyniowe

2011-09-02T01:00:00Z

... zaburzenia gospodarki lipidowej, nadciśnienie tętnicze, cukrzyca, palenie tytoniu), łuszczyca o ciężkim przebiegu nadal pozostawała czynnikiem ryzyka dla zdarzeń sercowo-naczyniowych (HR 1,53; 95% CI 1,26–1,85). Efekt ten był niezależny od

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Audio: Francona on ESPN Radio NY

2011-08-30T01:00:00Z

Is Okajima down in Triple A? //Yes , but Sox don't want This is Lackey: 7 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 4 B, 3 K's. 1 HR, 1 HB You've seen this a few times this year, no? RT @mmmadd07: @GordonEdes evidently? Don't be smug//How is that smug? ...

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Podcast: Edes on Sox-Yankees

2011-08-30T01:00:00Z

Video: Edes on Sox-Yankees series

2011-08-30T01:00:00Z

Statyny zmniejszają w sposób zależny od dawki ryzyko wystąpienia zakrzepicy żylnej

2011-08-30T01:00:00Z

W analizie wieloczynnikowej Coxa wykazano, że unieruchomienie i otyłość zwiększają ryzyko występowania żylnej choroby zakrzepowo-zatorowej (odpowiednio: HR 1,83, 95% CI 1,22–2,76; HR 1,64; 95% CI 1,09–2,45). Stosowanie statyn zmniejszało w sp

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Controlling VOC fumes and odours

2011-08-30T01:00:00Z

The Honeycat concentrator catalytic oxidation air pollution control and energy saving system treats the exhaust gases from the component finishing process to give a maximum running flowrate of 12000Nm3 hr-1 at a temperature of 20°C with a normal VOC ...

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Pell Grant Program unaffected by debt ceiling negotiations, grants for ...

2011-08-30T01:00:00Z

In February, the House passed a bill, called HR. 1, which would have cut $60 billion from the 2011 fiscal year federal budget, including $5.7 billion from the Pell Grant Program. The proposed cuts would have lowered the maximum Pell Grant from $5550 to ..

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MORE FROM ESPNNewYork.com

2011-08-29T01:00:00Z

Jered Weaver before tonight's game: 0 HR, 1 RBI in 32 at-bats. Tonight: 2-for-3, HR, 3 RBI. about 7 hours ago @Buster_ESPN Weaver didn't have his bullpen session between starts,to aid in rest,prepare for start on three days' rest. ...

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Rokowanie pacjentów z objawową chorobą naczyń mózgowych po przeszczepieniu serca

2011-08-29T01:00:00Z

Po skorygowaniu wyników na uwzględnione w tym badaniu zmienne wykazano, że ryzyko udaru mózgu lub zgonu jest o 29% wyższe u pacjentów z sCVD [hazard względny (HR) 1,29; 95% przedział ufności (CI) 1,17–1,42). Pozostałymi czynnikami zwiększają

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Sky Move Closer to Playoffs

2011-08-28T01:00:00Z

Jered Weaver before tonight's game: 0 HR, 1 RBI in 32 at-bats. Tonight: 2-for-3, HR, 3 RBI. 44 minutes ago @Buster_ESPN Weaver didn't have his bullpen session between starts,to aid in rest,prepare for start on three days' rest. ...

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Proposed Pell Grant funding cuts are bad news for education

2011-08-27T01:00:00Z

But HR. 1 attempted to reduce the base maximum Pell Grant to $4015 which would have translated to an $845 decrease in awards. Lucky for us, a group of students from the Minnesota State College Student Association converged on Washington over the summer ..

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Koronare Herzkrankheit

2011-08-26T01:00:00Z

Die Auswertungen der amerikanischen Mayo-Klinik ergaben für Patienten mit koronarer Herzkrankheit (KHK), die Fett vor allem in der Bauchregion anlagern, ein besonders hohes Sterblichkeitsrisiko (HR 1,7). Selbst bei Menschen mit normalem BMI waren die ...

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Wartość rokownicza wyników tomografii komputerowej naczyń wieńcowych w ...

2011-08-24T01:00:00Z

Osoby bez wykrytych w CCTA zwężeń w naczyniach wieńcowych (HR 1,62; 95% CI 1,08–2,43) charakteryzowały sie ryzykiem zgonu na poziomie podobnym do osób ze zwężonym jednym naczyniem wieńcowym (HR 1,75; 95% CI 1,12–2,72). Fakt ten ma duże znacz

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Utraty przytomności u chorych z tętniczym nadciśnieniem płucnym

2011-08-24T01:00:00Z

Analiza jednoczynnikowa pokazała, że w grupie chorych z PAH obecność epizodów utraty przytomności w wywiadach jest niekorzystnym predyktorem wystąpienia zgonu z dowolnej przyczyny [hazard względny (HR) 1,75; 95% przedział ufności (CI): 1,10–2,

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Wir schicken Sie zum exklusiven HR-Konzert mit Eliza Doolittle

2011-08-22T01:00:00Z

Aus diesem Grund haben sich die beiden Radiosender You FM und HR 1 zur Kooperation entschieden: "Ihre Musik knüpft auf coole Art an alte Zeiten an", urteilt You FM-Musikchefin Anke Groß. Aus Doolittes Auftritt lässt sich "ein richtiges F

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Enough Is Enough

2011-08-22T01:00:00Z

Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi estimates that HR 1, legislation proposed and passed by House Republicans, would have destroyed 700000 jobs. Zandi also estimates that Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's budget resolution for fiscal

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Skuteczność implantacji defibrylatorów u 80- i 90-letnich pacjentów w ...

2011-08-22T01:00:00Z

W tym modelu tylko wiek (HR 1,07; 95% CI 1,00–1,14; p = 0043) oraz GFR (HR 0,98; 95% CI 0,97–0,99; p = 0006) były niezależnymi predyktorami przeżycia. Podsumowując, wiek i GFR są głównymi czynnikami decydującymi o przeżyciu wśród 80- i 90-l

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Zwiększona śmiertelność wśród pacjentów z dysfunkcją rozkurczową i zachowaną ...

2011-08-22T01:00:00Z

Dopasowanie propensity matching wykazało, że obecność umiarkowanej (HR 1,58; 95% CI 1,20–2,08; p < 0,0010) i ciężkiej DD (HR 1,84; 95% CI 1,29–2,62; p < 0001) wiązała się z istotnie wyższą śmiertelnością ogólną w porównaniu z pa

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Analiza krwawień i śmiertelności u pacjentów leczonych przeciwpłytkowo: dane z ...

2011-08-22T01:00:00Z

W grupie DAPT nie wykazano takiego związku (HR 1,48; 95% CI 0,93–2,34). Zaobserwowano istotną statystycznie interakcję dla krwawienia i rodzaju terapii przeciwpłytkowej dla śmiertelności sercowo-naczyniowej iz przyczyn nowotworowych (odpowiednio:

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Związek między stosowaniem wysokich dawek diuretyków pętlowych a stężeniem ...

2011-08-22T01:00:00Z

Bez względu na użycie HDLD podwyższony BUN pogarszał rokowanie chorych, jednak u pacjentów przyjmujących HDLD wyższe stężenie BUN (HR 3,09; 95% CI 2,31–4,14; p < 0,0001) wiązało się ze znacznie wyższym ryzykiem niż u osób niestosujący

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Związek spożycia sodu i potasu ze śmiertelnością osób dorosłych w Stanach ...

2011-08-22T01:00:00Z

W analizach wieloczynnikowych wyższe spożycie sodu wiązało się ze zwiększonym ryzykiem śmiertelności całkowitej (HR 1,20; 95% CI 1,03–1,41 dla 1000 mg/d.), podczas gdy wyższe spożycie potasu — z mniejszym ryzykiem zgonu (HR 0,8; 95% CI 0,67

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Here comes more failed stimulus spending

2011-08-21T01:00:00Z

"House-passed bill/Obama plan (HR 1) creates 3.7 million jobs." » Sen. Chuck Schumer, DN.Y.: "And it's a very significant stimulus; 3.5 million to 4 million jobs is a lot of jobs." » Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.: "The House an

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27.08.2011 – Sprachen, Integration, Islam, Türkei, Ausländerhass, Hamburg

2011-08-21T01:00:00Z

16:30-17:00 • HR 1/3, Integrationskurse – Wie Integration in Deutschland gelingt, zeigt diese dreiteilige Dokumentation des renommierten Bildungsjournalisten Paul Schwarz anhand von Integrationskursen, im Berufsleben und durch Sport. ...

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Związek wydalania sodu z incydentami zakończonymi i niezakończonymi zgonem ...

2011-08-19T01:00:00Z

Nowo wykryte nadciśnienie stwierdzono u 187 osób (27%; HR 1,0) w grupie o najniższym wydalaniu sodu, 190 (26,6%; HR 1,02) o wydalaniu średnim i 175 (25,4%; HR 0,98) w grupie o najwyższym wydalaniu sodu z moczem. W grupie „ciśnienia tętniczego”

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Coal Ash Controversy Ratchets Up

2011-08-19T01:00:00Z

... Congressman Joe Walsh, one who voted in favor of the Act. In addition, the eleven total representatives voted in favor of HR 1 Amendment 217 which prohibited use of certain funds to regulate coal combustion residuals as hazardous waste or material. ..

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In long run-up to 2012, Gardner draws heat for anti-environmental record

2011-08-17T01:00:00Z

Legislation targeting the Clean Water Act and supported by Gardner, sometimes on voice votes, include, for example, HR 1, the 2011 Continuing Appropriations Bill, which would block the EPA from revoking Clean Water Act permits for bad actors; HR 872, ...

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Los Angeles County's Politicians Sound Off On Transportation

2011-08-16T01:00:00Z

I opposed HR 1, the Republican budget proposal, which would have slashed more than $18 billion from transportation and infrastructure investments and threaten more than 300000 American jobs in the transportation sector. The national debt is a serious ...

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Delawareans in the minors

2011-08-16T01:00:00Z

Jerrell Allen, OF, Milford, Arizona League Royals, Class A (Royals) AVG., .248; AB, 125; R, 22; H, 31; 2B, 5; 3B, 2; HR, 1; RBI, 11; SB, 3. Carlos Alonso, INF, UD, Lakewood BlueClaws, Class A (Phillies) AVG., .333; AB, 84; R, 6; H, 28; 2B, 6; 3B, 0; ...

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Phillies Prospect Roundup: Deadline Day 2011

2011-08-15T01:00:00Z

The recipient of the largest bonus on this list, Colvin has followed up his excellent 2010 campaign with a bit of a dud in 2011, and while he managed to throw a quality start on Saturday (6.0 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 HR, 1 BB, 3 K), that performance came after ..

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Rep. David Schweikert: Debt compromise not enough

2011-08-12T01:00:00Z

I also voted for HR 1 to cut congressional office budgets by 5 percent. (The bill passed the House but has not had a vote in the Senate.) Q: What was your reaction when Giffords returned to the floor and voted? A: I was beyond joyful to see our ...

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Schweikert: Debt compromise not enough

2011-08-12T01:00:00Z

One who wants to destroy government can't represent me

2011-08-11T01:00:00Z

[HR 1, Pascrell amendment #223, Vote #60, 2/16/11] How much is it costing - and who is paying - to keep the "Hot Shot" fire crews out there at our local motel? Someone Monday night attempted to interject into the conversation the huge movement o

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Speak up for the unborn

2011-08-08T01:00:00Z

Finally, I voted to defund Planned Parenthood in HR 1, and I will continue to support its defunding in any bill that comes to the House floor. As I continue to represent the needs of the Fourth Congressional District, I will stand firm on upholding ...

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Vitter, For the Block

2011-08-08T01:00:00Z

In February, while still at American Rivers, she slammed HR 1, the yearly appropriations bill, which she called "the most anti-environmental piece of legislation in history." She added, "Protecting handouts to Big Oil is a priority, but pro

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP | News & Events

2011-08-07T01:00:00Z

HR 1. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. As Introduced in the House of Representatives on January 26, 2009. Released January 26, 2009. Bernstein is Chair of the Health Care Division at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP. Pfister is a partner at Manatt

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Steven Palazzo Photo/File

2011-08-07T01:00:00Z

Sonia Gandhi's 'Thursday with Nori', she is operated for cervical cancer

2011-08-07T01:00:00Z

While Low-dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy involves implanting radiation sources that emit radiation at a rate of up to 2 Gy.hr-1, in Medium-dose rate (MDR) brachytherapy is characterized by a medium rate of dose delivery, ranging between 2 Gy.hr-1 to 12 ...

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Scott: It's a bad deal

2011-08-06T01:00:00Z

The original version of HR 1, the 2011 Continuing Resolution, made deep cuts to the safety net, slashing important programs like Low Income Home Energy Assistance, Community Action Agencies like the Office of Human Affairs in Newport News, ...

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Libel surprise

2011-07-28T01:00:00Z

For example, to file a Hr 1 million claim – an amount sufficient to shut down many print, online or broadcast media – the plaintiff would have to pay merely Hr 2880 – about $360. It's all the more disappointing that the same person would sign in

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As nation readies digital TV switch, an obscure firm grabs monopoly

2011-07-28T01:00:00Z

Moreover, bidders had to provide proof they received a Hr 1 billion ($125 million) bank guarantee to build the digital network. Zeonbud secured its loan from state-owned Ukreximbank and paid nearly Hr 8 million – or Hr 1.9 million each – for the four

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Deadline, Downgrade Loom Ahead

2011-07-28T01:00:00Z

“To my knowledge he has not gone on the record on anything; HR-1, the Republican budget resolution [this winter], and to my knowledge he has not gone on the record on Cut, Cap, and Balance [the Tea Party-backed deficit-reducing bill] or the Boehner ...

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Remainders: Dictator

2011-07-28T01:00:00Z

By the numbers: HR 1 -- The House-passed GOP 'So Be It' spending bill destroys 700000 jobs, stalls our economic recovery, and protects subsidies for Big Oil. HR 2 -- The GOP Patients' Rights Repeal bill puts insurance companies back in charge

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Cobb Rep. Bobby Franklin found dead in home

2011-07-27T01:00:00Z

In his February interview with the Journal, Franklin warned that the US had adopted all 10 points of The Communist Manifesto, which is why in part he introduced HR 1 to eliminate property taxes. “The first plank of the Communist Manifesto is the ...

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How Boehner and Reid play the budget game

2011-07-27T01:00:00Z

But Tea Partier Rick Perry has long been a fan By Drew Grant AP On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a statement about the "mean-spirited" HR 1 bill that would eliminate the "National Endowment of the Humanities, National Endo

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Give Your Child a Head Start

2011-07-27T01:00:00Z

In March of this year, the Senate rejected HR 1, legislation that would have cut the program by nearly $1.1 billion. For now, though, the program is in place. Head Start is designed to give children from economically disadvantaged families a leg up. ...

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Cobb Rep. Bobby Franklin found dead in home

2011-07-26T01:00:00Z

Protecting Fort Monroe

2011-07-25T01:00:00Z

Dean Heller (R-NV) tried a similar move with an amendment to the spending bill for the remainder of FY 2011, HR 1, but his attempt narrowly failed by four votes. Since then, at least 10 different pieces of legislation were introduced to limit the ...

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Senate Votes Down Legislation Popular with Majority of Americans

2011-07-22T01:00:00Z

Senate voted 'pass' on both a democrat plan and the GOP the House-approved HR 1. (Note: There are many other congressional budgetary actions in the timelime but for my point I list only these as they deal with the primary congressional budget proc

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Q&A: 'Blue Dog' Dem heath Shuler on Debt Ceiling, Evangelical Faith

2011-07-22T01:00:00Z

For another example, Shuler pointed to HR 1, referring to the House passed bill that cut spending from the fiscal year 2011 budget. “How they (Republicans) cut WIC (a food and nutrition assistance program for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers),” ...

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Szkodliwy wpływ niesteroidowych leków przeciwzapalnych u pacjentów z ...

2011-07-21T01:00:00Z

Przewlekłe przyjmowanie NLPZ wiązało się ze szkodliwym wpływem w porównaniu z pacjentami, którzy wcale nie stosowali NLPZ (skorygowany HR 1,29; 95% CI 1,05–1,60; p = 0018), a takiego związku nie wykazano dla NLPZ przyjmowanych sporadycznie (skor

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Nowa skala określające ryzyko wystąpienia krwawienia podczas stosowania ...

2011-07-21T01:00:00Z

... p < 0001), > 1,2 (HR 1,8; 95% CI 1,4–2,3; p < 0001) oraz eGFR < 30 ml/min (HR 4,3; 95% CI 3,2–5,8; p < 0001). W dalszej części analizy uwzględniono jedynie te czynniki, dla których HR ≥ 1,5. Ocena 1000 wylosowanych z grupy bad

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Tikagrelor przynosi korzyści chorym z ostrym zespołem wieńcowym ...

2011-07-20T01:00:00Z

W grupie leczonej tikagrelorem wyniosła ona 11,9%, podczas gdy wśród chorych leczonych klopidogrelem — 10,3% (HR 1,17; 95% CI: 0,98−1,39; p = 0,08). Także w przypadku krwawień zagrażających życiu i śmiertelnych nie było różnic między grup

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Wpływ zespołu metabolicznego i cukrzycy na rokowanie chorych ze zdiagnozowaną ...

2011-07-20T01:00:00Z

Dodatkowo, skorygowanie uzyskanych wyników w odniesieniu do występowania DM pokazało, że pozostałe składowe MetS także są niekorzystnym predyktorem wystąpienia złożonego punktu końcowego (HR: 1,27; 95% CI: 1,00−1,60; p = 0,05). ...

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Brak aktywności fizycznej zwiększa ryzyko zatorowości płucnej u kobiet

2011-07-20T01:00:00Z

Kobiety wykonujące < 8,4 (mediana) ekwiwalentu metabolicznego aktywności fizycznej tygodniowo cechowały się znamiennie wyższym ryzykiem idiopatycznej zatorowości płucnej (HR 1,30, 95% CI 1,00–1,69, p dla trendu = 0,05), podczas gdy nie stwierd

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Konzert: Ringo Starr mit All-Star-Band in Frankfurt

2011-07-19T01:00:00Z

Ringo Starr singt „It don't come easy“, „Honey don't“ und „Choose love“ und macht flugs die Bühne frei für seine „All Starr Band“ – alte Herren, die wie Ringo ihre Dauerkarte in den Charts gegen eine in der Playlist von HR 1 ei

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Delawareans in the minors

2011-07-19T01:00:00Z

Jerrell Allen, OF, Milford, Arizona League Royals, Class A (Royals) AVG., .193; AB, 57; R, 9; H, 11; 2B, 1; 3B, 0; HR, 1; RBI, 4; SB, 2. Carlos Alonso, INF, UD, Lakewood BlueClaws, Class A (Phillies) AVG., .133; AB, 15; R, 0; H, 2; 2B, 0; 3B, 0; HR, 0; ..

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Defense spending fuels the deficit crisis

2011-07-18T01:00:00Z

Then, starting with HR 1, House Tea Party Republicans voted overwhelmingly for massive cuts to food safety, public safety, education, life-saving health research, roads and bridges, clean energy alternatives, and nutrition for hungry children and ...

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PEARCE: Washington must listen to Americans

2011-07-18T01:00:00Z

This is why I voted against HR 1, the House's lukewarm budget proposal, earlier this year. The bill simply didn't show that Washington is listening. It didn't demonstrate the real change we need: change in the way we spend, the way we operate,

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Obama Tries to Have it Both Ways on Defense

2011-07-18T01:00:00Z

In February, the White House threatened to veto HR 1, the continuing resolution that provided $17 billion less for the Department of Defense than the administration had requested. The White House said that the cuts would undermine national security. ...

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The Morning After: Game Recaps for July 17th

2011-07-18T01:00:00Z

Brian McCann: 1 for 4, 1 HR, 1 BB. The question of the AL's best catcher might be up for debate, but the best catcher in the majors? Right here. Danny Espinosa: 3 for 5, 1 3B, 1 HR. He drove in three runs. Of his 84 hits this year, 37 have gone for ..

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Defense spending fuels the debt crisis

2011-07-18T01:00:00Z

NRA-Backed Measure to Bar Reporting of Sales of High-Powered Firearms Gets ...

2011-07-15T01:00:00Z

Similar language was added as an amendment to a spending bill (HR 1) earlier in the year that passed the House but failed in the Senate. The earlier amendment (H. Amdt. 126), sponsored by Oklahoma Democrat Dan Boren, was adopted by a vote of 277-149 on ..

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Stężenie czynnika von Willebranda niezależnym predyktorem powikłań u leczonych ...

2011-07-14T01:00:00Z

dl stanowiło także niezależny czynnik ryzyka udaru (HR = 5,04), OZW (HR = 3,46) i ostrej niewydolności serca (HR = 1,97) traktowanych osobno. Czynnikami predykcyjnymi śmiertelności ogólnej w tej grupie pacjentów były: wiek > 75 lat (HR = 3,26)

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Obama Administration approves illegal multiple sales reporting requirement

2011-07-14T01:00:00Z

Earlier this year, the US House of Representatives voted on and passed, by a vote of 277 to 149, an amendment to HR 1 offered by Reps. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) and Dan Boren (D-Okla.) that prohibits the use of federal funds for the reporting scheme. ...

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Obama Administration Approves Illegal Multiple Gun Sales Reporting Requirement

2011-07-13T01:00:00Z

Washington must listen to Americans, face debt crisis

2011-07-13T01:00:00Z

Republicans vote to block funding for new gun-sale requirements

2011-07-13T01:00:00Z

who partnered with him earlier this year to successfully amend HR 1 with nearly identical language blocking funds for the heightened reporting requirements from the fiscal year 2011 continuing appropriations bill. That bill later died in the Senate, ...

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Kentucky's Third Senator

2011-07-12T01:00:00Z

Republican Scott Brown caught lightning in a bottle when he won the Senate election by just four percentage points over Democrat Martha Coakley. Part of the reason was simply that most Massachusetts voters had no idea who Scott Brown was and his image as

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Przewlekłe zamknięcie prawej tętnicy wieńcowej pogarsza rokowanie chorych z ...

2011-07-12T01:00:00Z

W analizie wieloczynnikowej jedynymi dwoma niezależnymi predyktorami 3-letniej śmiertelności sercowo-naczyniowej były: CTO prawej tętnicy wieńcowej (HR 2,15, 95% CI: 1,02–4,50, p = 0043) i EuroSCORE (HR 1,03, 95% CI: 1,02–1,05, p < 0001). ...

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Wpływ rosuwastatyny na progresję zwężenia u dorosłych pacjentów z wrodzoną ...

2011-07-12T01:00:00Z

Stwierdzono 2 czynniki związane z wcześniejszą AVR: większą prędkość szczytową przepływu na początku badania (HR 1,8, 95% Cl 1,2−2,6) i zwapnienia zastawki aorty (HR 1,7, 95% Cl 1,0−2,9). U pacjentów poddanych AVR częściej występowały

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Durbin Brings Together Federal State and Local Stakeholders to Discuss ...

2011-07-12T01:00:00Z

As demonstrated this year, during the vote on HR 1 and in ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, House Republicans have been unwilling to protect transportation projects from large spending cuts. In addition, a Congressional ban on earmarks has severely ...

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Delawareans in the minors

2011-07-12T01:00:00Z

Jerrell Allen, OF, Milford, Arizona League Royals, Class A (Royals) AVG., .229; AB, 48; R, 9; H, 11; 2B, 1; 3B, 0; HR, 1; RBI, 4; SB, 2. Carlos Alonso, INF, UD, Lakewood BlueClaws, Class A (Phillies) AVG., .143; AB, 7; R, 0; H, 1; 2B, 0; 3B, 0; HR, 0; ...

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Right Wing's ATF Attacks Undermined By Their Inability To Keep Basic Facts ...

2011-07-11T01:00:00Z

From HR 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (commonly referred to as the "stimulus"): For an additional amount for "State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance", $40000000, for competitive grants to provide assistance

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GOP Blasts White House Dismissal of Balanced Budget Amendment

2011-07-10T01:00:00Z

Walsh, a co-sponsor of HR 1 (the House version of the Balanced Budget Amendment), also said he was “disappointed with the Republican leadership for sitting down with someone whose failure at leadership has destroyed a considerable part of the private ..

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Colorado Rockies At Washington Nationals: GameThread 92 Of 161.

2011-07-10T01:00:00Z

... 4 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 3 K's, 4.50 ERA, 2.75 WHIP, .438 BAA. vs DC - (0-1), 1 GS, 5.0 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 HR, 1 BB, 3 K's, 10.80 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, .286 BAA. by Dan Shields on Jul 10, 2011 1:03 PM EDT reply actions "I'm going to run. You can

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Battle lines drawn--protect the environment? or protect national security?

2011-07-08T01:00:00Z

For this reason, these court decisions can hardly be construed as an endorsement of the vastly expanded exemptions HR 1 505 would provide. The Supreme Court declined to review the decisions, without stating any reason for its action. ...

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Atorwastatyna nie zmniejsza ryzyka wystąpienia migotania przedsionków u ...

2011-07-08T01:00:00Z

W analizie OT odnotowano 191 przypadków nowo rozpoznanego AF, z czego 109 wystąpiło w grupie atorwastatyny (4,6%, 1,26 przypadku na 100 pacjentolat) i 82 w grupie placebo (3,5%; 1,01 przypadków na 100 pacjentolat) (HR 1,25, 95% CI 0,94–1,67; p = 0,1

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Analiza krwawień oraz w badaniu TRITON-TIMI 38

2011-07-08T01:00:00Z

Minimalne krwawienia rzadziej występowały w grupie klopidogrelu (HR 1,48; 95% CI 1,29–1,71; p < 0001). W analizie wieloczynnikowej Coxa następujące zmienne niezależnie korelowały z poważnym krwawieniem: płeć żeńska, zastosowanie inhibitora

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Antenne ist am Untermain der Hit

2011-07-08T01:00:00Z

Kein großer Bruder misst die Zeit, in der im Küchenradio Antenne Bayern oder HR 1 läuft. Hier hört der Bayerische Rundfunk genau hin: Ein Tontechniker nimmt das Glockengeläut der Stockstädter Kirche Maria Rosenkranzkönigin auf. ...

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Environmental lawyer trashes effort to improve Border Patrol access on federal ...

2011-07-08T01:00:00Z

Fox News Baselessly Claims Stimulus Funds Went To ATF's Operation Fast And Furious

2011-07-08T01:00:00Z

Dodgers 7/6/11 Minor League Report - Scott Schebler Shows Off

2011-07-07T01:00:00Z

Minor League Player of the Day – Scott Schebler - 3 for 5, 2 HR's, 1 2B, 5 RBI's. I refuse to split up this award which is why I gave it to Schebler for his big night, but it should be noted that Jerry Sands and Garrett Gould also got a good amo

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Matchup: Alexi Ogando vs. Jeremy Guthrie

2011-07-06T01:00:00Z

...Adrian Beltre has faced Guthrie the most of any Ranger and has struggled against him, going 3-for-25, HR, 1 RBI in 25 at-bats. ...Josh Hamilton is 5-for-13 versus Hardy with 2 HRs. ...Ian Kinsler has had past success against Guthrie -- 7-for-19.

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Fight for FDA Funding Turns to Senate

2011-07-06T01:00:00Z

Many offices did not understand that the House FY 12 position on FDA funding (a $285 million cut) is larger than the cut we faced in FY 11 in the House-passed HR 1 (a $242 million cut)," explains Grossman. Michael Taylor, deputy commissioner for food

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Modesto routs Giants, 12-3

2011-07-05T01:00:00Z

Josh Rutledge (SS, MOD): 2-for-4, HR (1), 2B, R, 2 RBI * Giants left fielder Wendell Fairley was promoted to Double-A Richmond on June 28. Fairley was batting .245 with San Jose this season, but has yet to record a hit in three plate appearances for ...

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The Morning After: Game Recaps for July 4th

2011-07-05T01:00:00Z

Curtis Granderson: 1 for 3, 1 HR, 1 BB. His homer made it 4-3 in the eighth, but the Indians squelched that rally in the bottom half with a two-run homer. Josh Tomlin: 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 5 K. The only three hits he allowed came in the seventh, ...

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Tribe bullpen blows ninth-inning lead

2011-07-03T01:00:00Z

Lombardozzi (3-for-5) along with Indians 2B Brian Friday (3-for-5) and CF Gorkys Hernandez (3-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB) led all batters with three-hit efforts, while Durham (2-for-4), LF John Bowker (2-for-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI) and 1B Matt Hague (2-for-4, 1 2B, ..

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Mit dabei beim "Summer Of Girls": Kim Wilde

2011-07-01T01:00:00Z

Juli: Annie Lennox live 1995 und „Eurythmics“ live 1983-1989, sowie Joan Armatrading in einem hr 1-Konzert 2007 Mittwoch, 27. Juli: Groupies, Power Girls, Rockröhren und Angels - mit Marianne Faithfull, Nina Hagen, Pink, Shakira, Chrissie Hynde, ...

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Senate honors cowboys, cowgirls

2011-07-01T01:00:00Z

“The mean-spirited bill, HR 1, eliminates the National Endowment for the Humanities," he said in a floor speech. "These programs create jobs. The National Endowment for the Humanities is the reason we have in northern Nevada every January a co

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Reflections on Medicare's 45th Birthday

2011-07-01T01:00:00Z

The very first bill of the 1965 congressional session — HR 1 in the House and S 1 in the Senate — was titled “Hospital Insurance for the Aged through Social Security.” The focus on hospital insurance reflected the fact that hospitalization costs .

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Showtime for Show Trial

2011-06-30T01:00:00Z

In contrast, Tymoshenko asserts that her actions raised an additional Hr 1 billion ($125 million) in gas transit revenue. In two separate charges not yet filed in court, prosecutors accuse Tymoshenko of misspending Kyoto Protocol funds while premier ...

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Third Thoughts

2011-06-28T01:00:00Z

Before that his splits (in 17 games with 15 starts) were: .217/.246/.417 with 2 HR (1 HR was in a PH role) and 12 RBI. After the time on the DL (35 games with 32 starts): .275/.318/.420 with 2 HR and 20 RBI. The percentages are higher (even SLG), ...

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Kenny defends Dunn signing

2011-06-28T01:00:00Z

39 minutes ago @ESPNChiSox Alexei doesn't like the cold air, but he's OK in the thin air with that HR. 1-0 White Sox in the 2nd. about an hour ago @ESPNChiSox After hitting them to the concourse during BP, Konerko grounds a humidor ball to third b

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Delawareans in the minors

2011-06-28T01:00:00Z

Derrik Gibson, INF, Seaford, Salem Red Sox, Class A (Red Sox) AVG., .207; AB, 217; R, 21; H, 45; 2B, 11; 3B, 2; HR, 1; RBI, 16; SB, 12. » Bobby Stumpo, C, Salesianum, Williamsport Crosscutters, Class A (Phillies) AVG., .211; AB, 19; R, 4; H, 4; 2B, 2; ..

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Nachfolger für Müchler beim Deutschlandradio gefunden:

2011-06-23T01:00:00Z

Andreas-Peter Weber, Programmchef von HR 1, wird Programmdirektor des Deutschlandradios. Der Verwaltungsrat bestätigte am Mittwoch den Vorschlag des Intendanten Willi Steul. Weber tritt an der Spitze von Deutschlandfunk, Deutschlandradio Kultur und ...

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Talking Conservation on Capitol HIll

2011-06-22T01:00:00Z

I'm sure the discussion will include a number of topics, perhaps most prominently HR 1 and its crippling effects on conservation (the details of which F&S conservation editor Bob Marshall eloquently outlined last March). Whenever we toss out that

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Rand Paul, man of the people?

2011-06-20T01:00:00Z

The Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act for 2011 (HR 1) includes a proposal to end a 10-year, $150-million annual federal grant for the transit agency. Metro received its first payment in FY 2010. Part of the grant requires $50 million in matching ...

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Wpływ stosowania beta-adrenolityków oraz inhibitorów konwertazy angiotensyny ...

2011-06-20T01:00:00Z

Co więcej, ryzyko to jest również istotnie zwiększone, jeżeli otrzymany wynik skoryguje się na inne dane uwzględnione w tej pracy, w tym na przyjmowanie trandolaprilu (HR: 1,36; 95% CI: 1,15–1,61). Dodatkowo, zaobserwowano również wpływ stosow

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No headline - all_BC_baseball_ballot

2011-06-17T01:00:00Z

INFIELDERS ____ SHADE ROEMISCH, shortstop, Snyder Sr. — .400 batting avg, 31 RBI, 44 hits, 9 doubles, 4 HR, 1 triple. eam captain, 1st team all district 2010, 2011, Co MVP of team ____ ANTHONY TAYLOR, 2nd base, Snyder Sr. — .420 batting ave, 55 hits,

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McKeon Praises Latest Vote by House Republicans to Cut Federal Spending

2011-06-16T01:00:00Z

(HR 519 – failed to pass the House) Cut more than $100 billion of spending in HR 1. Repeal $14.6 billion in Obamacare spending by eliminating a slush fund created for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award states health care funds without .

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Cuts Would Hide Consumer Safety Risks, Money in Politics

2011-06-16T01:00:00Z

The same provision was included in the House spending bill for FY 2011, HR 1, which passed in February but which the Senate rejected. The bill which ultimately became law, HR 1473, did not include such a restriction. However, HR 1473 did require the ...

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Brak wpływu terapii genowej z zastosowaniem czynnika wzrostu fibroblastów ...

2011-06-15T01:00:00Z

Duża amputacja lub zgon wystąpiły u 86 (33%) pacjentów w grupie placebo i 96 (36%) osób w grupie leczonej (HR = 1,11; 95% CI 0,83–1,49; p = 0,48). Analiza częstości tego punktu końcowego w podgrupach, wyszczególnionych na podstawie wieku, płci

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Cavemen's streak ends in walk-off fashion

2011-06-15T01:00:00Z

Hannibal failed to capitalize as Haen was caught stealing; designated hitter Michael Tucker (0-2 1 BB 1 K) struck out (K) and first baseman Jeff Zimmerman (1-5 HR 1 RBI 1 BB 1 K) got the final out of the inning. Cavemen starting pitcher Mark Himmelberg ..

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House Votes to Block For-Profit College Regulations

2011-06-15T01:00:00Z

Earlier this year, Republicans in the House pushed through an amendment to HR 1 – the original continuing budget resolution – that would have blocked the gainful employment rules, designed to rein in the amount of debt being accumulated by students at

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Holland & Knight LLP | Alert - February 9, 2009

2011-06-14T01:00:00Z

After the tax portion of the bill was approved by the Ways and Means Committee on January 22, 2009, HR 1 passed the House on January 28, 2009 (the “House Bill”). The Senate's version of the Act (the “Senate Amendment”) was marked up by the Sen

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Wir bringen Sie im Sonderzug zu den Stars

2011-06-13T01:00:00Z

Mit im Sonderzug sitzen übrigens die hr-Moderatoren Martin Wölke (hr 1), Reinhard Schall (HR-Fernsehen) und Gunnar Töpfer (hr 3), die während der Fahrt live die Haltestellen für die Fahrgäste der U 3 ansagen. Sie wollen auch einsteigen? ...

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House to Vote on Critical Amendment Promoting Project Labor Agreements Today ...

2011-06-13T01:00:00Z

That amendment would have restrained federal agencies from implementing and enforcing PLA mandates and preferences on projects funded by HR 2017. In February, a similar amendment to the Continuing Resolution (HR 1) offered by Rep. Frank Guinta (RN. ...

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John Wolf: Daniels' move stirs debate

2011-06-11T01:00:00Z

Today, the Mike Pence amendment known as Title X, HR 1, was passed 240-185 by the House. In 1973, Roe v. Wade was approved in the Supreme Court to make abortion legal. Abortion has been debated ever since. Terry Williams in the April 2011 issue of ...

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Dead Wrong: Fox's Gretchen Carlson Says Texas Gov. Perry Refused Stimulus Funds

2011-06-10T01:00:00Z

From Texas Governor Rick Perry's letter to President Obama requesting stimulus funds for Texas: I'm writing you today in response to stipulations set forth in HR 1, the $787 billion stimulus package you signed into law yesterday. ...

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Organize to Defend Women's Rights

2011-06-10T01:00:00Z

HR 1, the first bill passed this session, had an amendment attached to ban funding for Planned Parenthood, and HR 3, the so-called “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Bill,” was dedicated to extending the existing ban on the use of federal funding for .

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Former West Palm Beach mayor picks up Emily's List endorsement in challenge to ...

2011-06-09T01:00:00Z

Emily's List noted that West voted for HR 1, which “would cut funding for prenatal care, completely defund family planning, make it harder for low-income women to afford a college education, and wreak havoc with Social Security and Medicare. ...

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House Democrats blast Department of Education on

2011-06-09T01:00:00Z

In February, a bipartisan amendment to HR 1, the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution, passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 289-136, to block funding for the implementation of DOE's proposed Gainful Employment regulation. ...

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Almost Fifty Years After Griswold, We're Still Fighting for Access to ...

2011-06-06T01:00:00Z

Earlier this year, for example, the House of Representatives voted to completely de-fund Title X (HR 1), the national family planning program, for the first time in the program's history. While the bulk of funds were restored, the Final Fiscal Year ..

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Bono Mack veers right as tea party makes gains

2011-06-05T01:00:00Z

Mary Bono Mack, who has previously described herself as a moderate, has recently taken positions that will sit well with the conservatives and tea party supporters: • Voted for HR 1, the tea party-driven Republican budget proposal to cut remaining ...

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Rep. Mary Bono Mack veers right as tea party makes gains

2011-06-05T01:00:00Z

House Defunding of Clean Water Act Guidance Decried by Hunters and Anglers

2011-06-03T01:00:00Z

“Hunters and anglers are strongly opposed to this policy rider, and our vigorous opposition helped defeat a similarly ill-conceived rider when the House passed the FY 11 Continuing Resolution, or HR 1, earlier this year,” said Steve Moyer, ...

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House rebukes Obama over Libya

2011-06-03T01:00:00Z

Boehner, Catholic by faith and Republican by party, was able to garner enough votes in the House for the passage of HR 1, the House budget proposal that has drawn the ire of many religious leaders. The group of professors said the proposed cuts in the ...

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House Defunding of Clean Water Act Guidance Decried by Hunters

2011-06-02T01:00:00Z

CCAGW Supports President's Veto Threat Over Alt. Engine Language

2011-06-01T01:00:00Z

One month later, the House of Representatives voted 233-198 in favor of an amendment to eliminate its funding in HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing Resolution (CR) for FY 2011. While that bill was rejected by the Senate, the final full-year CR that passed ...

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Suplementacja samego wapnia lub w połączeniu z witaminą D może zwiększać ...

2011-06-01T01:00:00Z

W grupie 16 718 kobiet (46%), które nie przyjmowały dodatkowych preparatów wapnia w czasie randomizacji, hazard względny (HR) dla zdarzeń sercowo-naczyniowych w grupie otrzymującej wapń z witaminą D wyniósł 1,13–1,22 (HR = 1,16; p = 0,05 dla z

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CCAGW Supports President's Veto Threat Over Alt. Engine Language

2011-06-01T01:00:00Z

Impact of Bin Laden's death on homeland security

2011-05-31T01:00:00Z

First, in February 2011, the House passed HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011, which called for cutting homeland security grant funding for FY 2011 by approximately $900 million. Then, in March, Congress passed the Further ...

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Both parties hope to win by losing in gridlocked Congress

2011-05-31T01:00:00Z

"We want the American people to know that HR 1 is dead, and we'll get there," Reid said at the time. Senate Republicans then pushed for a vote on the Democrats' 2011 spending alternative, which was also decisively defeated. It's a pa

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Weiner: GOP's 'Young Guns' book is roadmap to Democratic victory

2011-05-30T01:00:00Z

Aside from the Medicare cuts, DeFazio highlighted the GOP's February proposal (HR 1) to slash $61 billion in 2011 spending, including sharp cuts in low-income healthcare programs and student aid. "They gave us a roadmap," DeFazio said. ...

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Home From War, But Still Under Fire

2011-05-29T01:00:00Z

During the April budget impasse that nearly resulted in a government shutdown, House Republicans fired a warning shot at veterans by passing HR 1, which sought to end the Housing and Urban Development Agency's Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing ...

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GOP Salivates at Prospect of Cutting Funds for World's Poorest Women

2011-05-27T01:00:00Z

... $55 million in US funding; in the FY 2011 budget "negotiations," the US contribution to UNFPA was cut by $15 million, to $40 million dollars, after the GOP- and Tea Party-controlled House tried to eliminate funding altogether when it passed

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Report Gauges Effects of Cutting Funding for Health Reform Law

2011-05-27T01:00:00Z

A House-passed fiscal year 2011 spending bill (HR 1) would have barred using appropriated funds to pay workers or contractors to implement that law. CBO estimated that the proposal would have reduced the deficit by $1.4 billion in 2011, but increased ...

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The truth about Rick Perry's "Texas miracle"

2011-05-27T01:00:00Z

Saudis Told Bush Administration About Oil Speculation as Far Back as 2007

2011-05-26T01:00:00Z

So the question is whether we're going to be aggressive and make sure that the CFTC has the tools it needs — that is not to cut funding like the Ryan budget or HR 1 wants to do – and that it actually takes this role and responsibility and starts .

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Republicans ax clean-car program to fund disaster relief by same amount they ...

2011-05-25T01:00:00Z

That was proved by the cuts they delivered in HR 1 to the weather forecasting and hurricane-tracking budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. What's next on the GOP list? Communities subject to tornadoes better hope that the ...

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Mikulski Stands Up for American Women Against Harmful Republican Budget

2011-05-25T01:00:00Z

And it continues the radical Republican attack on women that they began in HR 1. “They started to attack us by taking away our health care. Then it was our family planning. Now they're back at it again. The Republican budget takes away our health ca

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Women's Voices Missing From Federal Budget Negotiations

2011-05-25T01:00:00Z

"They started this in HR 1 [the FY 2011 continuing resolution], by trying to take away our health care, our family planning and our Pell Grants. Now they're back again." Mikulski was one of several members of Congress at the podium who singl

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Eliminating USIP is unwise and unsafe

2011-05-25T01:00:00Z

This goes far beyond the vote on HR 1 earlier this year to zero out USIP federal funding (a mere $42 million, or 3 hours of Afghanistan war funding). The Cravaack amendment would eliminate USIP entirely, repealing Title VXII of the Department of ...

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What We've Learned from the Budget Debate

2011-05-23T01:00:00Z

The House made a start by approving 66 amendments, most on roll-call votes, to HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act for FY 2011. Here is a sampling of those 66 amendments: Amendment #8, sponsored by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) and passed ...

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New York Yankees

2011-05-23T01:00:00Z

Last thing Yankees need is him killing a rally w/ a HR. 1 day ago @AndrewMarchand Who thinks Granderson sac bunting was a good idea? Be heard now. 1 day ago @AndrewMarchand I would have let Granderson hit away. Best player on the team. ...

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This week in the war on workers

2011-05-22T01:00:00Z

What We've Learned from the Budget Debate

2011-05-21T01:00:00Z

Tonopah solar project poised to get $737 million loan guarantee

2011-05-20T01:00:00Z

The several rounds of budget negotiations began with a bill in the House, filed as HR 1, which was the House Republican appropriators' attempt to cut $61 billion from the budget, bringing fiscal 2011 spending levels to about $100 billion below what th

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Is It Stimulus Or Is It Socialism?: President Obama and Capitol Hill Democrats may be forcing an American bankruptcy

2011-05-18T01:00:00Z

Americans’ debt has now reached more than $14 trillion and is reaching the maximum that by law must stop all of over-budgeting revenues or raise (y)our debt even higher. Our National debt for “each taxpayer” now exceeds $129,000 and President Oba

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Spending on Science: What it Means for Our Future

2011-05-18T01:00:00Z

Now that FY11 has replaced the draconian HR 1, Marburger can reflect on his appeal to such future progress being placed in the hands of research. “What I intended to convey…was that science is all-pervasive in the general cultures and economies of ...

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Mets Daily Farm System Report 5/17 -- Featuring a few dozen gentleman who hit ...

2011-05-17T01:00:00Z

RF Cesar Puello: 1-4, R, HR(1), RBI, K (.250/.307/.329); still waiting for that power to emerge, but a long ball tonight. SAVANNAH 6, ROME 7 (Box) The Sand Gnats started this game with a Ceciliani double, a pair of singles from Tovar and Vaughn, ...

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Commission on Social Action Condemns Threatened Filibuster of Consumer ...

2011-05-16T01:00:00Z

In offering the 2011 continuing resolution (HR 1) earlier this year, the House leadership would have cut funding for the bureau nearly in half. While, in the end, this provision was not included in the final FY 2011 continuing resolution, ...

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Rep. Bachmann: Always rising, never compromising

2011-05-16T01:00:00Z

well, let's start right there. do you think that speaker boehner should compromise for something less than the $61 billion in cuts that republicans passed in hr-1? are you willing to compromise? >> well, my goal would be to start at $61 billion

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Yankees Should Release Posada and Move On

2011-05-15T01:00:00Z

The Yanks hit HR (1) and draw walks (2), helping the OPS (1), but the BA is low (8). They are 12th in hits, 13th in doubles in the AL. I don't think Cashman is feeling his oats or that Girardi has a bug against Posada. .165 is what it is. .165. ...

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Washington Nationals Shut Out By Anibal Sanchez And The Florida Marlins, 1-0 Fish.

2011-05-14T01:00:00Z

Solo HR, 1-0 Marlins. That's two HR's in two games for Stanton in Nats Park this weekend, two off of Livan in eight plate appearances against the veteran right-hander and 6 HR's in 7 games and 33 plate appearances in Nationals Park over the co

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Bats Rack: Yonder Hitting it Yonder

2011-05-13T01:00:00Z

In those eight games Alonso is 14-37 (.378) with a HR, 1 triple, 6 doubles, and 7 RBI. He was a single short of the cycle on Monday. As of April 23rd, Alonso had yet to hit a HR or get an RBI. He now has 4 HR and 17 RBI (in 19 days) and boasts a .322 ...

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The View From the Left

2011-05-12T01:00:00Z

If they stayed with the position they voted on in HR 1, they would lose big time in the election. It takes time for people to understand the stakes. There is no reward for getting the deficits under control. When [President] Clinton had surpluses, ...

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A Look at the Crisis Along the Thailand-Burma Border

2011-05-11T01:00:00Z

HR 1, the Republican budget proposal, aimed to cut $100 billion in non-defense spending, including a 19 percent cut to international programs. Just as partisan impasse over the budget threatened a federal shutdown, President Obama and congressional ...

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Catholic professors blast Boehner's record over cuts to poor

2011-05-11T01:00:00Z

Ethanol credit/tariff elimination amendment offered

2011-05-10T01:00:00Z

In February, the House adopted an amendment to a spending bill (HR 1) by Rep. Sullivan, R-Okla., to prohibit EPA raising allowable ethanol levels in gasoline to 15 percent from 10 percent. The provision did not survive in the final legislation. Sens. ...

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Mailbox for May 8

2011-05-07T01:00:00Z

I applaud our congressman's actions in voting for HR 1 as a first step in getting our spending under control and introducing HR 203 to take steps to end the costly regulations that force businesses to comply with questionable regulations increasing ..

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Collins: The most personal of choices demands information

2011-05-06T01:00:00Z

In Washington, the new Republican majority's very first bill of the year, HR 1, eliminated both financing for Planned Parenthood and financing for the groundbreaking database of public safety complaints that the Consumer Product Safety Commission was

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Facing possible Tea Party challenger, Snowe moves right

2011-05-06T01:00:00Z

Snowe, who has long supported abortion rights, voted in March for a package of House-passed spending cuts, known as HR 1, which would have eliminated federal funding for Title X and Planned Parenthood. Forty-three other Republicans, including centrists ..

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5-6 FB Wally EPA

2011-05-06T01:00:00Z

Specifically, Donald said members of the US House of Representatives offered amendments to HR 1, legislation to fund the federal government through the end of this fiscal year that would block funding for many of the onerous regulatory proposals at EPA ..

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Mailbox for May 6

2011-05-05T01:00:00Z

Gardner voted for HR 1, a massive budget bill containing 19 amendments and riders gutting protections for clean air, clean water, wild lands and wildlife. Colorado residents deserve better. Please urge Rep. Cory Gardner to stop voting against clean air ..

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Negotiators leave Biden talks hopeful

2011-05-05T01:00:00Z

They passed HR 1 — a conservative funding measure that had no chance of becoming law — and used that as leverage against congressional Democrats and the White House. In the fight to increase the nation's borrowing capability, Boehner is using the

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Doctor, Patient and Politician

2011-05-04T01:00:00Z

94672: Musharraf meets Speaker Pelosi and 110th Congressional delegation

2011-05-04T01:00:00Z

Finally, Musharraf told the Speaker that provisions of HR 1 (Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007) concerning Pakistan weaken his position vis-a-vis extremists fighting for Muslim hearts-and-minds in the long war on terror; ...

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Leaving Women No Choice

2011-05-04T01:00:00Z

HR 1 -- decimate the programs that millions of middle-class families across the country depend on. HR 2 -- repeal the landmark law that expands health care to millions of Americans and prevents big insurance companies from discriminating against people ..

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Dean Heller gets informal welcome to US Senate

2011-05-04T01:00:00Z

Releasing a “hypocrisy alert,” Nevada State Democratic Party spokesman Zach Hudson retorted with a reference to Heller's vote on the Republican fiscal 2011 budget, HR 1. “Wait a second...isn't this the same Dean Heller who recently voted to

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EPA’s Proposed Rule Would Help Fight Asthma and Lower Pollution

2011-05-03T01:00:00Z

Three hundred million people suffer from asthma worldwide, and its costs to our kids, families, and society are growing. To kick off Asthma Awareness Month, the Global Initiative for Asthma is raising awareness about asthma by launching a campaign to red

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Down on the Farm: Minor League Opening Day Recap

2011-05-02T01:00:00Z

Brian Bogusevic (RF) – 3-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB – The former 1 st round draft pick had a great day at the plate to open the season. Hopefully this continues. 4.) Koby Clemens (1B) – 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB – Also off to a nice start. ...

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People Are Living Longer: Why Not Raise Social Security Eligibility

2011-04-30T01:00:00Z

The Congressional District events take place as members of the US House of Representatives recently voted to cut $1.7 billion in funding for the Social Security Administration (in HR 1); and voted for a ...

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Student loan defaults rising as Obama and GOP propose cuts to Pell Grants

2011-04-29T01:00:00Z

US House Republicans sought $64 billion in cuts in Pell Grant mandatory funding over the next 10 years as a result of the deep reduction it would make in the 2011 fiscal year, through HR 1. It would go on to make a 30 percent reduction in 2014 to Pell ...

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Sen. Harry Reid to force vote on Rep. Paul Ryan's budget

2011-04-28T01:00:00Z

As with HR 1, let's bring it over here and see how people feel about it,” he added. The Nevada Democrat's call for a vote comes as various House Republicans have faced criticism in recent days after voting in favor of Mr. Paul's budget propo

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RSVP of Beaver County May Disappear

2011-04-27T01:00:00Z

As you are probably aware, the Corporation for National and Community Service received deep cuts in the HB 1473 – the long term FY’ 11 Continuing Resolution. It is our understanding that the Senate believes that the Corporation for National and Commu

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Is It Stimulus Or Is It Socialism?: Obama, Democrats, and additional gasoline taxes onto consumers

2011-04-27T01:00:00Z

President Obama and Capitol Hill Democrats are at it again; attempting to raise taxes, even if it may be necessary to distort the “true facts” that will lead to even higher prices to consumers of gasoline at the pumps. If these tax increases pass, Ob

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Nevada delegation to lawmakers touring Yucca Mountain: go away

2011-04-27T01:00:00Z

But Republicans in the House picked up the cause of Yucca again earlier this year in their budget bill that's come to be well-known by its bill number, HR 1. That legislation, in the exact opposite vein of what Heller suggests, sought to strip federal

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Reid Says Senate Will Vote on Paul Ryan's Budget

2011-04-27T01:00:00Z

“I think, as with HR-1, let's bring it over here and find out how people feel about it,” Reid told reporters on a conference call this afternoon. Reid said he hoped the Senate would reject Ryan's budget proposal, a foregone conclusion in the .

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For-Profit Colleges, Allies Spend $4.5 Million Lobbying Against Gainful Employment

2011-04-27T01:00:00Z

That budget amendment to HR 1 – House Republicans' first round of budget-cutting in a continuing resolution – was not included in the final budget compromise reached earlier this month and signed into law by President Barack Obama on April 15. ...

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Enforcement remains biggest chunk of federal immigration spending

2011-04-26T01:00:00Z

The bar on spending for immigrant integration programs, present in the initial budget passed by the House (HR 1), was not present in the final 2011 budget (HR 1473) signed by the President. Immigrant integration funding is a great investment for the ...

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Rep. Richard Hanna - NY 24th Congressional District

2011-04-26T01:00:00Z

2/15/11 - H Amendment 13 - Reducing Navy and Air Force Aircraft Procurement - Vote to adopt an amendment to HR 1 that reduces appropriations for Navy aircraft procurement by $21.99 million and for Air Force aircraft procurement by $393.1 million. ...

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2011-04-23T20:00:00Z

HR 1, the House spending bill that died in the Senate in February, had 105 votes alone. “Politics is gamesmanship,” said Don Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center and a former chief of staff to the

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Buerkle, Hanna settle into life in Congress

2011-04-23T20:00:00Z

As a pro-choice Republican, he opposed efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and opposed several amendments to HR 1 — the initial continuing resolution — most Republicans supported. He also opposed efforts to defund NPR and criticized members of his ..

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2011-04-22T20:00:00Z

and President Obama on one side, and GOP budget negotiators on the other, who in the end, agreed to allow a separate up or down vote on House Amendment 95 to HR 1 more commonly known as the Pence Amendment in exchange for passage of the budget plan. ...

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Letter: Godless policies are shame of administration so callous to life

2011-04-21T20:00:00Z

For example, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah testified, "We estimate, and I believe that these are very conservative estimates, that HR 1 would lead to 70000 kids dying." Obviously, Barack Obama and the henchmen in his administration fail to exte

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2011-04-21T20:00:00Z

House passes amendments to block EPA funding to regulate dust

2011-04-21T20:00:00Z

National Cattlemen's Beef Association Vice President of Government Affairs Colin Woodall issued the following statement regarding the passage of three amendments to HR 1, legislation to fund the federal government through the end of this fiscal year,

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Pell Grants Probably Safe Says House

2011-04-20T20:00:00Z

Under House proposal HR 1, Pell Grant funding could have been cut 24 percent for the next school year, and would have reduced the maximum discretionary Pell Grant award by $845. This cut would have affected all 308000 students in Georgia who rely on ...

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Disaster Recovery Center to open at DSS building

2011-04-20T20:00:00Z

I just want to remind the voters of NC Congressional Dist 2 That Rep Renee Ellmers and the rest of the Tea Party voted for HR 1.... Did you know HR 1 slashes more than $800 million from FEMA grant programs...you know those low interest loans to rebuild ..

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Brad Emaus Clears Waivers, Returned to Blue Jays

2011-04-20T20:00:00Z

However, the right-handed hitter stumbled out of the gate with a forgettable .162/.262/.162 line with 0 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R, and 0 SB in 42 PA's. Due to his hitting display and overall mediocrity, Sandy Alderson placed Emaus on waivers, and tabbed Dan ...

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Don't Raise the Debt Limit Without Getting Spending Under Control

2011-04-20T20:00:00Z

[20] Also, the House of Representatives passed HR 1 on February 19, 2011, containing many cuts in spending that have not yet been enacted. Other potential cuts in current spending include the appropriations contained in the Patient Protection and ...

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What trial lawyers want

2011-04-20T20:00:00Z

HR 1 (Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act); specific interest in House Amdt. 85 to defund the Equal Access to Justice program, and House Amdt.159 to defund the the Consumer Product Safety Commission Product Safety Database. ...

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Service: More Important than Ever

2011-04-20T20:00:00Z

HR 1, the budget that passed the House in March, called for AmeriCorps and other national service initiatives to be eliminated. The Save Service in America campaign worked tirelessly to let our legislators know how important AmeriCorps and other ...

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How Science Eluded the Budget Ax—For Now

2011-04-20T20:00:00Z

In February, the Republican-led House passed HR 1, which slashed $61 billion from current federal discretionary spending. For Wolf's spending panel, that translated into $8 billion less than the committee dispensed in 2010. Divvied up among dozens of

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Up to Hr 1 billion required to remove 22000 tonnes of dangerous waste from Kalush

2011-04-20T20:00:00Z

Up to Hr 1 billion is required to remove 22000 tonnes of hexachlorobenzene from the town of Kalush in Ivano-Frankivsk region, First Deputy Head of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration Vasyl Plaviuk has said. "The issue may concern an amount

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Trial lawyers lobbying heavily to block federal medical liability reform

2011-04-19T20:00:00Z

While these cuts are massive, they are considerably smaller than those proposed in the Republican's spending plan, HR 1, which among others would have completely defunded family planning programs, including Planned Parenthood. Still, the public health

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2011-04-18T20:00:00Z

So, just weeks ago, we passed, HR 1, a bipartisan bill that would fund our government for the remaining months of the fiscal year. The continuing resolution cut more than $100 billion from the president's request. Not all of the cuts were easy, ...

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Continuing resolution is small piece of picture

2011-04-18T20:00:00Z

NC asks feds to declare disaster in Cumberland, 17 other counties

2011-04-18T20:00:00Z

Losing the Future?

2011-04-18T20:00:00Z

Funding for advanced energy innovation will fall 14% below the President's 2011 budget and 29% below levels outlined in his 2012 budget outline – a budgetary vision drafted just after his State of the Union and designed to contrast with HR 1, ...

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Brad Emaus DFA'd; Justin Turner Recalled from Triple-A

2011-04-18T20:00:00Z

The 25 year-old infielder posted a meager .162/.262/.162 line with 0 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R, and 0 SB in 42 PA's, and also looked lost in the field from time to time too. Dan Murphy had been taking away playing time from Emaus as of late, and will most likely

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Legislative watch: Good news on H.R.1 and the 2011 congressional budget

2011-04-18T20:00:00Z

Thank you to everyone who wrote, called and e-mailed Congressmen Dean Heller and Joe Heck to ask them to please rethink their vote on H.R.1 which would have totally dismantled the Senior Corps Programs (RSVP, Foster Grandparent & Senior Companion). H.R.

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Democrats Seek to Limit Urban Area Grants to 25 Cities

2011-04-18T20:00:00Z

A couple of Democratic New York lawmakers would like to enact one restriction on spending that was included in the initial Republican funding bill for fiscal 2011 (HR 1). The bill contained an instruction to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ..

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Higgins explains 'no' vote on 2011 spending plan

2011-04-18T20:00:00Z

(HR 1 proposed a $1.6 billion cut.) Cuts Community Health Centers by $600 million. This could stifle efforts locally to expand access to health care in both Erie and Chautauqua counties. (HR 1 proposed a $1 billion cut. ...

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2011-04-17T20:00:00Z

Boehner's House is on a roll-call roll

2011-04-17T20:00:00Z

N2K Top 10: Playing Town Hall; Spill Events

2011-04-17T20:00:00Z

The League of Conservation Voters is launching a radio campaign Monday costing nearly a quarter million criticizing four representatives who voted for both HR 1 and the standalone bill that nullified EPA's carbon rules. The targeted lawmakers include

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MLB Standings Update: Rockies Still 1st In NL West Thanks To Troy Tulowitzki

2011-04-17T20:00:00Z

Offensively, Troy Tulowitzki has started out strong with a 1.322 OPS (7 HR, 1 3B). Looking at advanced metrics, Tulo has a .528 weighted On-Base Average (wOBA), which is exceptional since .330 is considered league-average. Weighted On-Base Average is ...

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Half of Cuts in Federal Budget Compromise Come Out of Construction

2011-04-17T20:00:00Z

Similar to the cuts provided in HR 1 (the original continuing resolution for FY 2011 that passed the House) this latest package appears to have a severe impact on federal construction accounts. Based on a list of cuts provided by the House ...

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2011-04-17T20:00:00Z

“Senate Democrats are so riven and split that when they tried to write their own CR, it got fewer votes than the 'extreme' cuts in House Republicans' HR 1,” the aide said. Indeed, moderates have warned they want much larger cuts in the fut

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SEC gets modest bump in its fiscal 2011 budget

2011-04-17T20:00:00Z

The modest bump to its $1.12 billion budget puts the SEC in better shape than the original House Republican bill for fiscal 2011, known as HR 1, which would have cut the commission's budget by $48 million while reducing overall current spending by $61

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Senator Durbin, Title X and Me

2011-04-17T20:00:00Z

This was the Senator's response: The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011, HR 1, would eliminate the grant program of the Public Health Service Act, Title X. In addition, an amendment to HR 1 agreed to by the House would prohibit the bill&#

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4-18 SS Ducks

2011-04-17T20:00:00Z

Representatives from prominent sportsmen groups held a tele news conference several weeks ago to answer questions and offer their unique perspective on the proposed budget cuts included in HR 1, which was passed by the US House of Representatives on ...

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Willoughby: Worst of proposed budget averted

2011-04-16T20:00:00Z

While it comes as no surprise, given the proposals originally put forth by the Republican-led House in HR 1, the unsettling reality remains that sportsmen and conservation efforts suffered an unfair share of the $38 billion cut from the federal budget. ..

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Reid protected Nevada's interests in horsetrading on budget deal

2011-04-15T20:00:00Z

There was a provision in the original House budget bill, HR 1, that would have made it impossible for the government to move toward shutting down the project in any way, by prohibiting any federal funds from being used toward closing operations for the ..

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Moran holds mixed feelings about budget

2011-04-15T20:00:00Z

“The deal reached is a vast improvement over HR 1, passed in the House just a few weeks ago. It demonstrates the only kind of compromise possible in the current environment of heightened partisanship and fundamental differences in political philosophy .

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Letter: Mentoring pays huge rewards

2011-04-15T20:00:00Z

The US House cut the delinquency prevention mentoring programs by 45 percent and eliminated the Mentoring Children of Prisoners program in HR 1. Approximately 28000 children in Washington have one or both parents in prison. Children of prisoners are ...

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Guest opinion: Aid to low-income students pays off for lifetime

2011-04-15T20:00:00Z

Also, HR 1 threatened to significantly slash funding for TRIO and GEAR UP programs, which have both proven to be touchstones for helping students access and complete post-secondary education. Why propose legislation that cuts billions of dollars ...

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2011-04-14T20:00:00Z

The earlier version of this bill that was passed by the House in February (HR 1) contained a cut of more than $200 million, enacted the Global Gag Rule and prohibited a US contribution to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). ...

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U.S. NGOs to Congress: Don't Cut International Affairs Funding Any Deeper in ...

2011-04-14T20:00:00Z

“Thanks to them, the worst of the harsh and damaging cuts to international affairs accounts proposed in HR 1 were avoided.” said Samuel A. Worthington, president and CEO of InterAction. “At the same time, we are mindful of the fact that American ...

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Legislation would limit UASI anti-terrorism grants

2011-04-14T20:00:00Z

According to Steve Davis, a homeland security and risk management consultant from the All Hands Consulting Network and DavisLogic, the bill seems to echo a last-minute provision addition to HR 1 that sought to do much of the same work. ...

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Is Dan Murphy the Starting Second Baseman?

2011-04-14T20:00:00Z

Emaus currently owns a .192/.266/.192 line with 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R, and 0 SB in 30 PA's this season, doesn't have any extra base hits, and has struck-out more than Murphy too. The natural second baseman has also made some clunky-looking players in t

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Freshmen Revolt Against GOP Leaders

2011-04-14T20:00:00Z

In the first continuing resolution that House Republicans considered, HR 1, not a single freshman dissented. Only one, Rep. Justin Amash (MI-3) dissented on a two-week CR which came before the House on March 1 st . The real rumblings of dissent in the ...

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Chris Van Hollen says GOP has "demanded deep cuts" in education, disease research

2011-04-14T20:00:00Z

Van Hollen's remarks were based on HR 1, a fiscal year 2011 spending bill that passed the House but was rejected by the Senate in a 44-56 vote on March 9, 2011. We're using it because it was a virtually pure Republican proposal: Only three Republi

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Federal Funds for Climate Panel Saved, But Foe Plans New Assault

2011-04-14T20:00:00Z

That language had been included in the House of Representatives draft of the spending bill, known as HR 1, as one of the so-called "policy riders." It was first authored as a ...

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Big Cuts to International Programs

2011-04-14T20:00:00Z

Neither previous stopgap funding measures nor HR 1, the proposed Republican budget for the remainder of 2011, singled them out. But for these programs, and for other, smaller, initiatives within the Education Department, the 2011 budget could herald a ...

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Bill features slight funding cuts

2011-04-14T20:00:00Z

Before both parties and the Obama administration reached an agreement late last week, the only budget to pass the House, HR 1, included several billion dollars of cuts to research funding. The HR 1 cuts would have meant a host of canceled projects and ...

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Boehner: I’m standing by the $38 billion number

2011-04-14T01:00:00Z

If anyone doubted John Boehner’s tenacity, his appearance on Laura Ingraham’s show today shows that he’s not afraid to defend himself. A clearly skeptical Ingraham walked Boehner through the objections raised on the Right over the AP’s report on CB

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Budget Deal Spared Science Deeper Cuts

2011-04-14T01:00:00Z

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – While the major scientific and research agencies in the US are facing some cuts under the budget agreement reached by Congressional leaders and the White House late last week, those cuts could have been much worse, according t

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Rethinking US Foreign Assistance: FY2011 Budget Deal: $380m MCC Cut Likely to Affect Indonesia and Cape Verde

2011-04-14T01:00:00Z

The FY2011 budget deal is for the most part a better-than-expected story. The compromise cuts Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) funding $380 million from the $1.28 billion FY2011 request. While this is better than the $790 million proposed in the o

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Budget Analysis: FY2011 Budget Deal Cuts Energy Innovation Investments

2011-04-14T01:00:00Z

While ultimately keeping budgets at a higher level than those proposed by HR 1, the House GOP's 2011 budget proposal released in February, the negotiated Continuing Resolution would cut the budgets of most of the major non-defense research agencies by

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CBO: US Budget Bill Lowers Spending Far Less Than Projected

2011-04-14T01:00:00Z

Lawmakers for weeks had been at odds over the inclusion of dozens of policy-based non-spending provisions -- known as riders -- in the House-passed FY 2011 CR budget bill (HR 1), particularly two that would cut off funding for the federal health reform ..

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2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

Graves votes against fiscal year 2011 continuing resolution deal

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

We proved it with HR 1, and I believe we've put forth a powerful new vision for America with the 2012 budget. I look forward to the next stage in the fight for fiscal responsibility, as we work to enact spending reforms, modernize entitlements, ...

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US Senator Inouye on Deficit Reduction

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

In health care, in education, in housing, in infrastructure, but this bill is much better than the approach adopted by the House in HR 1. For example, we were able to fully fund Head Start — restoring the House Republican cut of $1.4B which would have .

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U.S. NGOs to Congress: Don't Cut International Affairs Funding Any Deeper in ...

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

"Thanks to them, the worst of the harsh and damaging cuts to international affairs accounts proposed in HR 1 were avoided," said Samuel A. Worthington, president and CEO of InterAction. "At the same time, we are mindful of the fact that Ame

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Budget Deal Cuts Innovation Investments

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

Students Can Get Max Pell Grant in 2011

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

This decision trumps a mandate included in HR 1, a Continuing Resolution passed by the US House of Representatives in February. House members voted to cut the maximum Pell award by $845. In addition, more than 1.7 million students who qualify for ...

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FY 11 Continuing Resolution Budget Flat Funds Scientific Research Programs ...

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

"President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid deserve credit for persevering in fighting off the draconian FY 2011 science budget cuts in HR 1," said Michael Lubell, the APS director of public affairs. But he added, "The FY 2012 ba

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2011 Foreign Aid Cuts Not as Great as Feared

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

And it was 3.3 billion dollars more than the version that was approved in February by the Republican-led House of Representatives, HR 1. "The worst of the harsh and damaging cuts to international affairs accounts proposed in HR 1 were avoided,"

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DCCC pounds Republicans in press release

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

[HR 1, Vote #147 , 2/19/11; AP, 3/11/11] House Republicans Nearly Shut Down Government In Pursuit Of Radical Social Agenda. House Republicans almost shut down the government in pursuit of their extremist agenda that restricts women's reproductive ...

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Federal Funds for Climate Panel Saved, But Foe Plans New Assault

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

That language had been included in the House of Representatives draft of the spending bill, known as HR 1, as one of the so-called "policy riders." It was first authored as a ...

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2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

DHS Dodges Latest Budget Bullet

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

It was numbered House Resolution 1 (HR 1) the same number given the bill that implemented the 9/11 Commission Recommendations back in 2007. What a difference in priorities a few years make. In 2007 the big controversy was whether the government could ...

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Higgins Votes "NO" on 2011 Spending Plan

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

(HR 1 proposed a $1.6 billion cut.) · Cuts Community Health Centers by $600 million. This could stifle efforts locally to expand access to health care in both Erie and Chautauqua Counties. (HR 1 proposed a $1 billion cut.) · Cuts Community Development .

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Is HR 1 No Longer Good Enough for Conservatives?

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

HR 1 was the original Republican budget that passed in February. It was supported by the Tea Party. It had $68 billion in cuts to non-defense discretionary spending. Only 26 percent of those cuts ($18 billion) would occur during the 2011 fiscal year. ...

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Apples to Oranges: Clarifying the Cuts in the CR

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

Due to a reports published yesterday, there is some confusion regarding the spending cuts in H.R. 1473, the Continuing Resolution, on the floor of the House of Representatives today. While some have gone so far as to call the budget deal a “fake,” the

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Fact Check: Bilbray's Abortion Funding Flop

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

Representative Mike Pence's (R-IN) amendment to H.R.1 eliminates funding for the domestic family planning program known as Title X. Planned Parenthood receives its funding mostly from the Title X program for family planning services including abortion an

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And today's talking points are...

2011-04-13T01:00:00Z

As New York Senator Chuck Schumer demonstrated to the world, Liberal politicians don’t actually have to use their brains. The Democrat caucus does that for them by providing all their members with talking points. Whenever a recharge is needed, the pa

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Guest column: Rehberg says time for words over; time for action now

2011-04-12T20:00:00Z

19, we passed HR 1 to prevent a shutdown and sent it to the Senate. It reduced spending by $100 billion compared with what the president requested. But Senate Democrats have chosen to protect every single dollar of government spending. ...

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Poison Centers Federal Dollars Cut by Nearly 25 percent in Proposed FY 2011 ...

2011-04-12T20:00:00Z

The House of Representatives, in HR 1, had originally called for a 93 percent reduction in federal funding for America's poison control system, a move that would have produced disastrous effects on public health. “We're grateful that Congress ha

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2011-04-12T20:00:00Z

The decrease in funding is part of a Continuing Resolution, or HR 1, which was created in February under the House of Appropriations Committee in Washington, DC, to cut $100 billion from spending in the 2011 fiscal year. It will be the largest single ...

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The Ryan Plan: A Declaration of War on the Poor

2011-04-12T20:00:00Z

When introduced on February 11, HR 1, the FY2011 spending bill approved by the House, proposed $100 billion in cuts to this year's budget. Two-thirds of HR1's cuts will directly affect working and poor people. Then, on April 5, Rep. ...

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2011-04-12T20:00:00Z

The House Republicans loaded up their version of the continuing resolution, HR 1, with nearly two dozen antienvironmental riders (a rider is an additional provision added to a bill under consideration that has little to do with the bill's subject ...

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Celebrating Human Sacrifice

2011-04-12T20:00:00Z

We estimate, and I believe these are very conservative estimates, that HR 1 [the original Republican budget proposal] would lead to 70000 kids dying. Of that 70000, 30000 would come from malaria control programs that would have to be scaled back ...

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2011-04-12T20:00:00Z

The final legislation rejects the draconian cuts and onerous policy riders proposed in HR 1. The reductions in funding levels agreed to in this bill will impact millions of Americans, and many good programs will suffer difficult cuts. ...

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What We’re Reading: New vaccine introduced to Congo

2011-04-12T20:00:00Z

A Vaccine for the Very Young Takes Aim at Bacterial Diseases – With help from international donors, Congo introduced a new vaccine this month in an effort to save more of its babies from pneumococcal disease, joining six countries, including Kenya and Ma

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Rethinking US Foreign Assistance: FY2011 Budget Deal: International Financial Institution Winners and Losers

2011-04-12T20:00:00Z

The FY2011 budget deal worked out over the weekend to avoid a government shutdown includes $8 billion in cuts to foreign operations spending. The numbers aren’t as bad as feared, as my colleague Connie Veillette argues. The international financial instit

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The Ryan Plan: A Declaration of War on the Poor

2011-04-12T01:00:00Z

Then, on April 5, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) introduced a 2012 budget that is much, much, much worse than H.R.1. Ryan’s budget would put all the burden for balancing the budget on poor people, while at the same time cutting the tax rate for people in the to

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Budget Deal Could Chip Away at PPACA Funding

2011-04-12T01:00:00Z

The HR 1 Affordable Care Act de-funding riders “have not been included in this bill,” according to a summary prepared by Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee. Republicans on the committee say the agreement would cut funding for the US ...

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Dem quandary on cuts

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

By The Hill Editors - 04/12/11 07:21 PM ET It's been a little over two years since a Democratic-led House passed HR 1, which pumped an extra $819 billion into the economy in the hope of reviving it. The House recently passed another HR 1, but this tim

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2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

SECOND this is part of the HR 1 Budget bill that never passed Congress so THE BUDGET CUT NEVER HAPPENED. Once again Nmmnng accepts the MERE ILLUSION of a budget cut as an actual budget cut -- all show and no real action. [112nd] H.AMDT.16 to HR1 ...

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2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

House takes renewable energy loan guarantees off chopping block

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

The House originally proposed eliminating funding for the program when it introduced HR 1. The extension of the programs helps renewable energy manufacturers and project developers secure private financing for their projects. ...

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2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

Solar Loans Spared by Congress Budget Ax

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

The Senate summary reads: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy programs would receive $1.835 billion, which is $368 million above HR 1 and $408 million below Fiscal Year 2010. Actual reduction to the program compared to Fiscal Year 2010 is $116 ...

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The Note: Five Years Later, Can Mitt Romney Shake The Legacy Of Health Care ...

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

While $450 million of federal funding for an extra engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter plane was cut in HR 1” http://abcn.ws/e7Swgc And Politico's David Rogers' reporting suggests that many Republicans, especially Tea Party types, aren'

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What's getting cut in the FY 2011 budget?

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

Lubell said that the previous Republican budget proposal for fiscal year 2011, known as HR 1, “would have forced tens of thousands lay-offs” at federal research sites. While sparing science from deep cuts, the new budget does derail plans laid out by

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2011 Spending Deal Spares NIH Major Cuts

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

By contrast, an earlier House bill, HR 1, would have slashed NIH's budget by $1.6 billion to $29.5 billion. Unlike the earlier House proposal, the bill does not contain language opposed by research groups that would have required NIH to support a ...

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Keeping Consumers In The Dark

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

... wrestled over whether they should accept the volumes of science produced by every major US sc... by Raviya Ismail: The questions came from all sides, but one in particular stood out: “How would HR 1 affect the EPA's ability to protect the public

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Federal spending cuts necessary to curb debt

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

First, the House voted to defund NPR in HR 1, which passed on Feb. 19. A stand alone bill, HR 1076, was also passed on March 17. I supported both of these measures, but allow me the opportunity to explain why. When discussing NPR it is important to ...

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2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

But HR 1, the House leadership's proposal for funding the government for the rest of 2011, contains $89 billion in cuts to non-defense discretionary spending while increasing total security spending. The House bill targets college scholarships for ...

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Gang of Six closes in on deficit deal

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

Ruben and other progressives don't think Obama spoke out forcefully enough against HR 1, the House-passed spending plan for the rest of 2011. “Do I think the president needed to be much clearer about what the Republicans were doing and the fact that

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Stiff Cuts to E-Government in Compromise CR

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

The initial House-passed CR, HR 1, slashed the General Services Administration's Electronic Government Fund from $34 million to $2 million. Those cuts could have been devastating: the Office of Management and Budget was reportedly preparing to shutter

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Appropriators cut $8 billion from State Department programs

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

"HR 1 would have chopped two of these legs at the knees. I am pleased the agreement reached by the White House and Congressional negotiators would restore many of the ill-advised cuts passed by the House of Representatives in February. ...

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2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

But even though the deal was brokered with Reid to have these votes, the process starts in the House since the House is the originator of HR 1 (the original CR, which the House approved in February cutting $61 billion, but was never adopted by the ...

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Research Survives in 2011 Budget After Earlier Scare

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

But it's also much less than scientists feared when the House passed its version of the CR in February, known as HR 1. "We dodged a bullet," says Michael Lubell, a lobbyist for the American Physical Society in Washington, DC As Rogers's

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SEC obtains modest budget bump in fiscal 2011 bill

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

The modest bump to its $1.12 billion budget puts the agency in better shape than the original House Republican bill for fiscal 2011, known as HR 1, which would have cut the SEC budget by $48 million while reducing overall current spending by $61 ...

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2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

LEGISLATIVE WATCH: The latest scoop on senior bills

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

We need to play catch-up on bills at the Legislature that impact our seniors and offer you the opportunity to reply. Last week Assembly Bill 305 was heard, a bill which levels penalties for all age groups for crimes committed against the elderly or othe

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Despite House GOP push, Harry Reid declares 'Yucca is dead'

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

“HR 1's history, man,” Reid said Monday when asked if he was at all concerned that it might still be funded. Yucca Mountain's an emotional issue for many Nevadans, and one that members of the state delegation kept recalling, both as a matter o

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Cut federal spending in ways that make sense

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

They are protesting the House of Representatives budget bill (HR 1). If enacted, this bill will make deep cuts in: 1. the WIC program (which supports poor women, infants, and children), 2. international health aid (4 million people would lose malaria ...

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US Politics Special: Does Planned Parenthood Pay the Price for the Budget Deal?

2011-04-11T01:00:00Z

Following up on this weekend's analysis of the last-minute deal on the Fiscal Year 2011 budget that averted the shutdown of the Federal Government.... As part of the deal, Democrats agreed to hold votes in the Senate on repealing the health care law and

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An unlikely player in the war on cowboy poetry

2011-04-11T01:00:00Z

2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

House Appropriations Chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., wanted to limit mandatory spending cuts to about double the $8.7 billion included in the fiscal 2011 legislation (HR 1) the House passed Feb. 19. The battle over the mix of spending cuts consumed ...

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Budget Deal Details: To Avert Gov't Shutdown, What Will Be Cut, and What Won't?

2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

While $450 million of federal funding for an extra engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter plane was cut in HR 1, it's unlikely that the engine -- which the President doesn't want and the Pentagon says it doesn't need -- will be cut at the en

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Government shutdown would hurt America's spirit of innovation

2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

The cuts contained in the bill HR 1 - the legislative vehicle for funding the government for the balance of the fiscal year - would eliminate almost $1 billion from the Department of Energy's Office of Science budget. Such a reduction would force all

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2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

That process began on a Thursday in March after the House passed HR-1, an ambitious package of $61 billion in spending cuts. Democrats, who controlled the Senate, would never agree to such reductions. Vice President Joe Biden, sent by President Obama ...

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Rep. Noem: 'We're Going to Have to Reform This Place'

2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

We're absolutely having this discussion because we want those cuts to be as large as possible, because even if we got the $61 billion or what we had in HR-1, it's 2 percent of our federal government. CAVUTO: But you won't get that. You won'

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State Department Faces Congressional Scrutiny Over Internet Freedom Funding

2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

The House-passed continuing resolution, HR 1, transferred $10 million to the BBG. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) wanted to shift $15 million. It's unknown how much money will be included in the compromise deal reached by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and

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Wolf Delisting Survives Budget Fight, as Settlement Crumbles

2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

"The settlement is definitely far superior to the Simpson language that was in HR 1, which would simply delist wolves throughout the northern Rockies," said Bill Snape, a lead attorney for Center for Biological Diversity, one of the 10 settling

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Deal on FY 2011 Budget Package Reached; Gov't Shutdown Averted

2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

Lawmakers in recent weeks had been at odds over dozens of policy-based non-spending provisions -- known as riders -- including two in the House-passed FY 2011 CR budget bill (HR 1) that would cut off funding for the federal health reform law and ...

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2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

Budget Showdown Casualties: DC Women as Bargaining Chips

2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

She went on to explain: HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, re-imposes the bans on the District's use of its local taxpayer raised-funds for abortions for low-income women and for needle-exchange programs, and reestablishes the failed D

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2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

Series Preview: Rockies @ Mets (4/11 – 4/14)

2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

His line for the outing: 5 IP, 4 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 2 HR, 1 ND. Hopefully, he will have much better stuff tonight. So far this season, Pelfrey has two starts and has thrown a total of 6.1 innings while giving up 11 earned runs. ...

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Fasting for those without a choice

2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

The poor, among others, are once again under attack—this time in the House budget bill, HR 1. The budget proposes cuts in the WIC program (which supports women, infants and children), in international food and health aid (18 million people would be ...

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2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

AP On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a statement about the "mean-spirited" HR 1 bill that would eliminate the "National Endowment of the Humanities, National Endowment of the Arts." To exemplify how this bill would har

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Congress should work to improve law, not defund it

2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

Since January, the House has worked to keep their pledge and voted to fully repeal the health care law; to defund the law as part of HR 1; and to repeal the job-destroying 1099 small business mandate. Last week, Speaker Boehner announced the House will ..

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2011-04-10T20:00:00Z

2011-04-09T20:00:00Z

“We estimate, and I believe these are very conservative estimates, that HR 1 would lead to 70000 kids dying,” said Shah. “Of that 70000, 30000 would come from malaria control programs that would have to be scaled back specifically. ...

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2011-04-09T20:00:00Z

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) has dispatched a "Truth Team" to rally opposition to the Pence Amendment (HR 1, sec. 4013), a measure to stop federal funding of PPFA and its 102 affiliates. But not everything said by ...

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Sunday's view: Budget deal likely to garner bipartisan support

2011-04-09T20:00:00Z

Still, House Republicans wanted at least $61 billion in cuts from current levels, which they passed in HR 1. House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (Texas) said on CNN's "State of the Union" that, "while this is the single

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Obama finally embraces malaria victims — as political pawns

2011-04-09T20:00:00Z

Testifying before the House state and foreign operations subcommittee, however, Shah had this to say: “We estimate, and I believe these are very conservative estimates, that HR 1 would lead to 70000 kids dying. Of that 70000, 30000 would come from ...

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Fine print of spending deal 'still under negotiation'

2011-04-09T20:00:00Z

The issue is important because the House-passed spending bill, HR 1, included scores of policy riders – issues that remain unresolved even as the public views the deal with finality. Hing said the committee staffs are “making progress” and hope to f

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2011-04-09T20:00:00Z

Letter: Let local citizens take care of Kalamazoo's neediest residents

2011-04-09T20:00:00Z

Mr. Sizemore is concerned about the effects of HR 1 on our local volunteer programs. I wholeheartedly agree that volunteer programs are needed, and an integral, wonderful part of living in the Kalamazoo area. The people here are very giving of their ...

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2011-04-09T20:00:00Z

GOP budget cuts bad for TN waterways, wildlife

2011-04-09T20:00:00Z

A bill passed by the US House of Representatives to fund the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year, HR 1, went far beyond its initial purpose and became a grab bag of harmful policy provisions that undermine protections for the rivers ..

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Budget debate was fought entirely on the GOP's turf

2011-04-08T20:00:00Z

The final agreement eliminates nearly $3 billion in unnecessary Pentagon spending that was contained in HR 1. These reductions are supported by Secretary Gates. 3) TITLE X PRESERVED -- WE FOUGHT OFF ATTACKS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH. ...

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Freshman Republicans weigh budget agreement

2011-04-08T20:00:00Z

As part of the deal, Democrats knocked off most of the controversial policy riders that House Republicans had included in HR 1, the package of spending cuts that passed in February. Republicans, however, won the inclusion of a rider to expand the ...

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2011-04-08T20:00:00Z

“The original Republican budget proposal, HR 1, heaped all of the pain on working families, cutting jobs while protecting tax cuts for the wealthy and subsidies for big oil. “And whatever pain is in this agreement announced tonight, the Republicans

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Press releases from Rep. Denny Rehberg on shutdown

2011-04-08T20:00:00Z

I spoke about the importance of balancing the budget After hours and hours of public debate, hundreds of amendments and an open process, the House passes HR 1 to fund the federal government for the remainder of the year and prevent a government ...

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2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

My sincere hope is that the Senate and the President will not force a government shutdown and will act on the spending measure, HR 1, which the House passed 47 days ago or HR 1363, the Department of Defense and Further Continuing Appropriations Act. I ...

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Government Shutdown By The Numbers: A Primer

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

That's the same baseline that House Republicans used when they cut $102 billion with their first bill, HR 1, bringing the spending down to $1.026 trillion. But House Republicans are no longer using the president's request as their baseline and ins

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2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

Weekly Digest – 04/08/11

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

The Republican-dominated House passed the 2011-2012 budget bill HR 1, and the Senate which has a slim Democratic majority, is now battling it out. Meanwhile, the GOPs new budget proposal for Fiscal year 2012-2013, dubbed the “Path to Prosperity,” was

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2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

Policy Riders And Spending Debate Fueling Govt. Shutdown Fears

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

As examples of what issues may now be in play, here is a list of some health-related policy measures that were included in HR 1, the 2011 budget bill passed by the House on Feb. 19. Sec. 1536. Prevents funding provided for the Executive Office of the ...

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2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

That is why I supported a House Republican measure, HR 1, which funded government for the rest of the fiscal year while cutting spending by $61 billion, or less than 2% of government spending this year. "Given the dramatic increase in budgets under .

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GSA plans would ease effects of shutdown, administrator says

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

Johnson spoke critically of Continuing Resolution HR-1 because it contained reduced funding levels that would require permanently shutting down some of the government's transparency sites. HR-1 “was a pretty severe signal to us about e-Gov funding,

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Thursday's Kentucky high school results

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

... Schmits 2B, 3 RBI; Woltermann 2-2, HR, 4 RBI; Broering 2-2, 2 RBI; Murphy 2-2; Doyle 2-3; Bartels 2B; Collopy 2B. L -Sexton 2-3, 2B. Records: N 4-3. WP -McKinney (1-0); LP -Ollier (0-2). Leaders: D -Popham 2-3; DeMatteo HR, 2 RBI; Sexton HR, 1 RBI. ..

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2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

No pay was a provision of the “Government Shutdown Prevention Act,” the bill that said if the Senate didn't eventually pass HR 1, it would become law (that can't actually happen, but that's beside this particular point). The House passed i

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US House budget plans would jeopardize scientific research facilities

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

The cuts contained in the bill HR 1 – the legislative vehicle for funding the government for the balance of the fiscal year – would eliminate almost $1 billion from the Department of Energy's Office of Science budget. Such a reduction would force

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Political statements about government shutdown

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

[HR 1, Pence Amendment (#11), Vote #93, 2/18/11] o Sexual and reproductive health services. [plannedparenthood.org] Endangering Cancer Screenings. “Republicans want to zero out Title X, a program implemented under Republican President Richard Nixon in .

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GOP NLRB Cuts Would Lead to Backlog of 18000 Cases

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

Earlier this year, the Republican led House of Representatives passed HR 1, a budget bill still under negotiations with the Democrat-led Senate and White House. HR 1 contains a $50 million cut to the budget of the NLRB's current FY2010 $283.4 million

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America s Most Treasured Places are at Risk

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

The full-year spending bill passed by the US House in February (HR 1) called for deep cuts to our national, state and local parks, forests and wildlife refuges, and to programs that protect clean water and air, wildlife habitat, and working farms and ...

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Ill. Reps. Roskam and Kinzinger on Troop Funding Bill

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

"A full 47 days after the House first passed HR 1 - and a year after House Democrats failed to even introduce a budget - the House has once again acted to keep the government open, cut spending, and fund the troops for the rest of the year. ...

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2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

In February, House Republicans passed legislation (HR 1) cutting spending by $61 billion before October. The proposal eliminated the Title X program, which offers reproductive and preventive care, largely to low-income women. It also barred all federal ..

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Policy Riders And Spending Debate Fueling Govt. Shutdown Fears

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

Kaiser Health News' Stephanie Stapleton and Karl Eisenhower detail examples of some of the policy riders that now may be in play by reviewing the riders that were included in HR 1, the 2011 budget bill passed by the House in February (4/7). ...

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2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

Walberg wrote that Republicans passed HR 1 back on Feb. 19, which cut more than 100 programs and contained annual savings of more than $100 billion. It would have funded the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. "We understand that spendin

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2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

Lawmakers are at odds over dozens of policy-based non-spending provisions -- known as riders -- including two in the House-passed FY 2011 CR budget bill (HR 1), which would cut off funding for the federal health reform law and Planned Parenthood ...

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PR: The possible government shutdown (Latham)

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

One of those proposals, HR 1, would have avoided a shutdown altogether by funding the government through the rest of the current fiscal year while cutting $100 billion from President Obama's budget request and $61 billion from current spending levels.

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America's two party system

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

HR 1363 provides $151.76 billion in funding for the Department of Defense through the remainder of the fiscal year, which constitutes a 1.4% increase over current levels and is equal to the funding provided to DOD in HR 1. ...

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2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

The main beneficiaries of HR 1 would be international competitors, who are already on our heels and would like to take the lead on innovation. China, for example, has made huge investments in science research and innovation during the past decade, ...

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Reid Stands Firm on Poor Women’s Health and Lives

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

Brian Beutler reports at TPMDC that Republicans have said privately that they will drop the rider defunding Planned Parenthood in exchange for more spending cuts. But as Pat Garofalo of Think Progress points out (and shows, graphically), the Democrats ha

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Radical Tea Party freshman show who's the boss in budget debate

2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

This current budget fiasco proves that the new face of the Republican Party is indeed the 87 newly elected freshman of the Tea Party wing who will go to any lengths to get their social agenda passed. John Boehner may be Speaker of the House but he’s only

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2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

“I have joined the House in passing a government funding measure (HR 1) which would cut the budget by $61 billion, and two subsequent funding measures which included cuts of $4 billion and $6 billion respectively. It's time to change the status quo

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2011-04-07T20:00:00Z

Considering this increase and billions in additional stimulus funds, Thompson recently voted to support spending reductions for the agency under HR 1, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011. Amendments to HR 1 were adopted to block the EPA from ...

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Senate Democrats need to take action

2011-04-07T01:00:00Z

House Republicans have been listening and I am proud to say that more than 40 days ago the People's House passed HR 1 which would make the largest discretionary spending cuts in modern history and keep the government open for the rest of the fiscal ..

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2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

Democratic Senate extremely out of touch with Democratic base

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

By Colin Hanna & Alex Cortes Reporters recently caught Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer red-handed, on what he thought was a private conference call, instructing his Senate colleagues to call Republicans “extreme” for HR 1, the continuing resoluti

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2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

How Did We Get Here? Steps That Have Led to a Possible Government Shutdown

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

9: The Senate defeats HR 1, which passed the House on February 19, and defeated a Democratic amendment to the bill. 2: The Senate passes the fifth continuing resolution, which funded the government through March 18. 1: The House passes the fifth ...

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Yoder proposal would continue soldier pay

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

"Today is the 45th day since Congress passed HR 1, which would fund the government through the remainder of FY 2011 with the largest spending cuts in history, and to date the Senate has failed to act. I now have grave concerns over the potential impa

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Bill could decimate wildlife programs

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

It is estimated that cuts mandated through HR 1 would eliminate as much as 90 percent of the funds available to the LWCF alone, virtually dismantling the program. ■ CLARK COUNTY WILDLIFE ADVISORY BOARD -- The Clark County Advisory Board to Manage ...

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Policy Riders And The Spending Debate Fueling Govt. Shutdown Fears

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

House's Science Cuts Threaten Our Future

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

HR 1, the House-passed continuing resolution for funding government for the remaining six months of the current fiscal year, would destabilize major parts of critically important governmental machinery, including science. While science is generally ...

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The Corner

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

... tells National Review Online that House conservatives still hope to cut $61 billion this fiscal year, but as bipartisan talks progress, and new numbers are bandied about, they remain committed to the policy riders attached to HR 1. ...

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Competitive sourcing awakens from a winter's sleep

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

House appropriators have included competitive sourcing provisions in both the fiscal 2011 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act (HR 1, see Sec. 8016), which passed in the House and failed in the Senate, as well as the new fiscal 2011 Department of ...

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2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

4017 of their base bill HR 1, and found that even partially defunding the law would increase federal costs by $3.1 billion in 2012 alone. That's just a start. There are more than 80 riders in HR 1, the bill they're are using as their "startin

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2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

Pence: We're Fighting for the Values of the American People in the Way That We ...

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

PENCE: Well, look, the House bill is HR-1. We passed a bill that in the -- remember in the face of a $1.65 trillion deficit this year alone, we're asking liberals in the Senate to join with us to find $61 billion in savings -- $61 billion. ...

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2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

Obama vows to veto stopgap bill extending military pay

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

In an effort to provide continuing pay for the military during a potential shut down, Colorado Republicans submitted a separate stopgap bill H.R. 1297 Thursday, which would provide funding for military paychecks, instead of funding the entire federal gov

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Administrators Concerned About Federal Funding for Cornell

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

[HR 1] is going to eliminate their jobs, but it's also going to eliminate all the good work that they do for a host of other people.” Though House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) said in a statement that the “spending-drive

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Time for words over; it's time for action

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

Research in Jeopardy: Plasma lab may face cuts, layoffs

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

While HR 1, the only long-term budget to pass in the House of Representatives this year, failed in the Senate, similar cuts are still under consideration as a shutdown of the federal government looms. “Any cuts are going to have a severe consequence to

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Barletta shows early record of bad votes

2011-04-06T20:00:00Z

He voted (HR 1) to increase the federal deficit and raise by 15 percent the payment of taxpayer funds to big insurance companies on Medicare expenses. He voted to cut funds for women's mammograms and nutrition aid to pregnant mothers (Pence Amendment)

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Pell Grant reductions possible for next semester

2011-04-06T01:00:00Z

Bill HR 1 was passed in the US House of Representatives recently, and proposed the maximum Pell Grant award a student is eligible to receive be decreased from $5550 to $4015. Changes discussed include ending year-round funding and eliminating ...

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2011-04-05T20:00:00Z

Obama, Lawmakers Fail To Agree on Long-Term Federal Spending Bill

2011-04-05T20:00:00Z

The two riders were included in the FY 2011 CR budget bill (HR 1), which the House passed in February (California Healthline, 4/5). Speaking to reporters at the White House after Tuesday's meeting, Obama said Reid and Boehner were expected to meet ...

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Hartzler signs letter urging pay for servicemembers if government shuts down

2011-04-05T20:00:00Z

As the expiration of the current Continuing Resolution approaches on April 8, 2011 and to date no action on HR 1 by the Senate, we want to take this opportunity to express our concern about the potential impact on service members and military families, ..

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Bottom of Ocean; Federal Reserve May Hike Interest Rates; Giants Fan

2011-04-05T20:00:00Z

Forty six days ago, the House passed HR-1, a long-term continued resolution to continue funding the government through this fiscal year. The president has been a AWOL. He's been missing in action, way pastime for him to come to the table and start ...

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2011-04-05T20:00:00Z

On Feb 19 the House of Representatives passed HR 1, prohibiting, among other things, any federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The CPB received $430 million from Congress in the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. ...

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2011-04-05T20:00:00Z

Food & Water Watch used the original proposed budget in House Resolution 1 (HR 1) as a benchmark in its analysis issued today, showing that these cuts would possibly shut down meat plants, result in less food inspections, and increase the number of ..

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Impact of Global Health Cuts Alarming, But Not Alarmist

2011-04-05T20:00:00Z

The House has already passed a spending bill, HR 1, which would enact deep cuts to global health programs. In a hearing before the committee responsible for international affairs spending, Dr. Rajiv Shah, head of the US Agency for International ...

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2011-04-05T20:00:00Z

Hoyer Won’t Say Where Democrats Are Willing to Cut Spending

2011-04-05T20:00:00Z

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio takes part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Washington (CNSNews.com) – House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) would not say specifically where Democra

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Research in Jeopardy: Scientists fear funding loss

2011-04-05T20:00:00Z

Six months into the fiscal year, Congress has yet to pass a budget — and the only proposal to make it through the House, HR 1, includes billions of dollars in cuts to the federal agencies that fund most scientific research, a part of the total $60 ...

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2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

Freshman Republicans gathered on the Senate's steps Monday for the fourth weekday in a row, calling on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to pass the House Rule 1 (HR 1) — the Republican continuing resolution that would fund government for the

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The reckless Republican proposal

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

04/05/11 01:49 PM ET If you thought HR 1 was bad, you won't believe what the Republicans have in store for 2012 and the next 10 years. The budget the Republicans unveiled today is one of the most callous and reckless proposals I've seen during 18

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It is up to Congress to avoid a shutdown

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

He urged passage of HR 1, the fiscal year 2011 spending bill that would avoid a shutdown. Senate action, Marino said, would allow House Republicans to “continue our mission to restore financial stability and create jobs through spending cuts.” On Feb.

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2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

Back in February, you learned about HR 1, the continuing resolution funding the federal government, since Congress didn't pass a budget for the 2011 fiscal year. Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill came to a compromise to keep the government fro

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Government Shutdown Is a Culture War, Not a Deficit Battle

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

Here we get to the heart of the matter: the HR 1 cuts. What exactly are these HR1 cuts? Here's a sampling: Cuts funding to implement the Affordable Care Act (Obama's signature health care reform). Eliminates funding for the Title X program, ...

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2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

Second, it caps discretionary spending programs which, as we have already seen in HR 1, would drastically cut or eliminate jobs, housing, and volunteer opportunities for older Americans in need. I will focus today on the third front—the proposal to ...

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2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

Republicans have also proposed a nearly 25 percent cut to Pell grants under HR 1, which was passed by the House on a party-line vote. HR 1 cuts Pell grants by $5.7 billion and reduces the amount of maximum award by $845, from $4860 to $4015. ...

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Obama did not 'promise' to veto an EPA-blocking bill

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

Photo: Alex ProimosA few weeks ago, the House of Representatives voted through HR 1, their continuing appropriations act. It was full of tax cuts for the rich and slashed funding for the poor, elderly, and vulnerable -- the usual GOP stuff. ...

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2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) appeared on Fox News to defend the House Republicans' HR 1, an appropriations bill that would cut tens of billions of dollars of services for middle class and poor Americans while doing nothing to ask more from the wealthy. ...

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A Crossroads For American Hunters and Anglers: What's At Stake

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

Bill Geer of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: “HR 1 cuts $398 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. These are not taxpayer funds- they come from offshore oil and gas royalties, and the money is already there for ...

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Medicaid Cuts Represent an Assault on America's Most Vulnerable Seniors

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

According to the NWLC [emphasis added]: HR 1 cuts funding for the Social Security Administration by hundreds of millions of dollars. These cuts will force thousands of layoffs and furloughs in offices across the country, which means as many as 400000 ...

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House bill would fund DoD through September

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

This means the defense spending level is actually similar to HR 1, the appropriations bill the House passed in February. While the president's budget request for 2011 included a $549 billion base budget for defense, including military construction, ..

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2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

Facing a revolt from the rank and file, House leadership scrambled to find new cuts, and early on a Saturday morning, they released a revised budget plan, HR 1. Without holding any hearings on potential changes, the House bill would cut $100 billion ...

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Let the Disabled Wait

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

The House-passed HR 1 actually reduces the SSA spending level -- to $11.3 billion in 2011. What difference does substantially increasing versus cutting spending on administering Social Security mean to average citizens? One of the most-labor intensive ...

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VPIRG: Vermont's congressional delegation works to shield EPA from cuts

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

The resolution and letters were written in response to the many attacks on EPA's ability to protect public health and the environment that were in the original House-passed funding bill (HR 1, passed on February 19, details below), and the fear that .

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New Food & Water Watch Brief Analyzes Impact of Budget Cuts for Food & Water

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

Obama Rejects Republican Short-Term CR Cutting DC Abortion Funds

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

When House Republicans put forward HR 1, the continuing resolution bill to fund the federal government for FY2011, they put language in the legislation to restore the ban on taxpayer funding of abortions in the District of Columbia that Obama and House ..

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2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

Transparency at Risk in Budget Debate

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

HR 1, the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2011, slashes the budget for the Electronic Government Fund from $34 million to $2 million, a 94 percent reduction. The fund, which is managed by the General ...

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Fictitious article on John Boehner's "poor and lazy" comments strikes a chord

2011-04-04T20:00:00Z

Yesterday, I wrote an article after reading a blog on Rumormiller.com - a site known for political satire - to spur discussion on the contrasting views and treatment of the poor in this country by the Democrat and Republican Parties. I thought it an apr

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2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

blasted the Tea Party Monday for refusing to part from HR 1, the House's originally passed budget, thus stalling budgetary negotiations. With just days before the third continuing resolution expires, Reid tagged both the Tea Party and Republicans as .

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Fighting for the Largest Spending Cuts Possible to Help Create Jobs

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

Forty-three days after the House passed HR 1, Senate Democrats still haven't passed a bill or offered a credible plan to cut spending and keep the government running. Time is running out. ...

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2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

HR 1, the package of spending cuts the House passed in February, would eliminate the Title X family planning program. The lawmakers also said they would “oppose the provision in the House-passed continuing resolution that cuts Planned Parenthood health

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2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

“I supported the Pell spending reductions in HR 1 … Doing nothing while spending spirals out of control is not a responsible option,” said Rep. Virginia Foxx, North Carolina Republican and chairman of the education subcommittee on higher education a

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2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

This bill implies that the Republican Majority's Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act 2011, (HR 1) would actually become law if no agreement is reached between the House, Senate and the White House. This despite HR 1's not actually passing the

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Congress.org: How Hawaii’s Elected Officials Voted – April 4, 2011

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

House: The HAMP Termination Act of 2011 House: Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act House: FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 House: Government Shutdown Prevention Act The House voted to end the Home Affordable Modification Program, a hom

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Our Future: On the Chopping Block

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

HR 1, passed by the House in February, and later rejected by the Senate, cut more than $60 billion from current spending levels to fund the government for the remaining months of the fiscal year -- including billions of cuts to critical programs for ...

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2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

Why should faithful care about budget cuts?

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

As Bittman tells it, he is fasting, or was, last Monday, when thousands of others also fasted to draw notice to those Congressional budget proposals (HR 1) which would “quite literally cause more people to starve to death, go to bed hungry or live more

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41 senators vow to oppose Planned Parenthood rider

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

Reid continued to pin slow progress on the tea party influence over Republican leaders, calling the House-approved long-term continuing resolution, HR 1, “a simply appalling proposal.” Republicans charge that Democrats' are out of touch with the .

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Retaking Capitol Hill from Big Coal: DC Strategist JW Randolph on Next Steps ...

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

We count that as anyone who has 1) cosponsored the Clean Water Protection Act 2) voted against bad HR 1 amendments that would have weakened what protections Appalachian citizens currently have from mountaintop removal. We can't stop just because thing

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Unions to press Congress to avoid government shutdown

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

The page advises members not to call during work hours to avoid violating the Hatch Act. The unions also want callers to object to the steep funding cuts in HR 1, the House-passed Republican spending bill that would slash $61 billion in spending. ...

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Kinzinger Statement on the Government Shutdown Prevention Act

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

Washington, DC - Today, on the 41st day since the House passed HR 1, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-11) spoke out in support of HR 1255, urging the Senate to cut $61 billion in government spending. "Last year, when our friends on the other side of th

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Lawmakers work toward budget resolution as government shutdown threat looms

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

The Republicans' bargaining position is pretty well laid out by the parameters of HR 1, the budget bill that the House already passed and the Senate rejected. Democrats, who still haven't publicly scribbled out the details of their preferred posit

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OMB releases IT Dashboard, TechStat code amid program funding uncertainty

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

The House approved in February a bill, HR 1, that makes $61 billion in cuts for the current fiscal year against fiscal 2010 amounts. Congress so far has refused to approve a spending bill that would fund agencies for their entire fiscal year, ...

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2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

So is HR 1, the first piece of legislation introduced in the new Republican-majority House. It would repeal the Affordable Care Act, which among other things prohibits insurance companies from charging women more because of their gender and prohibits ...

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Harry Reid agrees to $73 billion in cuts?

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

What they did with HR 1 is this bill did such mean-spirited things, not to cut the debt, but to send an ideological message. For example, little kids, Head Start, these are the poor little children around the country, little boys and girls, ...

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House revives DC's school-voucher system

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

Voting 221-202, the House on Friday passed a Republican bill (HR 1255) aimed at gaining the enactment of $61 billion in GOP budget cuts (HR 1) that both the Senate and President Barack Obama have turned against. A yes vote was to pass the bill. ...

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Votes in Congress

2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

Shimkus (R-Ill.) GOP budget cuts • Members passed, 221-202, a GOP bill to "deem" $61 billion in budget cuts as law if the Senate fails to pass a bill (HR 1) containing them by April 6. Democrats noted the Constitution requires both chambers to

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2011-04-03T20:00:00Z

On Friday, the US House sent to the Senate a measure that asks the Senate to reconsider HR 1, the long term fiscal 2011 spending bill that the House passed in February. The vote was narrow, 221 to 202, on the bill that would prohibit lawmakers and the ...

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Tea-Publican Teh Stupid

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

He said, "that will say to the American people: the Senate's got to act, prior to the expiration of the CR. If it doesn't not act, HR 1 becomes the law of the land." Errrr...as School House Rocks or any other American kid can tell you, t

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2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

Time to face spending head on

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

Already, through an open process, I debated and voted to cut $61 billion in spending from Fiscal Year 2011 through HR 1; a measure rejected by the Democrat controlled Senate as cutting too deeply. What I reject is the status quo, which has led to our ...

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2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

GOP anti-appropriators break up the spending party

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

During the February debate over HR 1, the omnibus spending bill for the current fiscal year, Flake voted for 14 different floor amendments opposed by Chairman Hal Rogers (Ky.) as well as former chairman Bill Young (Fla. ...

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2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

Children could lose mentors if H.R. 1 budget passes

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

The House of Representatives' proposed fiscal year 2011 budget (HR1) would elminate funding for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program. Big Brothers Big Sisters mentors more than 200 ...

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For DoD Budgets, Do or Die Time

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

In the week's final twist, all but 15 House Republicans voted April 1 to pass the Government Shutdown Prevention Act, which states that if the Senate does not pass a spending bill by April 6, the House-passed spending bill, HR 1, becomes law. ...

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Is $61 Billion Enough?

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

Schumer: The only way we can avoid a shutdown is for Boehner to come up with a reasonable compromise and not just listen to what the Tea Party wants, because the Tea Party wants to stick to HR 1, with its draconian, extreme--I always use the "extreme

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2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

What they did to HR-1 [a 2011 spending bill approved by the House but voted down by the Senate], this bill that did such mean-spirited things... not to cut the debt, but send an ideological message." Citing HR-1's proposed reductions for programs

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AACR Opposes Proposed Cuts to Fiscal Year 2011 Budget

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

Among the myriad of issues under discussion is a House-passed bill (HR 1), which cuts funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by $1.6 billion in FY 2011. The alternative Senate proposal would maintain NIH funding at current levels (FY 2010) ..

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2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

Federal training cuts have long-term cost

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

The House recently passed HR 1, the fiscal 2011 continuing resolution to fund the US government through Sept. 30, 2011. Included in the more than $60 billion in cuts to the current fiscal year's budget are $3.8 billion in cuts to the work-force and ..

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BRAD DOKKEN: House conservation cuts should concern hunters and anglers

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

HR 1, which recently passed the US House of Representatives, approves $60 billion in federal budget cuts and takes a buzz saw to a number of flagship conservation programs, including the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (widely known as NAWCA), ..

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Clean energy: More than $1 billion renewable funding at risk for Nevada

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

House Resolution 1 (HR 1), which passed along party lines in the House of Representatives in February, calls for $61 billion in spending cuts for the federal budget. The US House and the Senate have to agree on a final budget by Friday or the country ...

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Rep. Graves calls GOP’s billions in oil subsidies “market manipulation,” forgets that he voted to extend them

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

In February and again in March, Republicans in the House of Representatives, on a largely party-line roll call, voted to extend tens of billions in taxpayer subsidies to big oil companies. At the sparsely attended “Continuing Revolution” Tea Party rall

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81000 Poor Elderly In Danger Of Losing Food Due To Proposed GOP Cut, Relief ...

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

HR 1, the long-term spending bill for FY2011 passed last month by the House of Representatives, calls for significant cuts to funding to the CSFP program. If these same cuts were to be included in the long-term spending bill currently being crafted by ...

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Continuing resolution is small piece of picture

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

Where the responibility really lies

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

If the cuts passed in HR 1, the House budget bill, become law, thousands of New Hampshire's already distressed children and families will have even more trouble making ends meet. That in turn means a less competitive, less healthy work force in the ..

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2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

Rep Mike Pence (R-Ind.) introduced spending bill HR 1 to Congress in late February, which, among other budget cuts, proposed cutting off all federal funding to the Planned Parenthood organization. Pence said that Planned Parenthood showed a pattern of ...

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2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

Today, US Representative Diane Black (R-TN), released the following statement after the House passed the Government Shutdown Prevention Act. “It's been 40 days since the House of Representatives passed HR 1, a bill that would fund the government for

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2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

The House passed a long-term and responsible budget plan over a month ago, our bill HR 1, would reduce year-over-year federal spending by historic levels, defund the government takeover of health care, and stop taxpayer funding of abortion. ...

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2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

“I also heard on the floor of the House, a call for Senator Reid, the Leader in the Senate, to take up HR 1. He did. It failed. Not even the Republicans all voted for it in the United States Senate. Three Republican Senators voted against HR 1 in the ..

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2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

Nan Hayworth, MD (R-NY) issued the following statement today after the House passed the Government Shutdown Prevention Act which would enact HR 1, if Congress and the President can't come to agreement on a long term Continuing Resolution (CR) before .

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How Texans voted in Congress

2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

Republican Spending Cuts: Defeated, 44-56, a House-passed Republican bill (HR 1) to cut non-security discretionary spending by $60 billion below current levels in the remaining six-plus months of fiscal 2011. Defeat of these and competing Democratic ...

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2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

HR 1 proposed to save $61.5 billion from FY 2010 spending levels as provided under the continuing resolution (CR) which expired on March 4, 2011. The legislation also states that if the government shuts down for more than 24 hours, Members of Congress ...

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Obama Fears Planned Parenthood, Republicans Shouldn't Fear Shutdown

2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

Today, Speaker Boehner and House Republicans voted on HR 1235, the Government Shutdown Prevention Act. Essentially, this is HR 1–but the bill is repackaged with a warning that if the upper chamber doesn't act by April 8, members won't get paid,

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2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

The House of Representatives passed a bill – HR 1 – that is part of $100 million worth of government budget cuts Feb 19. A large portion of the cuts include the Pell Grant funding, ...

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2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

House Resolution (HR) 1, a bill that looked to cut federal spending by $100 billion for the remainder of the current fiscal year, would have reduced spending for the program by $5.7 billion starting with the 2011-12 school year. ...

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2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

Klobuchar, Franken work to keep air clean

2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

I want to thank Senators Klobuchar and Franken for voting against a bill (HR 1) in Washington that attacked critical protection for clean air and clean water. HR 1 is an attempt to limit the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to safe guard our

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Rep. Graves Calls GOP’s Billions In Oil Subsidies ‘Market Manipulation;’ Forgets That He Voted To Extend Them

2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

Marino votes for Government Shutdown Prevention Act

2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

U.S. Rep. Tom Marino cast a vote for the Government Shutdown Prevention Act on Friday, then immediately called on Senate Democrats to put aside their self-interests and do what's best for the American people. "House Republicans do not want a government

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2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

Today, on the 41st day since the House passed HR 1, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-11) spoke out in support of HR 1255, urging the Senate to cut $61 billion in government spending. “Last year, when our friends on the other side of the aisle had the ...

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2011-04-01T20:00:00Z

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

These so-called “riders” are an attempt to use the spending bill as a vehicle to enact major policy changes even though those changes would actually increase spending. HR 1, the spending bill the House of Representatives passed, includes dozens of ...

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Bill Aimed at Preventing Government Shutdown Passes House

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

Rob Woodall (R-Lawrenceville) also stipulates that if the Senate fails to pass a measure by April 6 providing appropriations for government agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, HR 1, passed by the House on Feb. 19, 2011, will become law ...

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2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

Sportsmen and Women Speak Out Against Cuts to Conservation Programs

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

Sportsmen and women from around the nation are speaking out against proposed cuts to conservation funding and wildlife programs in H.R.1, the House-passed Continuing Resolution. The budgetary riders proposed in HR. 1, which would gut decades of bi-partis

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2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

The House-passed long-term spending resolution, HR 1, contained about $10 billion in such savings, about half of that coming from unspent stimulus money (some of which has already been enacted in a couple a short-term spending resolutions). ...

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2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

The Corner

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

The bill formally criticizing the Senate for failing to pass a spending bill, and stipulates that if the Senate does not pass a long-term resolution by April 6, the measure passed by the House in February, HR 1, and it's $61 billion in spending cuts,

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Fun with Unobligated Funds

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

Feeding America Urges Congress to Protect Safety Net Programs for Seniors

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

McKinley Votes Against EAS Bill

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

"Furthermore, the bill actually reduces spending by $495 million more than the spending levels approved in HR 1 earlier this year." Jessica Towhey, spokeswoman for Johnson, said Johnson voted for the legislation because it provides for programs

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Pence Says 'Shut It Down'

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

"I think HR 1 is the deal," Pence said, referencing the bill, passed by House Republicans and rejected by Senate Democrats, to cut $61 billion. "I think Republicans need to dig in." But he did not say, "No: there will be no compro

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FLASHPOINT: Time to face US spending head on

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

Already, through an open process, I debated and voted to cut $61 billion in spending from Fiscal Year 2011 through HR 1; a measure rejected by the Democratic controlled Senate as cutting too deeply. What I reject is the status quo, which has led to our ..

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Volume 8, Issue 4

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

On March 9 I voted for HR 1, a bill that would have reduced government spending by $57 billion between March and the end of fiscal year 2011 (Sept. 30), because it was a surer step toward a bright path for America's future. Forty cents of every dollar

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2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

He is wrong to say that if the Government Shutdown Act is passed by the House and if the Senate doesn't pass the same bill that HR 1 (which guts the budget) becomes law. Is he that afraid of the tea party that he wants to usurp our Constitution? ...

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Steps Forward And A Possible Step Back On Air Quality

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

In February, House Republicans passed HR 1, a bill that forms the baseline for their talks with Senate Democrats and the White House. And that piece of legislation puts enormous cuts to environmental progams on that table. The House GOP's bill in its

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2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

Lummis (R-WY) introduced similar language in an amendment to HR 1 (amendment no. 195). This bill would bar environmental groups from recovering attorney's fees in the vast majority of situations, thus hindering their ability to bring cases protecting

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Federal Spending Anxiety to Shut Off Spending Info Website

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

Daniel Schuman of the Sunlight Foundation has been carefully tracking one small, but very important spending reduction passed in the House's FY 2011 continuing resolution (HR 1) and appearing in the Democratic counteroffer voted on (and defeated) in .

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GOP threatens govt. shutdown over EPA cuts that put health of millions at risk

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

A substantial part of HR 1 includes slashing funding for the environmental Protection Agency. "The bill also blocks EPA from restoring Clean Water Act protections for many of the nation's most vulnerable waterways, including those that feed into

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USAID Administrator Testifies Before State, Foreign Ops Subcommittee About ...

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

"We estimate, and I believe these are very conservative estimates, that HR 1 would lead to 70000 kids dying," Shah said. "Of that 70000, 30000 would come from malaria control programs that would have to be scaled back specifically. ...

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Some Congressional Hearts Are in the Right Place; But Homeless Kids Will Still ...

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

According to NAHT, HR 1, the original budget that was passed in the House of Representatives and rejected by the Senate "cuts $5.4 billion from HUD programs, including rent vouchers for 10000 homeless veterans and 10000 more for disabled tenants livi

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Civil and Human Rights Coalition Urges Senate to Oppose 'Riders' in ...

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

The Leadership Conference – a civil and human rights coalition of more than 200 organizations – is urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D. Nev., to oppose riders in HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011. ...

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2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

Matt Holliday: 3 for 4, 1 HR, 1 BB. He started things with an RBI single in the first. It appeared that he had ended things with a go-ahead homer in the eighth. Neither did the trick. He even walked after Pujols grounded into the double play in the ...

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2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

Charlie Dent (R-PA) that the agency was committed to its mission of battling global poverty, but that HR 1 would severely gut its ability to battle easily preventable deaths among children — and even lead to the deaths of as many as 70000 kids ...

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2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

Obama Administration: GOP Budget Cuts Will Kill 70000 Children

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

"We estimate, and I believe these are very conservative estimates, that HR 1 would lead to 70000 kids dying," USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah testified before the House Appropriations State and Foreign Ops subcommittee. Of that 70000, 30000 would

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2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

As Foreign Policy's Josh Rogin notes, one moment of the hearing provided a particularly startling fact about HR 1, the House Republicans' bill for continuing appropriations to fund the government. USAID administrator Rajiv Shah explained to Rep. .

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2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

The House approved a spending bill, HR 1, in February to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year. The bill, which would cut $61 billion from current spending levels, would also block funding for EPA climate regulations through the end of ..

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Lawmakers Edge Closer to Possible Agreement on Federal Budget Bill

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

Such provisions have been included in the GOP FY 2011 CR budget bill (HR 1), which the House passed in February. Although Democratic leaders on Tuesday indicated that they are willing to consider some of the policy-based non-spending provisions in HR 1 ..

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2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

While HR 1 was a strong statement about our commitment to cutting federal spending, simply taking the ax to government programs without careful consideration of the consequences is risky. We need to take a hard look at the least effective government ...

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No time to abandon investment in clean energy

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

Separately, a cross-section of 34 renewable energy CEOs wrote a letter to House and Senate leaders pointing out that cutting funds now (as proposed in HR 1, the House-passed Continuing Resolution) would pull the rug out from companies that have already ..

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Open thread for night owls: 'Intersectionality' on the left

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

[The poor] are—once again—under attack, this time in the House budget bill, HR 1. The budget proposes cuts in the WIC program (which supports women, infants and children), in international food and health aid (18 million people would be immediately ..

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More than 600 groups oppose elimination of State and Tribal Wildlife Grants ...

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

Attached to this e-mail and posted below is a letter from over 600 organizations and businesses sent to members of Congress opposing the elimination of the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program in HR 1, the House-passed Continuing Resolution. ...

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The Republicans Lack the Seriousness to Govern

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

The legislation basically says that if the Senate doesn't pass a satisfactory budget act before April 6, HR 1 would automatically become a law. First, HR 1 was the House budget bill that cut $61 billion from the budget. The Senate subsequently voted i

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2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

Just to clarify, Cantor mistakenly declared in a press conference yesterday that if the Senate does not pass a budget before the continuing resolution expires, HR 1, the appropriations bill passed by the House on February 19, 2011, would become the law ..

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2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

The nearly $1 billion in reductions contained in HR 1, the House version of the complete fiscal 2011 spending bill, create "uncertainty" about ongoing arsenal life-extension programs, multibillion-dollar infrastructure projects and decisions abo

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Obama Administration: GOP Cuts Would Kill 70000 Kids

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

Fighting for spending cuts

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

More than a month ago the House passed HR 1, a long-term funding bill that cuts billions of dollars in unnecessary government spending while keeping the government running through September. This budget legislation, which is necessary because the ...

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2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

The House Republican spending plan for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 — HR 1 — includes many economically counterproductive cuts that will lead to job loss and stunted growth. One of these is a provision rescinding ...

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Feeding America Urges Congress to Protect Safety Net Programs for Seniors

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

“We estimate, and I believe these are very conservative estimates, that HR 1 would lead to 70000 kids dying.” “Of that 70000, 30000 would come from malaria control programs that would have to be scaled back specifically. The other 40000 is broken ou

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Audubon's Chapter Network Sends Unified Message to Capitol Hill

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

The extreme and reckless bill completed by the House, HR 1, devastates many of the programs funded by Congress that help provide for clean air, clean water, and vital natural areas for birds, wildlife and people. These programs are important to all ...

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2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

HR 1, the spending bill the House of Representatives passed, includes dozens of these riders. Here are 10 riders conservatives slipped into HR 1 for reasons completely independent of deficit reduction. HR 1 would ban any funding used to implement the ...

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HR 1 Will Hurt Middle-Class Americans

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

The spending bill passed by the House, known as House Resolution 1, or HR 1, for fiscal year 2011 ending September 30, would slash funding for a wide range of activities that middle-class families rely on—services such as inspections of food, drugs, ...

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USAID head tells lawmakers Republican budget would kill 70,000 children

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

US Agency for International Development(USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah delivers remarks at the launch of a Global Partnership on Maternal and Child Health on March 9, 2011 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. (CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP/Getty Images

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USAID: GOP Budget Kills Children

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

Enter link to submit a new story to the Cheat Sheet. Please tell us why you think this would make a good Cheat Sheet story. Your feedback has been sent! We’ve heard of job-killing budget bills, but this is not metaphorical: The head of the U.S. Agency fo

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Budget Deal? Sounds Like Another Attack in the Ongoing Class War...

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

MoveOn reports that Congress may be close to striking a deal on the budget approving something very like H.R.1, the House Bill proposed by the pro-corporatist, anti-populist Republican majority to strip funding for most of the post-World War II programs

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Federal budget cuts would hurt hunting, fishing

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

Representatives from prominent sportsmen groups held a telephone conference on Wednesday to answer reporters' questions and offer their unique perspective on the proposed budget cuts included in HR 1, which was passed by the US House of Representative

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NUNNELEE: If Senate Doesn't Act, HR 1 Becomes Law of the Land

2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

The bill provides that if the Senate fails to pass a measure by April 6, 2011, then HR 1 (as passed by the House on February 19, 2011) would become law. Also, in the event of a government shutdown, Members of Congress and the President would stop ...

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2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

You can't deem-and-pass without the Senate

2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

“The bill then says if the Senate does not act, then HR 1 [the House-passed bill that cuts $61 billion] will be the law of the land. In addition to that, it says that if all else fails, and the Senate brings about a shutdown, then members ...

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Durbin Asks National Urban League to Support Effort to Protect Students and ...

2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

They have passed a budget plan – HR 1 -- that cuts $100 billion from the budget over the next six months. We agree that America's deficits and our growing national debt are serious problems. We are now borrowing 40 cents for every dollar we spent ..

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Hundreds of Scientists Denounce Congress' Attempt to Undermine Endangered ...

2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

The Senate is now considering its version of the House's Continuing Resolution for Fiscal Year 2011 (HR 1), which includes language that would take the gray wolf off the endangered species list. The lone rider on the Senate version contains similar ..

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House cuts leave volunteers reeling

2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

The US House of Representatives recently passed HR 1, a bill that eliminates funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that runs AmeriCorps. Although the US Senate rejected HR 1, Congress is still ...

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The Note: Who's Shutdown Is It? Democrats, GOP Agree On One Thing: The Blame Game

2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

All three representatives voted for HR 1, which included cuts in funding for cancer research. The advocacy group said the ads are a part of “continuing efforts to hang the misguided budget priorities in HR 1 around Republicans' necks. ...

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2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

At issue are not only the draconian spending cuts the House conservatives rammed through in their version of the spending bill, known as a Continuing Resolution (HR 1), but also the 19 anti-environment riders– provisions that do not save the government

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2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

In the article, Bittman explains that the fasting protest is in response to House budget bill HR 1, which proposes cuts in WIC, a program that “supports women, infants, and children, [and] international food and health aid (18 million people would be ..

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2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

WASHINGTON, DC - At a press conference with Republican leaders yesterday, Speaker John Boehner (R-West Chester) highlighted the fact that it's been 38 days since the House passed HR 1 and Senate Democrats still have not passed a bill of their own to .

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2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

The policy riders were included in the House-passed continuing resolution spending bill (HR 1) for fiscal year 2011. Lawmakers in recent weeks have been unable to reach a compromise on the amount of spending cuts to health care and other programs in ...

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2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

If passed, HR 1 would slash funding for all manner of transportation projects. That means fewer highway miles repaved, fewer new roads and bridges, and less frequent bus and train service. By Michael Linden | March 30, 2011 The first decade of the 21st ..

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Mr. President, to Create a Clean Energy Future, First Tell Congress No Free Pass for Inefficient Cars and Dirty Coal

2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

President Obama today renewed his call to move America forward by reducing our dependence on imported oil and dirty coal at a Georgetown University speech. Meanwhile at the other end of town, Members of Congress are working overtime to move us backward b

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Worst. Spin. Attempt. Ever.

2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

Really silly budget showdown strategy: the House is apparently going to pass a "Government Shutdown Prevention Act" that says that a shutdown would be a really, really, bad thing...while also enacting the House-passed H.R. 1, which means that the Senate

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House GOP: We don't need no stinkin' Senate

2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

Eric Cantor, a member of the House Republican leadership, suggested this morning that the House will pass a measure mandating that a House spending bill will become law if the Senate does not pass a spending bill of its own by next week. How would that

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House plans symbolic budget vote as pressure on Senate mounts

2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

From NBC's Shawna Thomas and Carrie Dann With frustration mounting at the Senate’s failure to pass a long-term federal budget bill, House Republicans are planning another symbolic vote this week in the attempt to force the upper chamber to propose a viab

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2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

In February, the House of Representatives passed the bill known as HR 1, which calls for cuts of up to 25 percent of Head Start's budget. In March the Senate failed to pass the bill, but could not agree on an alternative measure that would maintain ..

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Scott Brown needs to explain himself on HUD

2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

The first was on the HR 1 bill, otherwise known as the Tea Party's version of the budget, and it called for gutting HUD. When it came to the Senate Appropriations Committee bill, which had the support of a HUD tenants' group, Brown voted NO. ...

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US Sen. Harkin: Highlights Republicans' dangerous plan to end Social Security ...

2011-03-29T20:00:00Z

HR 1, the House Republican's spending plan for the rest of this year also calls for draconian cuts to the Social Security Administration's administrative expenses, which could lead to delays in the distribution and processing of benefits. ...

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2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

But, instead of focusing on rebuilding the economy, House Republicans have unleashed an extreme ideological attack on America's women and working families with HR 1, the first bill they introduced this Congress. The House-passed bill slashed critical

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Shutdown Showdown: Blame Game Already Underway, But Will Government Really ...

2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

The Constitution stipulates that spending bills must originate from the House of Representatives, but the Senate could take up HR 1 again (which – depending how you look at it - cut $61 billion from FY2011 spending levels or $100 billion compared to ...

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2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

Originally proposed as part of a Republican spending bill (HR 1), the cut would reduce the maximum Pell Grant award by $845 and eliminate the college aid program altogether for an estimated 10000 students nationwide. "This is just another example of

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2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

Opinionator: Why We're Fasting

2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

Who are — once again — under attack, this time in the House budget bill, HR 1. The budget proposes cuts in the WIC program (which supports women, infants and children), in international food and health aid (18 million people would be immediately cut .

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2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

House Republican leaders had agreed to come down from HR 1, and meet us halfway. We could see light at the end of the tunnel." He added, "But suddenly, at the end of last week, the House Republicans did a strange thing. They pulled back from the

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'Index' says independent elderly are falling short

2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

tool goes here Now we know: It costs $21,492 a year for an elderly renter to live independently in Washington state. It's easier to get by in Spokane, much tougher in Seattle. But for many, retirement incomes fall short of meeting what they need to re

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America's Health V. Polluters: Which Side Will the U.S. Senate Pick?

2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

Riddled with riders that create environmental loopholes that trash decades of bi-partisan protection for clean air, clean water and our natural resources, HR 1 is a serious threat to the health and well-being of American families, our economy and our ...

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2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

Look at their proposals, look at HR 1,” Mr. Reid said before a crowd of supporters on Capitol Hill. The cuts to Social Security are administrative; they don't change entitlements and they don't change money on hand. But what they do affect is th

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2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

When House Republicans offered our baseline of $100 billion in cuts - HR 1 - Democrats scoffed at the legislation, killing it in the Senate. Since then, 36 days have passed with no real solutions offered by Democrat leadership. ...

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2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

An amendment to spending bill HR 1 to disallow federal funding for Planned Parenthood, and its affiliates, was adopted in the US House of Representatives last month with a 240-185 vote, the majority of yeas coming from Republicans. ...

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Statement By Robert Hurt On The One Year Anniversary Of The Health Care Law

2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

Additionally, we have voted to repeal the onerous 1099 reporting provision that burdens our small businesses and to prohibit funding to implement the law when we passed HR 1. "The House has acted on the message sent by Central and Southside Virginian

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The Hartford City Council Passes a Resolution to Defund the War(s)

2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

Councilman Luis Cotto called that position inconsistent on March 22, pointing out that both men had supported a statement passed by the council in February that called for opposition to HR 1, a measure passed by the US Congress that stripped federal ...

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Aid group to see leadership changes

2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

If HR 1, the House-passed bill to fund the government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, were to become law, funds for the Feed the Future would be cut dramatically. The Obama administration created the Feed the Future initiative in reaction to the ..

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Budget Paralysis and the New Middle East

2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

Even if paralysis is somehow averted, the needed resources may not be available if the final budget resolution resembles the framework advanced by the House of Representatives under HR-1. A government shutdown would essentially halt our ability to ...

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HANYS Urges Members to Show Support for NIH Funding

2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

HR 1, the House-passed spending measure for the remainder of the current fiscal year would cut NIH funding by $1.6 billion (5.3%) below the FFY 2010 level, undermining critical support for medical research and negatively impacting New York's academic

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2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

Rep. McDermott: GOP Cuts To Anti-Poverty Programs Are 'Morally Wrong' And ...

2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

Republicans want their spending bill — HR 1 — to “serve as a starting point for all negotiations” (even though Democrats have now upped the amount of spending cuts they're willing to pass, alongside zero concessions from Republicans). As we

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2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

LEGISLATIVE WATCH: Aging budget gets downsized

2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

I attended the Aging and Disability Services Division budget hearing on March 16 and I wasn't too surprised to hear that services for the elderly provided by community-based volunteer organizations would once again be cut — even though they keep seniors

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2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

I was excited to hear that HR 1, the continuing resolution funding the federal government, and the collective bargaining agreement between NFL owners and players were both expected to expire on March 4. I had a vision of President Barack Obama acting ...

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Federal funding cuts for many services offered through Planned Parenthood

2011-03-28T20:00:00Z

Alaska Sen. Murkowski says Planned Parenthood funding fight isn't over

2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

Conservatives in Congress say they want to wipe out all federal spending for Planned Parenthood because it is a leading abortion provider. Supporters of the organization in Alaska say that will hurt women who go to its clinics for other care including ca

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2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

Weeks prior, the Senate held two ceremonial votes -- one on the Republican's preferred package (HR 1), which contains roughly $60 billion in cuts relative to the current spending levels, and the other on the Democrat's preferred approach, ...

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2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

Other Republicans have vowed that the next CR will include provisions to block funding for the reform law and Planned Parenthood, which were both included in the House-passed FY 2011 CR spending bill (HR 1). Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev. ...

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GOP moving the needle on Pledge-O-Meter

2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

Language to fulfill the promise was inserted in HR 1, the "Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011." Specifically, a provision in the bill says, "There are hereby rescinded all unobligated balances remaining available as of February

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2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

Look at their proposals, look at HR 1.” If one looks at HR 1, the House's budget bill that the Senate nixed earlier this month, one finds that while the Social Security Administration does get walloped with cuts to discretionary spending -- a hefty

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Government Funding Talks Devolving Into Widespread Recriminations

2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

Opinion: Don't let Congress derail workforce training programs

2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

HR 1 is a draconian act that would have zeroed-out funding for workforce investment programs starting July 1, local programs that are helping residents get back to work and providing Silicon Valley businesses with a skilled workforce that is essential ...

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2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

"The first bill Congress passed this year, HR-1, is really rough on hungry and poor people," he said. "It would throw 200000 children off Head Start. This doesn't make any sense for us in the long haul, to deprive low-income kids the ch

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2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

Daily Media Spotlight -- March 28

2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

He said he assumes House leaders will present the $61 billion in cuts in HR 1 to the Senate once again and offer a short-term alternative. 'We'll do the same thing, but make it more explicit: Here is what we'd like, and here is $2 billion in c

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2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

The Senate is the Next Battlefield in the Campaign to Undo the FCC's Net ...

2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

House Resolution (HR) 1 – their Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year – forbade the FCC from spending any money on imposing Net Neutrality. Sec. 4006. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used

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2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

CAA awaits possible budget cuts

2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

A recent resolution, HR 1, threatened to eliminate the operating budget of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), an independent federal department that administers programs like those at the CAA. The resolution was eventually voted ..

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Lawmakers Issue Bipartisan Call to Protect Nuclear Agency Funding

2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

However, the agency was subject to "across-the-board reductions" in appropriations under the proposed HR 1, the complete House fiscal 2011 spending bill, which were applied across all department programs "regardless of mission. ...

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2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

Alaska Sen. Murkowski says Planned Parenthood funding fight isn't over

2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

Federal budget cuts could have deep impact in Minn.

2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

“The priorities represented by the proposed cuts in HR 1 and the enacted cuts for the wealthy are upside-down,” the CBPP said in its analysis, which includes a state-by-state breakdown of cuts in selected areas. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-St. Paul, agreed

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Hinchey Decries GOP Proposal to Reduce Pell Grant Funding

2011-03-27T20:00:00Z

Continuing Resolution HR 1, the House Republicans' budget proposal, would reduce the maximum Pell Grant award by $845 for millions of students and eliminate the college aid program altogether for an estimated 10000 students nationwide, according to Th

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2011-03-26T20:00:00Z

The House of Representatives has recently expressed its own opposition to the extra engine in its passage of HR 1 including the adoption of the Rooney Amendment which removed all fiscal 2011 funding for this program. In addition, funding for the extra ...

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2011-03-26T20:00:00Z

“It has now been 34 days since the House passed HR 1,” Mr. Boehner said Friday. “At no point in the 34 days since the House acted have the Democrats who run the Senate and the White House put forward a credible, long-term plan to resolve their budge

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Federal Budget Cuts Could Leave National Weather Service Damaged

2011-03-26T20:00:00Z

HR 1 which is still being debated in the senate strips $126 million in funding from the National Weather Service which is apart of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Agencies such as the National Hurricane Center in Miami, ...

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2011-03-26T20:00:00Z

The cuts are contained in a single sentence of a 380-page appropriations bill (HR 1) that proposes a $61 billion reduction from current spending levels. … [L]egislators singled out BER by capping its spending for the year at $302 million. ...

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2011-03-26T20:00:00Z

“On February 19, 2011, the House of Representatives passed the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 (HR 1), which would fund the government through the end of FY 2011”, he reminded. Conard pledged to Azerbaijani Diaspora that he will keep i

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Willoughby: HB 1264 pits access vs. enforcement

2011-03-26T20:00:00Z

On a larger scale, Field and Stream magazine conservation editor Bob Marshall's March 14 blog unveils the significant flaws in the Republican plan known as "HR 1." "How the Budget Bill will Decimate Conservation," should be require

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House cuts leave volunteers reeling

2011-03-26T20:00:00Z

Student aid, research cuts hurt US leadership role

2011-03-26T20:00:00Z

Yet, in seeking the worthy aim of deficit reduction, the House's year-long Continuing Appropriations Resolution, HR 1, would take the country pointedly and dangerously in that direction. The maximum Pell grant, which supports the most disadvantaged ..

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2011-03-25T20:00:00Z

They've left Republicans open to some familiar attacks. In a floor speech, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the bill was crafted in a "mad rush" without proper scrutiny, and he took a dig at its length. "How many pages ar

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Back and forth escalates over state of budget negotiations

2011-03-25T20:00:00Z

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) added his own statement on Friday night and said no progress had been made at all since the GOP majority in the House passed its budget plan, HR 1, which has little hope of passing in the Democrat-controlled ...

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2011-03-25T20:00:00Z

Karen O'Dell, Senior Companions, said senior programs aimed at assisting seniors to live on their own are in serious jeopardy if cuts included in HR 1 pass. Calling it “catastrophic” for the area, O'Dell said. RSVP and Senior Companions progra

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Rehberg says state needs more than one senator

2011-03-25T20:00:00Z

HR 1, worked on by the appropriations committee, featured large cuts to such programs as Nutritional Support for women and infants ($747 million), the National Endowment for the Arts ($20.5 million), Food and Drug Administration ($241 million) and Head ..

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Guest essay: Cuts to student aid will be devastating

2011-03-25T20:00:00Z

That bill (HR 1) — which calls for cuts to the Pell Grant program and others — will be devastating to our country's low-income students. At Keuka College, we are already packaging aid for our low-income students, many of whom have made deposits an

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Rehberg's obstruction of EPA disappointing

2011-03-25T20:00:00Z

He recently voted for an amendment to HR 1, the continuing resolution, that would prevent EPA from regulating mercury pollution from cement plants, a significant source of the toxin. Considering Rehberg's 2010 work to delay enforcement of EPA's le

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Skip banquets, challenge congressmen to protect future of hunting, fishing

2011-03-24T20:00:00Z

Get them to contact their members of Congress - especially if they're Republicans - and deliver a simple message: If you vote for the cuts in fish, wildlife and environmental regulations that were contained in HR-1, I'm voting for someone else nex

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Congressional budget cuts put recreational fishing programs at risk

2011-03-24T20:00:00Z

The US House of Representatives recently passed the FY 2011 Continuing Resolution Appropriations Bill, HR 1, to address the federal budget for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year. The bill, which is currently being considered in the Senate, ...

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CAGW Names Senator Harry Reid Porker of the Month

2011-03-24T20:00:00Z

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), which allots a small part of its $146 million budget to the festival, was defunded under HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing Resolution for fiscal year 2011, which Sen. Reid helped defeat in the Senate. ...

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Report: Cuts to global family-planning aid could mean more unwanted ...

2011-03-24T20:00:00Z

Should the US House GOP proposal to cut family-planning funding, as laid out in the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, or HR 1, pass, international recipients of family-planning aid will likely see high ...

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ASA concerned about budget cuts to ag

2011-03-24T20:00:00Z

The proposed reduction of $5.2 billion for these programs and budgets in HR 1 represents 22.4 percent of current-year spending, more than twice the 9.2 percent cut proposed for overall domestic discretionary spending." ASA is urging Congress to take

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2011-03-24T20:00:00Z

Sue Myrick's Statement On H.R.1

2011-03-24T20:00:00Z

US Representative Sue Myrick (NC-09) voted today to save American taxpayers over $100 billion compared to the President's FY 2011 budget request by voting in favor of HR 1, also known as the Continuing Resolution. These cuts bring non-security ...

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New Republic: In Libya, Mosquito Nets Or Missiles?

2011-03-24T20:00:00Z

Funding for global health initiatives has become a rhetorical issue in the debate over military action in Libya. Paying to fight malaria almost surely saves more lives, at less cost, than paying to fight Gadhafi. If we're so reluctant to write checks for

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2011-03-24T20:00:00Z

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

This January, the newly-elected Republican majority of the House of Representatives voted to approve HR 1, described by the League of Conservation Voters as “the most anti-environmental piece of legislation in decades. ...

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2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

S. House bill (HR 1) that would block the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from reducing dangerous air pollution from power plants. Air pollution is known to exacerbate asthma and other chronic respiratory diseases. Statewide, data shows that ...

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2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

And here's some of Boxer's comments during her presser Wednesday on HR 1, the House Republicans' proposed budget. She said it would slash not only Planned Parenthood health care -- but cut funding for the Environmental Protection Agency and la

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2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

Bishop Defends Health Law

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

The Republican resolution, HR-1, Mr. Bishop said, “cuts $61 billion, but is not a serious effort to reduce the deficit.” Non-defense discretionary spending, he continued, is the only slice of the federal budget on the chopping block, ...

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2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

“The House of Representatives has recently expressed its own opposition to the extra engine in its passage of HR 1 including the adoption of the Rooney Amendment which removed all fiscal 2011 funding for this program. In addition, funding for the extra

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2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

Harkin criticizes Head Start cuts during Iowa City tour

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

Sen. Tom Harkin, visiting the Head Start center in Iowa City on Thursday, denounced a bill that could eliminate 1,800 Head Start positions for children across the state. The Democratic senator called the potential cuts to the program Âtotally unacceptabl

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Hensarling talks debt, spending at meeting

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

“Last month, we sent the Senate HR 1 – a bill that cuts $61 billion from current spending and keeps the government running through the end of the year,” he said. “Senate Democrats rejected our plan, offering instead a plan that calls for less than

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Federal Budget Battle Could Jeopardize Funds for Many Health Centers

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

Last month, the House approved a GOP continuing resolution (HR 1) spending bill for fiscal year 2011, which included a provision to eliminate $1.3 billion that had been reserved for community health centers (California Healthline, 2/22). ...

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Noon = Doom for GE's F136; GE Strikes Back

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

Letter: Eliminating national service programs will cost Michigan $28 million

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

In an effort to address this issue, the US House of Representatives recently passed HR 1, a bill that would eliminate billions from the current budget, thus eliminating various federally-funded programs across the country. Included in the elimination ...

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Don't cut Pell Grants

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

The US House of Representatives voted 235 to 189 on Feb 19 to approve a continuing resolution (HR 1) that would cut the maximum 2011-2012 Pell Grant award by $845 (15 percent). This would mean a reduction in awards for some, and loss of Pell ...

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Continuing resolution is small piece of picture

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

Asian groups blast House budget cuts in Flushing

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

The bill, which has been dubbed HR-1 and has been rejected by the US Senate, proposes billions of dollars in total cuts to services, such as food programs, childcare and senior centers, health services and housing assistance programs. ...

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Oppose medical research cuts

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

I am writing to our US senators to vote against the Senate version of HR 1. This legislation includes $100 billion in spending cuts, including cuts to vital health and epilepsy programs. As someone who cares deeply about epilepsy, I am very concerned ...

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Los Angeles residents protest federal budget cuts

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

The rally came after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed HR 1, a measure designed to impose sweeping budget cuts that would affect a broad range of health and social services and trim significant funding for environmental issues. ...

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2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

Pimp My Riders

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

North Carolina didn't vote for dirtier air

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

The bill — HR 1, referred to as the "Continuing Resolution" — was a dangerous-enough attack on our health and environment when it was introduced. It threatened the health of North Carolina's children, elderly citizens and other vulnerabl

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Senior advocates fear consequences of proposed federal budget cuts

2011-03-23T20:00:00Z

The recently House-passed HR #1 spending bill would be devastating to local seniors, advocates say. (more) By Chris Pollone BIRMINGHAM, Ala-- People who help the elderly find jobs, volunteer opportunities and skills training say proposed cuts to the ...

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2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

Then in February, House Republicans passed, with my support, HR 1, which contained several bipartisan provisions intended to severely limit the President's ability to implement and fund ObamaCare. We passed HR 4 in March, to repeal the job-destroying

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2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

Congressman Renacci also voted for HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011, which included amendments to prohibit funds to implement ObamaCare in FY2011 and to pay the salaries of federal employees carrying out provisions of ...

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2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

But Boxer said the type of housing voucher program for homeless vets that helped Lee would be gutted by HR 1, House Republicans' budget bill. Passed by the House on Feb. 19 on a 235-189 vote, HR 1 would quickly cut more than $60 billion mostly from ..

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2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

Clean Tech Washington Update: Important Action Items As A 2011 Budget Draws Near

2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

... narrow window of opportunity to ensure that the adopted 2011 budget does not contain a provision that was proposed in the fiscal year 2011 House Appropriations Bill, HR 1, that rescinds certain funding supporting clean tech companies and investors. ..

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2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

Brown said in a statement] The reporting has confused the provision of HR 1 that zeroes out Title X for the rest of the fiscal year (on which MCFL has taken no position), with the Pence Amendment, which does NOT reduce funding for Title X but which ...

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Fitzpatrick fighting Washington waste

2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

HR 1, which Fitzpatrick supported, provides $6.505 billion for WIC. That is a reduction of $747 million from the current spending level. The HR 1 level for WIC is $484.8 million above the $6.020 billion appropriated for WIC in fiscal year 2008. ...

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Alert: Washington Set to Make Our Food and Water Less Safe

2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

The original Republican proposal (House Resolution 1, or HR 1) for cutting the current FY 2011 federal budget would cut the budget for US Department of Agriculture (USDA) meat inspections by $88 million, and would return funding for the Food and Drug ...

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2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

On January 19th, the House passed HR 2, the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act. A month later, several amendments were included in HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act for FY 2011 to prevent certain provisions from being ...

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2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

Boxer fires back against GOP budget plan

2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

Legislative Watch March 23, 2011

2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

On 3/9 the Senate rejected HR 1, the House-passed spending proposal for FY 2011, by an almost party-line vote of 44-56. As discussed in the last edition of Legislative Watch, the bill would cut the Environmental Protection Agency budget by about 30 ...

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Iowa programs face reduced federal funding, possible elimination under ...

2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

An estimated 2000 Iowa children will lose access to child care under the proposed HR 1 federal budget cuts. Michael Petit, president of Every Child Matters Education Fund, said 29 state programs will ...

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Villaraigosa to Lead Protest Against Federal Budget Cuts

2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

Mayor Villaraigosa will join local Congressional leaders and celebrity activists at a rally opposing federal budget cuts at Federal Plaza downtown this afternoon. Organizers are expecting thousands to attend the 2:30 p.m. protest and rally against H.R.1,

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Family advocates: State budget cuts will hurt children most

2011-03-22T20:00:00Z

Frank Guinta and Charlie Bass voted in February for HR 1, which included the $61 billion in budget cuts for the 2011 federal budget. The resolution passed the Republican controlled House on a 235-189 vote. On Tuesday Bass said, "We need to curb the .

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2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

According to Senator Patty Murray, the proposal, which is included in the Republican spending bill, HR 1 would cut one-third of the funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which would force layoffs to an agency that polices ...

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2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

Believe it or not, according to a column in Personal Financial Bulletin today, your calls to local poison control call centers may go unanswered if Measure HR 1 becomes law. Measure HR 1 aims to cut $27 million (93 percent) of current funding from the ...

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Unprecedented spending cuts from Congress

2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

I have voted to cut over $100 billion from the President's fiscal year 2011 budget (HR 1). I also voted for HR 72, a bill that directs committees to review federal agency rules and regulations that may unfairly harm the ability to create jobs and grow

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Students Rally Against Education Cuts

2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

The Republicans' plan, HR 1, which passed in the House last month but later failed in the Senate, contains billions in cuts to federal education spending. In all, the measure would shred the current budget by $61 billion, with all of the reductions ..

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2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

Continuing resolution is small piece of picture

2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

Republican budget cuts service programs

2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

Contact your Congressperson or Senator and ask them to "reject the version of HR 1 that passed the House." Attend a Town Hall meeting and vocalize your concerns. Write a Letter to the Editor. I'm contractually obligated to write that I am no

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KPCW awaits US Senate vote (again)

2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

After HR 1, which would have hacked funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting died in the US Senate last month, the Republican-dominated House of Representatives came up with a new plan to pull funding ..

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Hoyer Calls $100 Billion in Cuts to $3.7 Trillion Budget ‘A Meat-Axe Approach’

2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer of Md., speaks to supporters at an election night party in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Arlington, Va. (CNSNews.com) – Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the House Democratic whip, criticized Re

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Video: Bishop Addresses Proposed Federal Cuts at Port Jeff Chamber Meeting

2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

Editor Lon Cohen: Heard some news you want us to check out? Let me know: Lon.Cohen@patch.com Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Tim Bishop spoke about proposed spending cuts in the Federal budget at the Port Je

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2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

House approves amendment that blocks EPA funding

2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

466 to HR 1, the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution (CR). The House passed the amendment on Feb. 19. contributed To stay updated on Texas legislation, visit www.capitol.state.tx.us. "The EPA is attempting to put the energy sector in Southeast Tex

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In poison emergencies, who'll answer your call?

2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

Measure HR 1 would cut $27.3 million, or about 93%, of federal funding for poison control centers across the United States. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives, but rejected by the Senate on March 9. Congressional leaders now need to ...

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LEGISLATIVE WATCH: HR 1 programs not out of the woods yet

2011-03-21T20:00:00Z

With so much happening here legislatively, sometimes it's difficult to keep up with what's happening in Wash ington DC, some of which is quite frightening. For 31⁄2 days, I anxiously watched a debate on HR1 because it contained language ...

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2011-03-20T20:00:00Z

Due to the passage of HR 1, nine million low-income students across America face up to an $845 cut to their individual Pell Grants. More stunningly, HR 1 calls for outright kicking 1.7 million students off of the Pell Grant program altogether. ...

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2011-03-20T20:00:00Z

The Right's Divide

2011-03-20T20:00:00Z

He shoots down any suggestion that political considerations should take precedence over good policy — which includes the controversial riders in HR-1 — given the urgency of the fiscal situation. “Republican always play this game, 'We'll just

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2011-03-20T20:00:00Z

Congress Is Home. Will The Members Be Held Accountable?

2011-03-20T20:00:00Z

The House-passed bill to fund the government for the entire year, HR 1 was the most anti-environmental bill ever before Congress, which I blogged on before the Senate vote. Besides the questionable defunding of domestic discretionary programs, ...

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What Are They Thinking?

2011-03-20T20:00:00Z

HR 1, the continuing resolution for which Speaker Boehner continues to praise, would slash funding for NOAA's weather and other disaster forecast systems. It would leave enough money in NOAA to keep the actual tsunami buoys already deployed in place,

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WCIV-TV | ABC News 4Rep. Scott to hold town hall meeting

2011-03-20T20:00:00Z

At the same time, full consideration and enactment of HR 1 remains our primary objective," Scott said. "To truly get our fiscal house in order, we need a long term strategy that reforms our entitlement programs." Doors will open for the eve

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Education funding should have bipartisan support

2011-03-20T20:00:00Z

Letter: Potential cuts to health programs troubling

2011-03-20T20:00:00Z

By Community Voice | Saginaw News Letters I am writing to urge our senators to vote against the Senate version of HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act. This legislation includes $100 billion in spending cuts, including cuts to vital health ..

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Save Workforce Development Funding

2011-03-20T20:00:00Z

Yet the US House of Representatives recently passed the House Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Appropriations bill, HR 1, which completely zeros out all funding for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth state and local employment ..

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Cuts to student aid would be devastating

2011-03-20T20:00:00Z

That bill (HR 1) — which calls for cuts to the Pell Grant program and others – will be devastating to our country's low-income students. At Keuka College, we are already packaging aid for our low-income students, many of whom have made deposits an

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2011-03-20T20:00:00Z

Simpson included language in HR 1, legislation continuing operations for the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year, to overturn Judge Molloy's decision and return management of wolf populations in the region to states with approved .

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2011-03-19T20:00:00Z

Not long ago, the Republican-led House passed HR-1, a long-term Continuing Resolution (“CR”) that would fund the government through the end of the current fiscal year. Unfortunately, the Democrat-led Senate voted down that bill and (along with the ...

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2011-03-19T20:00:00Z

Building on their effort to eliminate all funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in their continuing budget resolution (HR 1), today House Republicans voted to approve HR 1076, “Prohibiting Federal Funding of NPR and Use of Federal Funds ..

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2011-03-19T20:00:00Z

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan discusses government spending, Senate race

2011-03-19T20:00:00Z

A:HR 1 (the House-passed spending bill that cuts $61 billion in spending.) That as a team we were able to move that number to more savings for the taxpayers. That was certainly a win. I wouldn't characterize it as a win for RSC; I would characterize i

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Sportsmen's conservation groups need to voice their objections over potential cuts

2011-03-19T20:00:00Z

Some Hanna votes raise conservatives' ire

2011-03-19T20:00:00Z

18 opposing the Pence Amendment to HR 1 — the initial continuing resolution put forth by House Republicans — which would prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds. Hanna voted against the GOP majority on 16 of the amendments to HR 1, ..

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2011-03-18T20:00:00Z

By MBMG03 View Calendar On March 9, the United States Senate defeated HR 1, a bill that used the misleading cover of deficit reduction to push an extreme ideological agenda designed to take health care away from women. However, the budget negotiations ...

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2011-03-18T20:00:00Z

The House-passed 2011 continuing resolution, HR 1, included a $121 million cut to the annual United States Agency for International Development (USAID) budget, which would amount to a 9 percent funding hit. The State Department has pushed back against ...

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2011-03-18T20:00:00Z

APA organizations urge rejection of budget cuts

2011-03-18T20:00:00Z

The current budget proposal known as the “Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, HR 1” will significantly impact Southeast Asian American communities and families if passed. HR 1 has already passed in the House and is currently in the Senate awaitin

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2011-03-17T20:00:00Z

Instead, House Republicans went through the dance of passing HR 1, to set out a budget for the rest of the year, and then — in effect — held a press conference and told Senate Democrats not to worry about it. FIRST, our viable alternative strategy is

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My Turn: Stop budget hawks' war on the poor

2011-03-17T20:00:00Z

Take a good look at House Resolution (HR) 1, passed by the House on Feb. 19, which cuts, among other programs: Head Start, LIHEAP, Legal Aid, WIC, Pell grants, community health centers and the Community Services Block Grant, which funds poverty relief ...

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Pol: Avoid Shutdown By Trimming Spending

2011-03-17T20:00:00Z

But the spending bill that House Republicans later offered, HR 1, included cuts that went too far, Lipinski said. HR 1 would cost hundreds of thousands of private-sector jobs and slash support for transportation, public safety, the environment, ...

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Republican libertarians' fave Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) explains his 'present ...

2011-03-17T20:00:00Z

Based on those principles, I recently voted in favor of HR 1, which eliminates all federal funding for CPB... I also believe in the Rule of Law; that is, the law should apply equally to persons or entities that are doing the same thing. ...

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2011-03-17T20:00:00Z

State's budget cuts worry college students

2011-03-17T20:00:00Z

Bill Shuster, R-Hollidaysburg, was one of several Pennsylvania legislators who voted for HR 1 on Feb. 19. Should the house spending plan become law, Pennsylvania could lose $176 million in Pell Grant funding, a cut from $923 million to $747 million, ...

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Brown, Senate Majority Leader: Republican Proposal Could Undermine 10000 US ...

2011-03-17T20:00:00Z

However, HUD-VASH is now in jeopardy because House Republicans zeroed out funding for new vouchers in HR 1. HUD-VASH is a key component to ending homelessness among veterans in the next four years. Eliminating funding for this vital lifeline prevents ...

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Higgins, others, oppose cuts to Social Security

2011-03-17T20:00:00Z

Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) joined 124 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker John Boehner which expressed strong opposition for the cuts to Social Security Administration's (SSA) operating budget in HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing ...

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House GOP's Budget Plan Would Kill More Than 5,000 Nebraska Jobs

2011-03-17T20:00:00Z

A few weeks ago, NNN reported on the right-wing extremism demonstrated by Congressmen Lee Terry, Jeff Fortenberry, and Adrian Smith in their votes on the House Republicans' budget plan for the remainder of this fiscal year. That post put particular focu

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Humanitarian groups: Don’t Starve U.S. Aid

2011-03-17T20:00:00Z

The United States must not abrogate its role as the “backbone of worldwide humanitarian response” to earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts and man-made disasters, argues to a letter from leaders of 30 relief groups. The leaders, representing groups from CARE

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2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

Based on those principles, I recently voted in favor of HR 1, which eliminates all federal funding for CPB. I also believe in the Rule of Law; that is, the law should apply equally to persons or entities that are doing the same thing. ...

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2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

Bad vote from Bass ; Jessica O'hare, Concord

2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

Unfortunately, that is exactly what Bass helped bring upon New Hampshire by voting for the outrageously anti-environmental House funding bill (HR 1). Passed under cover of night on Saturday, this bill endangers the health of New Hampshire's children,

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CAGW'S SPENDING CUT ALERT: NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER

2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

submitted an amendment to defund the NDIC in HR 1, which was approved by a vote of 262-169. HR 1 was approved by the House but rejected by the Senate. NDIC's elimination would save taxpayers $44 million in one year and $220 million over five years. ..

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Ukrainian parliament approves its budget for 2011 at nearly Hr 1 billion

2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

A total of 249 MPs out of the 403 registered in the parliament's session hall on Thursday voted for a resolution to approve the parliament's budget for this year. According to the document, the amount of spending on the Verkhovna Rada is Hr 924.36

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GOP Budget Chair Wants More Focus On Job Training, But GOP Plan Slashes Its ...

2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

It's ironic that of all the functions of government, Paul would single out job training and scientific research, since the GOP's spending proposal, HR 1, which Paul voted for, makes drastic cuts to both. HR 1 would cut funding for job training pro

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Will Organized Labor Rally For Science... and Jobs

2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

The budget bill recently approved by the US House of Representatives (HR 1) to fund the federal government for the rest of the 2011 budget year would significantly reduce spending for research and development in an effort to lower federal deficits. ...

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The journey from immigrant to citizen

2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

And at the federal level, the Republicans in the US House of Representatives recently passed HR 1, a draconian budget bill that cuts key funding for the US Citizenship and Immigration Services' Office of Citizenship. It also slashes funds for civic an

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Farm Bureau leaders lobby in nation's capitol

2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

HR 1, the Republican-passed budget plan, would cut 22.4 percent ($5.21 billion) from agriculture-related programs, which is more than double the 10.3 percent cut proposed for overall non-defense discretionary spending. That includes cuts to cooperative ..

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2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

Gensler warns US CFTC can't police swaps without budget increase

2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

Worse, Gensler warned would be the immediate $57 million cut for the 2011 fiscal year envisioned by the Republican-controlled House's HR-1 budget bill. The CFTC is operating on a continuing resolution that assumes a $168.8 million annual budget. ...

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Reed touts spending cuts

2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

He said the most significant accomplishment overall in the House has been the passage of HR 1, which will fund the federal government for the remaining seven months of the fiscal year. The bill cuts $100 billion from what was proposed. ...

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Cuts Threaten to Kill Senior Volunteer Programs

2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Milam, Mills and San Saba Counties – HR 1, the Continuing Resolution for fiscal year 2011 passed by the House of Representatives on February 19, 2011 eliminates funding for the Corporation for National ..

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2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

"And that is precisely the goal of HR 1." House Resolution 1 is the measure that would implement the cuts. The next move is up to Democrats in the Senate, who so far haven't presented a counterproposal. Nonprofits that use the federal funds

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Removing protections for Colo.`s rivers and wetlands

2011-03-16T20:00:00Z

The bill, HR 1, went far beyond its initial purpose of funding the government and became a grab bag of harmful legislative riders that undermine protections for rivers and streams. One of the riders that Coloradans should be most concerned about also ...

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2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

“When Pence announced he would vote against the bill, McCarthy asked why he would vote for HR 1 but not the three-week measure under consideration. Pence said the nation is adding $2 billion in debt each day. But McCarthy pressed on — wanting to know

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Federal update: Congress still without a budget

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

Last week, the Senate defeated both HR 1, the Continuing Resolution passed by the House of Representatives that would cut spending by $61 billion, and the Senate Democratic counter-proposal that would cut federal spending by about $6.5 billion. ...

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2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

Red states show exactly who is going to 'sacrifice' and who is going to 'share'

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

Meanwhile, HR 1 is on the table to do even more damage to rank-and-file Americans. This double-barreled assault gears up without any change in the wage stagnation that has afflicted US workers for all but a handful of the past 30 years. ...

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2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

We can trust the Senate and our president to fight for us and the American values that HR 1 disregards. I also have faith that our community and our nation will eventually rise to overcome the desperate challenge that we now face. ...

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2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

Previously, I voted in favor of HR 1 that would cut $61 billion for the remainder of FY 2011 and it is unfortunate that our colleagues in the Senate have failed to adopt a longer-term funding measure. In order to avoid a government shutdown, ...

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CAGW's Spending Cut Alert: National Drug Intelligence Center

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

DeFazio: USDOT obligates TIGER II grant for Coos Bay line rehab

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

So, he asked the USDOT to expedite the grant approval process due to the House's passage of HR 1, which would “cut certain types of unobligated DOT funding, including the Coos Bay grant,” he said. “The Coos Bay rail line could have lost this gra

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Moran's News Commentary: Republican Budget Cuts Are Harmful

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

This bill follows last month's Republican-sponsored budget, HR 1, which included $61 billion in harmful, drastic cuts. The cuts in HR 1 include important programs that invest in our next generation like Head Start, Women and Infant health care. ...

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Guest View: The journey from immigrant to citizen

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

OVERNIGHT HEALTH: CLASS Act, Medicaid fight looming

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

The House voted to defund the organization in HR 1, but recent short-term stopgap measures have avoided the Planned Parenthood question in the interest of keeping the government running. Read the Healthwatch story. Abortion rights group teams up with ...

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Fighting back against job-destroying GOP spending bill

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

But this budget stands in sharp contrast to the plan outlined by the Majority in HR 1, which includes radical spending cuts that will cost Americans jobs and jeopardize our prospects for economic recovery. To cut the deficit, the Majority could have ...

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Battle on federal spending ongoing

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

On February 19, the House – making good on our “Pledge to America” promise – passed HR 1, a measure to effectively reduce federal spending this year by $100 billion overall, including $61 billion in direct cuts. Last Thursday, the liberal-controll

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Bad vote from Bass

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

US Congressional Committee Debates Development Aid Cuts

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

Shah was asked about a current Republican proposal known as HR-1 - which would take away $120 million from his budget. "The cuts to the humanitarian account and the cuts in HR-1 overall for US aid would be absolutely devastating," he said. ...

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Quotes of the day

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

No more short term CRs

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

03/16/11 03:04 PM ET In HR 1, House Republicans fulfilled part of our promise to the American people. We continued to dismantle Obamacare, cut more than $100 billion and laid a framework for moving away from outrageous, job-destroying spending. ...

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T&I Field Hearings Pick Up Where They Left Off

2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

According to a Transportation Committee staffer, a tentative schedule for the previously postponed field hearings is taking shape. Three hearings were postponed last month when debate ran long (until 4:30 a.m., in fact) on H.R.1, the house bill that cut

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2011-03-15T20:00:00Z

And that agenda is manifested in the Continuing Resolution, HR 1 and the budget approach that they are taking. In fact, in addition to not creating jobs, the Republican initiative is making matters worse. “Many of us have come to the floor to talk ...

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HR 1 still the star of the show in House budget debate

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

House Republicans and Democrats began debate on a three-week spending resolution shortly after noon, but the focus of the debate was HR 1, the complete FY 2011 spending bill approved by the House but rejected ...

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2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

I wanted it to be HR 1. It wasn't. That's fine, because we needed to cut off the funding that's also part of the strategy. Now, the question we have before us is, are we willing to fight? And I don't know that the answer is yes to that. ..

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2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

An attempt by Democrat Earl Blumenauer during the days-long debate on HR 1 to add an amendment restoring was foiled by a procedural point of order. The pending legislation is a stand-alone measure that would slash funding regardless of pending ...

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2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

The Republicans in the House of Representatives have stepped up and made difficult spending decisions in their bill to fund the government, HR 1, which would have reduced spending by $57 billion over the next seven months. A competing bill offered by ...

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2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

Fight looms over Pell Grant cuts

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

Lay was happy that House Resolution (HR) 1, which would have cut the Pell Grant program by $5.6 billion, was defeated in the Senate. Pell Grants are an important source of financial aid for college students. In a phone interview Friday, he said while ...

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Pence to vote against GOP's short-term spending bill

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

He also criticized Senate Democrats for rejecting the House-passed budget, HR 1, that would have cut $61 billion in cuts. "Is it reckless and irresponsible to ask for $61 billion in cuts when the national debt is 230 times that size?" he asked.

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2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

The cuts proposed in the House Bill, HR 1, represent “a devastating attack on the middle class, working families, low-income people, the sick, the elderly and the most vulnerable people in our country,” Sanders declared, and added, “I think a lot of

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GOP is in power, so where are the jobs?

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

Look at legislation since January: HR 1 — the draconian Spending Bill; HR 2 — a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act; HR 3 — Redundant bill repeating what the Hyde Amendment states: that no federal taxes for abortions; HR 4 — Repeal Expansion of

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Committee moves to defund NPR

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

House bill HR 1 -- the Republican House majority's flaship legislation this Congress -- eliminates funding for the Workforce Investment Act, which funds job training for people out of work. Jim Golembeski, executive director of the Bay Area Workforce

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Call for cuts gets louder

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

House bill aims to reduce federal student aid

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

Federal student aid could be on the chopping block if HR 1 passes in the Senate. On Feb.19, the United States House of Representatives passed HR 1 – a bill that would drastically reduce federal student aid and research funding for colleges across the ..

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Workforce development cuts a mistake

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

19, the US House of Representatives passed HR 1, a continuing Resolution to authorize the government to continue operations for the remaining seven months of the current fiscal year, which runs until Sept. 30, 2011. The bill would cut $3.8 billion from ..

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2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

Idea of the Day: House and Senate Spending Plans Differ on Energy Policy

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

The Republican House and the Democratic Senate have developed spending plans for the rest of fiscal year 2011. Both are focused on belt tightening. But they reflect each party’s version of “necessary” and reveal deep-seated differences in values on e

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Rep. Hinchey speaks out against proposed Head Start cuts

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

Hinchey said the cuts were initially proposed as part of a Republican spending bill, HR 1, designed to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. The bill passed the House, but was rejected by the US Senate. A new spending bill must be ...

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NC voters didn't call for dirtier air, more sickness

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

The bill - HR 1, referred to as the "Continuing Resolution" - was a dangerous-enough attack on our health and environment when it was introduced. It threatened the health of North Carolina's children, elderly citizens and other vulnerable po

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Setti for Senate Watch: Warren defends "appalled" tweet

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

appalled that @scottbrownma voted in favor of HR 1 today. This would result in 17000 #jobs lost in MA and slash CDBG by 66% #mapoli#p2 in a phone interview with the TAB Monday afternoon and said that it was not meant to be a political ...

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Fight looms in Congress over Pell Grant cuts

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

US Senate must stop the defunding of the EPA

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

The US House of Representatives recently passed HR 1, a bill that will have dire consequences for all Americans, especially people with lung diseases, including lung cancer, asthma and emphysema. As president/CEO of the American Lung Association in ...

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Call for cuts gets louder

2011-03-14T20:00:00Z

If not for ethanol, gas prices would be even higher

2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

Washington definitely needs to cut spending but must do it wisely and HR 1, the House budget bill that was defeated was anything but wise. It contained two anti-ethanol amendments that would have dealt a blow to America's efforts to expand consumer ..

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2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

Other groups like the Family Research Council and Susan B. Anthony List objected on the ground that the short-term bill included funding for Planned Parenthood, something that the GOP's long-term spending bill, HR 1, would have eliminated. ...

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GAO report highlights 33 areas of duplicate spending

2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

After more than 60 hours of debate in February, the House majority passed HR 1, which included the largest spending cut in modern history. Unfortunately, the White House and the Senate refused to consider the cuts, threatening to shut down the ...

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2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

So, when Republicans took control of the House of Representatives, the first bill they passed, and Kevin should talk about it, it's called HR-1. And it would fund the government for the rest of this fiscal year through the end of September. ...

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2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

ATR Statement of Policy on the Short-Term Continuing Resolution, Expiring April

2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

Practically, the math is identical – cutting $2 billion a week nets the same spending cuts at the end of the fiscal year as the House-passed and widely-supported HR 1, the Republican long-term Continuing Resolution. Short-term CRs have passed the ...

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What George Will Got Right About Teach for America -- and What He Got Wrong

2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

Unfortunately, AmeriCorps and the Social Innovation Fund are both on the chopping block in HR 1, the House appropriations bill, which George Will declines to mention. And if they go, a substantial share of Teach For America's budget will disappear ...

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This Week in Washington: Federal Spending Showdown in Full Swing; Time for ...

2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

Durbin, Kyl and McCarthy on "State of the Union"

2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

Congress: Short-term solutions

2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

“Now that every Democrat has rejected HR-1 and it clearly doesn't have the votes to pass the Senate, the ball shifts to Speaker Boehner. We've put some cuts on the table. We're willing to put more. But they have not said a single place where

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GOP'ers Pledge To Block CR Extension

2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

In a Politico Op-Ed, King said that House leaders refused to include language cutting the bill's automatic funding in its original bill, HR 1, nor was it approved to be tacked on as an amendment. “If we do not slash the Obamacare Gordion knot by ...

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How the Budget Bill Will Decimate Conservation

2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

The reason is “HR 1,” the GOP plan (it got no votes from Democrats) to begin reducing the nation's budget deficit. It takes a deadly axe to fish, wildlife, and sportsmen's programs while leaving unscathed habitat-consuming industries like oil

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Letter: A critical time to protect Pell Grants

2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

HR 1 would cut the maximum Pell Grant by $845 or 15 percent for the 9.4 million students who use them every year. Nationally, 1.7 million students will loose their Pell funding entirely and at NAU, Pell funding will disappear entirely for around 600 ...

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2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

Caught in the middle are South Florida seniors who fear the cuts to the Social Security Administration's budget in legislation (HR 1) that were passed by the Republican-led House of Representatives. "These cuts would put the Social Security ...

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2011-03-13T20:00:00Z

I will not support anything less than HR 1 (the House bill with $61 billion in cuts) as it was sent forward to the Senate. Nor will I support another two week Continuing Resolution. Alexander the Great once stated, 'Fortune favors the bold. ...

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Student aid and research cuts will hurt competitiveness

2011-03-12T19:00:00Z

Yet in seeking the worthy aim of deficit reduction, the House's year-long Continuing Resolution, HR 1, would take the country pointedly and dangerously in that direction. The maximum Pell grant, which supports the most disadvantaged students we have o

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2011-03-12T19:00:00Z

This measure is modeled after our earlier efforts – including HR 1 and the first short-term CR – and cuts spending at a rate of $2 billion per week for the next 3 weeks, resulting in $6 billion in savings for taxpayers. We hope Democrats will again ..

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2011-03-12T19:00:00Z

Speaking of proposed Republican cuts, he said "(t)he mean-spirited bill, HR 1... eliminates the National Endowment of the Humanities, National Endowment of the Arts. These programs create jobs. The National Endowment of the Humanities is the reason w

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A Time for Shared Sacrifice

2011-03-12T19:00:00Z

The corporate media have been very lax in describing the devastating and unprecedented pain that the Republican House passed budget bill, HR 1, would bring about for low and moderate income families. Let me briefly mention just a very few of their cuts ..

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Chuck Schumer Endorses Funding Resolution To Avert Government Shutdown

2011-03-12T19:00:00Z

It takes cuts that Democrats have proposed, cuts that get rid of fat but don't hit into the muscle the way HR 1 did, and it leaves out all these extraneous riders on things like abortion, global warming, other things that would make it far more ...

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2011-03-12T19:00:00Z

LOIS HENRY: Don't kill We the People for the sake of argument

2011-03-12T19:00:00Z

But the program was killed per the budget "continuing resolution" bill HR 1, which passed the House last week and died in the Senate, as everyone knew it would. Representatives are now working on another continuing resolution they hope to pass b

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Financial aid cuts not in nation's best interest

2011-03-12T19:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the cuts included in HR 1 would be devastating to our low-income students. College and university presidents across the country are contacting senators and asking them to exclude cuts to federal financial aid, especially the Pell Grants ...

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Marin Voice: Endangering environmental progress

2011-03-12T19:00:00Z

These proposals are in Continuing Resolution "HR 1," which fortunately failed in the Senate this week. But a handful of extreme Republican ideologues have vowed to continue attaching these anti-environment, anti-California riders to all future b

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2011-03-12T19:00:00Z

Contained in the US House of Representatives' approved bill (HR 1) for the remainder of this year's budget, which included some $61 billion in cuts, was a measure that eliminates approximately $318 million in Title X funding and an amendment that

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American Lung Association Calls For Spending Bill To Protect Public Health

2011-03-12T19:00:00Z

The U.S. House of Representatives failed to protect the public health by passing H.R.1. The American Lung Association applauds the Senate for recognizing this failure, and rejecting this harmful bill. We now call on the House and Senate to work togeth

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American Lung Association Calls For Spending Bill To Protect Public Health

2011-03-12T19:00:00Z

Main Category: Public Health Also Included In: Respiratory / Asthma Article Date: 13 Mar 2011 - 0:00 PST email to a friend printer friendly opinions The U.S. House of Representatives failed to protect the public health by passing H.R.1. The Amer

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Fed funding cuts jeopardize women's health

2011-03-11T19:00:00Z

2011 federal budget negotiations continuing

2011-03-11T19:00:00Z

In its series of votes, the Senate first rejected HR 1, which would reduce FY11 non-defense discretionary spending in FY11 by about $64.0 billion compared to FY10. A Democratic alternative developed by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Inouye, ...

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2011-03-11T19:00:00Z

Funding cuts would affect warning agency

2011-03-11T19:00:00Z

The House GOP plan for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, known as HR 1, includes reductions for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "The nation is in an historic fiscal crisis, and it is imperative that the Congress roll back spendi

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2011-03-11T19:00:00Z

"The mean-spirited bill, HR 1 . . . eliminates the National Endowment of the Humanities, National Endowment of the Arts," said Senator Reid. "These programs create jobs. The National Endowment of the Humanities is the reason we have in nort

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2011-03-11T19:00:00Z

First and foremost, in one of my first votes in Congress, I voted in support of HR 2, the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act. In addition, I voted to defund the health care law on three separate occasions in HR 1 – the Rehberg Amendment #575

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Committee Democrats: NSF and NIST Play Critical Roles in the Nation's Innovation Agenda and Long-Term Growth

2011-03-11T19:00:00Z

(Washington, DC) -The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing today to discuss the Administration's fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget request for research and for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education prog

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School budget crunches can hit arts hard (with video)

2011-03-11T19:00:00Z

The story included information about the cuts proposed for the National Endowment for the Arts in President Barack Obama's proposed budget and in HR 1, the continuing resolution that the US House approved on Feb. 19. According to the story, ...

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$25 million rail project proposed near Kimball

2011-03-11T19:00:00Z

D., said the passage of legislation known as HR 1 — which failed this week in the Senate — would have eliminated the grant. “Cutting the railroad money is typical of the meat-axe approach to cutting government spending in the House bill,” he said

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2011-03-11T19:00:00Z

Nevada Senator Harry Reid and Southern Poverty Law Center founder Morris Dees held a press conference call highlighting the prevalence of hate groups in Nevada and expressing concern at the reckless Republican spending plan (HR 1) to gut the FBI – the .

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2011-03-11T19:00:00Z

2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

WASHINGTON, DC - Officials working for the House Appropriations Committee Friday denied reports that HR 1, the bill to fund government operations for the rest of fiscal year 2011, would hurt the tsunami early-warning system that protects the West Coast ..

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2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

And it probably will, given that all of the proposed cuts were also included in HR 1, the long-term spending bill (seven months, $61 billion in cuts) passed by the House last month. But a number of influential conservative groups have expressed their ...

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2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

Federal Funding Bill Jeopardizes Local Volunteer Organization

2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Waukesha County is in danger of losing all of its funding if the US Senate approves the proposed federal funding bill HR 1, which was approved by the US House of Representatives in February. ...

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2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

AMB gavel Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid cued up this week's centerpiece votes: two competing spending bills for the current fiscal year. The Republican response to the President's budget – aka HR-1 – and the Democrats' response to the

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Government Budgets vs. Reality for Women and Girls

2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

19, the House of Representatives passed the dismal HR 1, proposing myriad cuts on the backs of women and girls. What is the House saying when this is its first bill, focused on slashing health care, nutrition programs, workforce development, ...

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PLC encourages Senate to retain funding blocks

2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

These funding limitations were attached to HR 1, a continuing resolution approved by the US House of Representatives to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year. The CR has now moved to the Senate for consideration. ...

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GOP Pushes Back on EPA Carbon Regulation

2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

Though it failed in the Senate this week, the House Republicans' funding proposal, HR 1, would cut the EPA's budget by nearly a third. In contrast, according to Jackson, the president's 2012 budget request represents a 13 percent reduction fro

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Mark Steyn: Now even cowboys dependent on Washington

2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

"The mean-spirited bill, HR 1 ... eliminates the National Endowment of the Humanities, National Endowment of the Arts," said Sen. Reid. "These programs create jobs. The National Endowment of the Humanities is the reason we have in northern

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2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

Toward Another Stopgap Continuing Resolution

2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

HR 1, the 2012 Fiscal Year proposal recently passed in the House of Representatives, would affect 8 million students nationwide, reducing many students' payments of $5550 by $845. To a student who may have few other options, $845 may be the difference

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Head Start funds in jeopardy

2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

Also up for consideration is HR 1 which if passed would eliminate the local Foster Grandparent program through Head Start. “This would have a real impact on children and families,” said Tazewell. “It will mean loss of jobs and loss of resources. ...

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House Republicans deny spending cuts will hit tsunami warning system

2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

Sebelius Letter Slams House Budget Impact on Medicare Programs

2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

Both the Republican bill—the House bill, HR 1, which cuts spending by $61 billion for the remainder of the year—and the Democratic version, which cuts spending by $4 billion, failed to garner enough votes to pass Wednesday. That sends both sides back

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Local job-search centers may be forced to shut down

2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

The House has "eliminated the work force investment funds completely," Stark said about HR 1, the House bill the Senate voted down Wednesday. "Career centers across the country will probably close completely," Stark said. Each month, m

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2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

While the matter failed in the Senate, the effort to cut funding to Planned Parenthood passed with bipartisan support in the House, through an amendment from Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) to the Fiscal Year 2011 Budget, to HR 1, the long-term ...

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Senators fight for memorial bridge funds

2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

The senators said they had no opportunity to HR 1, and they were told it was a yes or no vote. Another Democrat-backed bill seeking $4 billion in cuts supported by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, DN.H., also failed to garner enough votes. ...

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Protesters object federal proposal to cut women's services, other programs

2011-03-10T19:00:00Z

The proposal she and other protesters opposed, HR 1, contains $60 billion in cuts from last year's spending level. HR 1 passed the House last month, but on Wednesday the Senate rejected the measure. Lawmakers are negotiating a compromise to fund the .

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Pence: GOP needs to 'pick a fight' to defend House spending bill

2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

"If House Republicans want to win this battle, we need to take a stand for the budget cuts and policy changes enshrined in HR 1. That's $61 billion in savings this year, defunding ObamaCare and defunding Planned Parenthood of America. ...

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2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

Rail and federal funding: Obama's FY2012 budget and the proposed FY2011 cuts

2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

Six days after Obama sent his proposal to Congress, the House passed HR 1, a continuing resolution (CR) calling for $61 billion in spending cuts in the current fiscal year. If enacted, the CR would eliminate $3.72 billion in stimulus funds for ...

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Impasse On Fiscal Year 2011 Spending Continues

2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

The Republican plan -- HR 1, the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 passed by the House on February 19, -- failed on a vote of 44 to 56 and a Democratic alternative failed 42 to 58. Sixty votes were required for approval. ...

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Kondracke: Torching America's 'seed corn'

2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

But heedless of the consequences, the House Republicans' fiscal 2011 spending bill, HR 1, slashes funding for federal scientific research and agencies by as much as 33 percent, threatening to furlough thousands of top scientists, stop their work and .

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Today in Congress

2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

The HR 1 charade is over for now. And while Senators will undoubtedly be looking for possible answers behind the scenes tomorrow, what you'll seen on camera is... not much. You'll have to try to find your excitement in the committees. ...

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Budget battle lines drawn

2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

Rob Portman, who voted in support of HR 1, says he agrees with the level of cuts in the resolution, but he wants to maintain the ability to amend the legislation. “Congress is debating the budget for 2011 and there is one thing we agree on and that is .

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Time to Hit the Budget Reset Button

2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

Just yesterday, the Senate defeated HR 1, the House Republicans' scorched-earth spending proposal that sought to cut such critical national priorities as border security, cancer research, and food safety inspectors. The defeat of HR 1 -- and a ...

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2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

Sebelius claims that the House continuing resolution (HR 1) “would seem to” require “that payments to MA [Medicare Advantage] organizations would have to be suspended, risking a significant disruption in services to beneficiaries enrolled in Medicar

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How Illinois Lawmakers voted in Congress

2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

A yes vote was to pass a bill (HR 1) that also raises defense outlays while cutting the homeland-security spending category. Planned Parenthood: Members voted, 240-185, to stop federal funding in fiscal 2011 of Planned Parenthood of America, ...

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2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

Yesterday, the Senate shot down two competing continuing resolutions (“CRs”)—a House proposal (HR 1) and a Senate bill (S. Amdt. 149)—to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year. The failure of these budget proposals means we're ...

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Senate Refuses to Balance the Budget on the Backs of Vulnerable Older Americans

2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Senate has rejected House legislation (HR 1) that would have cut or eliminated programs designed to help older Americans sustain their economic independence and health. "HR 1 includes drastic

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2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

HR 1, the Continuing Resolution for fiscal year 2011 passed by the House of Representatives on February 19, 2011 eliminates funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the programs it administers, including the Retired ...

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Senate Fails to Pass Continuing Resolution

2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

HR 1 funds the federal government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2011 and contains $61 billion in cuts from FY 2010 levels of spending. HR 1 passed the House on a 235–189 vote last month, yet it failed in the Senate by a 44–56 vote. ...

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2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

Rand Paul voted in opposition to HR-1 yesterday, the full-year continuing appropriations act, on the basis of its lack of real action toward defeating our nation's debt crisis. “I can't support spending at this level when we're faced with a

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2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

“I voted for HR 1 because it was an important and necessary step to reach our ultimate goal of passing a budget for the remainder of the fiscal year,” Murkowski said. “The package is clearly not the bill I would have written, but I felt it was ...

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Green light for polluters

2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

The bill, HR 1, referred to as the "Continuing Resolution," was a dangerous-enough attack on our health and environment when it was introduced. It threatened the health of North Carolina's children, elderly citizens and other vulnerable popu

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DN Editorial: Gas pains in Congress as prices rise again | Philadelphia Daily ...

2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

HR 1 - their ransom demand of $61 billion in funding cuts in exchange for keeping the federal government operating past March 18 - includes assaults on public-transportation-safety programs, the infrastructure for a high-speed rail system. ...

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Excerpt from voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein

2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

John Boehner's spokesman, Michael Steel, e-mails to ask whether "the White House is meeting Republicans 'halfway' on spending cuts - as they said again in their Statement of Administration Policy on HR 1 Wednesday - are they going to dest

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2011-03-09T19:00:00Z

WASHINGTON, DC – After casting an 'aye' vote for HR 1, US Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) issued the following statement: "Last year's elections were a resounding repudiation of the status quo with respect to both a lack of fiscal re

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Snowe statement

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

The Senate rejected HR 1, the temporary spending measure that would fund the federal government through Sept. 30 while cutting about $57 billion from current spending levels, setting the stage for a new round of negotiations over how to fund the ...

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2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from South Dakota for his eloquent remarks. He phrased exactly the question before this body on which we are going to be casting two votes within a few minutes, and that is this: Will we or will we not ...

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2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

This CR (HR 1), would eliminate billions of dollars in DOE programs designed to support wind farms, biofuels and other clean-energy technologies. HR 1 also would derail first-ever greenhouse-gas regulations that the Obama administration put in place ...

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2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

Uncle Harry cried, "The mean-spirited bill, HR 1… eliminates the National Endowment of the Humanities, National Endowment of the Arts," said Reid. "These programs create jobs. The National Endowment of the Humanities is the reason we have

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2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

That "continuing resolution," HR 1, seeks to trim billions of dollars from discretionary funding in the federal budget. The House also approved an amendment offered by Pence to the spending bill that cuts all forms of federal funding for Planned

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2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

They cannot stop us from having a vote on HR 1. [the Republican spending bill] We want the American people to know that HR 1 is dead, and we'll get there.” On the floor earlier in the day, Reid accused Republicans of reneging on their earlier agreem

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HUFFPOST HILL - Senate Fails To Pass Budget Measure

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

The House-approved HR 1 failed 44-56 with Mike Lee, Jim DeMint and Rand Paul breaking with their Republican colleagues. The Democratic counter-proposal also failed, 42-58 with Webb, Manchin, Levin, Mark Udall, Hagan, Sanders, Kohl, McCaskill, ...

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2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

FRC Action Condemns U.S. Senate for Opposing House-Approved Continuing Resolution

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

The House-passed resolution (HR 1) contained over 60 billion dollars in spending cuts, including millions of federal dollars to fund abortion giant Planned Parenthood and funds for DC abortions. FRC Action will oppose any additional temporary ...

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'Glenn Beck': Will Congress Hold the Line on Spending?

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

And the expectation is that there will be two proposals, one what you call the paltry $61 billion reduction, HR-1, sent to us in the Senate by the (AUDIO BREAK). And then the even more paltry, $6 billion cut suggested by President Obama and Democratic ...

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Torching America's 'seed corn'

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

When the House of Representatives voted for HR 1, among the $61 billion it cut was $86 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding for public radio and television such as what is found locally on Channel 56 and WDET ...

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2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

The GOP House bill HR 1, which cuts spending by over $60 billion, was defeated by a vote of 44-56. The other, a White House-backed measure that cuts $6.5 billion in spending, failed 42-58. Both required a 60-vote threshold for approval. ...

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Turmoil in the Middle East and the tar sands: What's really at stake?

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

For all the talk in town about cutting our deficit, and good programs being slashed left and right by HR 1 including for fuel efficiency (a big oil saver), the budget bill that passed the House last month contained no cuts to the huge tax subsidies ...

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Schumer's Deficit Reduction Steps: Millionaires Tax, Prevent Corporate Tax ...

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

The Senate will vote today on HR 1, the House Republican spending plan for the remainder of 2011 that guts vital funding for education, job creation, infrastructure, anti-poverty programs, housing assistance, and more. ...

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Sebelius: House Effort To Defund Health Care Law Would Cripple Medicare

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

"If HR 1 were enacted, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would not be able to use CR funds to administer payments based on any rate calculated on the basis of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act -- which is to say virtually

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News Briefs from Around the State

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., railed against the House Republicans' proposed budget bill, HR 1. "I'm not going to stand for further pummeling of the middle class," Mikulski said. About an hour after Mikulski finished speaking, the Senate defe

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2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

House 2011 Budget Cuts: The Impact on Youth

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

The Children's Leadership Council released analysis of the cuts to a number of youth-related programs in HR 1, the bill passed by the House of Representatives to fund the federal government through the end of fiscal 2011. ...

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2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

Energy provisions again help derail US government spending plan

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

Youth Advocates Wage Media Campaign against House Cuts

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

The Children's Leadership Council (CLC) released a report that details the impact of House cuts to youth-related spending in HR 1, a continuing resolution that cuts $57 billion in spending for the remainder of fiscal 2011. ...

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2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

The Administration strongly opposes Senate passage of HR 1, making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. ...

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Floor remarks of Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) — HR 1 continuing resolution

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

Today in Congress

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK On Wednesday, The House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for legislative business and recess immediately. At approximately 11:00 a.m., the House will convene in a Joint Meeting with the Senate for the purpose of receiving an address from The Ho

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Important programs

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

Not only would HR 1 devastate necessary programs, but unemployment rates would also increase. AmeriCorps provides a path for many - including Jumpstart's college students - to afford college, gain professional skills and create pathways for future ...

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2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

The federal budget proposal, HR 1, would eliminate all $317.5 million in Title X funding nationally, which equates to about $1.4 million for New Hampshire to serve about 29000 residents. Without Title X funding, several New Hampshire women's health ..

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2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

US Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R – Maine) offered an amendment tonight to HR 1 in an effort to return Congress to a path of long-term fiscal sustainability. Senator Snowe's amendment, requiring the President to submit a two-year budget at the beginnin

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2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

The proposed cuts, which are part of the much larger federal spending cut bill HR 1, would reduce the maximum amount of money granted from $5500 to $4704. Rep. Denny Rehberg voted in favor of the Pell Grant cut, and Sens. Jon Tester and Max Baucus will ..

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Who is Standing Against Polluters and For Clean Air? Take II

2011-03-08T19:00:00Z

Several weeks ago, the U.S. House passed a spending bill that my colleague Scott Slesinger calls “the most anti-environmental bill to come before Congress in the last 40 years“ because of its crippling cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency budget

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GOP Sen. Lugar says he'll support House Republican spending cuts

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

Lugar said Tuesday afternoon that he made a mistake when he told reporters earlier in the day that he would oppose HR 1, the House GOP plan to cut an additional $57 billion from the 2011 budget. “I'm going to vote with the Republicans on the issue w

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HR 1 Severe Cuts Will Hurt Jobs and Vulnerable Populations: Oppose HR 1

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, we urge you to oppose HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011. We urge the Senate to pass a continuing resolution through September 30, 2011 that helps the most ...

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Reed touts spending cuts

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

The Senate will take up both the House's budget resolution (HR 1), which makes $100 billion worth of cuts below the administration's fiscal 2011 request, and the President's preferred proposal, which cuts about $50 billion off that level, on W

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GAO report offers playbook for spending cuts

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

The Senate to vote on the worst anti-environmental bill ever

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

Tomorrow the Senate will vote on the most anti-environmental bill to come before Congress in the last 40 years. While most of the media has been focused on whether this bill will cut .42% or .43% of the nation’s debt, the true impact of the bill is muc

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2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

Now, the Democrats who run Washington have another two weeks to consider the House-approved funding measure, HR 1, in the Senate. This bill funds the government for the remainder of the fiscal year, preventing a government shutdown, while moving us ...

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J-S LETTER: A vote against state budget cut

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

By Anonymous I am writing to urge you to vote against the Senate version of HR 1. This legislation includes $100 billion in spending cuts, including cuts to vital health and epilepsy programs. As someone who cares deeply about epilepsy, ...

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2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

Manchin criticized both the House Republican proposal, HR 1, and a Senate Democrat amendment as "partisan and unrealistic." He said the Democratic amendment would cut just $6.5 billion, and said this small cut "utterly ignores our fiscal re

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Why Foreign Aid Matters to Women

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

Still, administrators have worked diligently to find or create new efficiencies in PEPFAR that would allow for services to be expanded. Many of these efficiencies would be wiped out by the passage of budget cuts, called for in HR 1. ...

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STAKEOUT MEDIA AVAILABLITY WITH SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV), SENATE MAJORITY LEADER

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

They're the ones that Rule 14'd the HR 1, and now we've been stalling for several days to get a definite vote set up on this. That was the arrangement we made last Thursday in the vice president's office. We told them, they want to vote on

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HUFFPOST HILL - Senate Budget Vote Back On

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

That deal is back on, reports HuffPost's Elise Foley: The upper chamber will vote on the House-backed HR 1 tomorrow afternoon followed by a vote on the Democrats' CR proposal. Both will likely fail and Democrats hope that will be the catalyst for

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Save peace budget

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

18 vote in the US House of Representatives in favor of amendment 100 to HR 1 (246 to 182 - largely along partisan lines) that will eliminate all federal funding for the US Institute on Peace is a tremendous mistake. The US Institute of Peace was ...

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Consumer Products Reporting Database Under Attack

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

Mike Pompeo (R-KS), who proposed an amendment to HR 1, the spending bill passed Feb. 19 by the House for the remainder of fiscal year 2011. The amendment passed and would prevent the agency from spending any funds on the database, thus killing the ...

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Carl Levin: Tax Hikes Left Out Of Spending Debate

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

“If you don't extend that tax cut, you pick up enough money for the treasury to pay for most of the discretionary cuts that are in the House bill (HR 1),” Levin told the Jewish Council for Public Affairs Tuesday during their annual meeting. ...

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Florida Groups Want to Cut Funding for Numeric Nutrient Criteria Rule

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

The letter states: "As the senators from Florida, you have the opportunity to protect Florida's employers, families, and economy from this costly, unprecedented NNC rule by supporting an amendment to HR 1 similar to the one sponsored by Represent

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Voters don't want EPA funding to be cut

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

Tom Reed's view that slicing the Environmental Protection Agency's budget by one-third is one of the cuts included in HR 1 that "have to occur" ("Reed says House spending bill will save $100B," Feb. 23). To the contrary, these

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Political Economy: Just Say Maybe

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

There's another reason that the line-by-line consideration of HR 1 may look like a one-off event when Congress gets down to the business of appropriating money for fiscal 2012 — if it ever does. That's because much of what happened on the floor

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UPI NewsTrack TopNews

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

"I'm going to vote with the Republicans on the issue when HR 1 comes up," the Hill quoted Lugar, who faces a Tea Party challenge in Indiana's 2012 Republican primary, as saying. "If it's strictly an affirmative vote, I will be f

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Cutting student aid and research funding will hurt competitiveness

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

What the heck does the federal budget have to do with Michigan?

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

The House of Representatives has passed HR 1 significantly reducing total discretionary spending and focusing the vast majority of the cuts on non-security discretionary spending. Because we're nearly half way through the year, the “savings” will

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The Hartford City Council Condemns a Congressional Budget Proposal

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

In an 8-1 vote, the council called on Congress to oppose HR 1, the temporary funding measure that would cut deeply into federal spending of all kinds, including programs for the poor, which officials call essential for the city's residents. ...

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Civil Rights Group Identifies Essential Programs Facing Severe Cuts in House ...

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

Henderson and Zirkin argue that the federal budget cuts in HR 1 — which appear to be ideologically driven — are overly focused on spending and fail to address revenue shortfalls caused by tax breaks for oil and gas companies and the wealthiest ...

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House prepares for health votes Tuesday afternoon

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

The Senate is expected to hold at least one vote Tuesday afternoon on HR 1, the House-passed spending bill. But Senate votes are seen as a prelude to more negotiations. House leaders in contrast, are already doing some work on another short-term bill ...

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2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

â€œThe mean-spirited bill, HR 1, eliminates National Public Broadcasting," said Sen. Harry Reid in a floor speech. "It eliminates the National Endowment of the Humanities, National Endowment of the Arts. These programs create jobs. ...

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Legislative watch: SB178 denies seniors services

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

Senate Bill 178 sure is a humdinger of a bill if I ever saw one. At first glance it would appear to be geared toward foreign nationals producing birth certificates in order to vote. However, as you read on and get into sections 12 and 13, you see a gigan

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Peterson supports bill that assaults air, water quality

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

Collin Peterson helped bring upon Minnesota by voting for the outrageously anti-environmental amendments to the House leadership's funding bill (HR 1). Passed under cover of night on Saturday, Feb. 19, this bill puts the Mississippi River and the ...

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Reed touts spending cuts

2011-03-07T19:00:00Z

2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

As I mentioned last week in my blog Uneasy Riders, one of the most destructive aspects of the House spending bill for the rest of this year (HR 1) is that it contains 19 anti-environmental riders. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill tomorrow, ...

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Morton Kondracke: GOP budget torches scientific research

2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

Kondracke: Torching America's 'seed corn'

2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

The US House of Representatives passed a bill, HR 1, last month that would cut the award amount by about $800. Rogers says she depends on all of that money. "I feel like it is a really bad idea, and would make it a lot harder for me to be successful

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2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

Both votes are expected to fail — the vote on HR 1, the House Republican spending bill, and Senate Amendment 149, a Senate Democratic amendment that would restore most House cuts and shave just $6.5 billion from current spending levels. ...

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Bill might cut KU's research funds

2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

With the US House of Representatives approval of HR 1, research funding will take a hit and those cuts could hit close to home. The federal budget deficit is skyrocketing, and government officials are making changes to ensure the country doesn't fall

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2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

Clean up the federal deficit by tackling the budget

2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

The two-week budget cuts $4 billion from last year's spending levels and also gives the Senate additional time to consider the House-passed HR 1 – a budget bill that would fund the government through September while also cutting spending. ...

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Rail funds remain in budget plan

2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

HR 1, the budget that funds government operations from now till September, cuts $100 billion from the president's FY 2011 budget -- including unspent funds in the Department of Transportation's TIGER II program, a stimulus program for transportati

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Republicans May End TARP to Save Taxpayers $8 Billion

2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

This takes in the economy helping cuts in HR 1, the short-term funding bill that cut $4 billion, the revoke of ObamaCare, and various other actions which save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Republicans of the government plan to lead the ...

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2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

If the Senate version of HR 1 passes, NASA would have just $740 million for these other activities, though the president had hoped to spend $812 million just on commercial crew and cargo services this year. Like the House version of HR 1, ...

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2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

Senate Democrats Release FY11 CR That Seeks To Preserve Foreign Aid, State ...

2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

In a press release, the Democratic-controlled Senate Appropriations Committee "highlighted a series of significant differences between [its proposal] and the House-passed fiscal 2011 spending measure (HR 1) on the national security front," CQ re

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Dispatch from the Front: The Week of March 7

2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

The Senate votes on the House-passed spending bill, HR 1, but most negotiations will occur in camera. The House convenes at 2 pm Tuesday. On the suspension calendar are HR 570, the Dental Emergency Responder Act, and HR 525, the Veterinary Public ...

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Fitzpatrick defends record on cuts

2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

"Obviously voting for HR 1 was a positive, but we wanted to see who was willing to do more." Asked if his organization has gotten any reaction from House members, he said, "It's definitely having the desired effects. We're hearing t

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Erickson: Making right budget cuts is imperative

2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

Our latest report, Toward Common Ground, Bridging the Political Divide to Reduce Federal Spending, outlines $600 billion in wasteful spending over five years -- 10 times larger than the cuts proposed in HR 1. The recommendations have been supported by ...

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2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

joined ten of his colleagues on Thursday in asking the Senate Appropriations Committee to reject reckless and devastating cuts to the High Speed Rail Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service and Amtrak grant programs made in HR 1. ...

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Cuts to programs for at-risk kids cost more in long run

2011-03-06T19:00:00Z

At-risk kids in Middle Tennessee and across the country are facing a serious threat to their future at the hands of our lawmakers, with $100 billion in proposed cuts outlined in HR 1, a bill that passed the US House recently. ...

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Berg vote hurts ND

2011-03-05T19:00:00Z

Rick Berg helped bring upon North Dakota by voting for the outrageously anti-environmental House leadership's funding bill, HR 1. Passed under cover of night on Saturday, Feb. 19, this bill endangers the health of North Dakota children, ...

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McDermott: GOP Would Destroy Economy to Score Political Points

2011-03-05T19:00:00Z

McDermott, a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, says the GOP's $61 billion cuts included in HR 1 are "just whacking for the sake of whacking." "The cuts they made the other day in the House bill were the most irresponsible p

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2011-03-05T19:00:00Z

It's now been just two weeks since the House passed HR 1, a bill that makes much-needed spending cuts and keeps the government running through the end of the fiscal year. Unfortunately, the Democrats who run the Senate haven't allowed the vote on

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Washington Week

2011-03-05T19:00:00Z

“Today's vote by the House gives Senator Reid another two weeks to consider HR 1, legislation passed by the House that would fund the government through September while providing billions in spending cuts needed to help create a better environment f

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Pennsylvania officials rally against cutting Community Development Block Grants

2011-03-05T19:00:00Z

Between the slow economic recovery and the new political climate in the US House of Representatives, provisions passed in the appropriations bill (HR 1) will cut about 66% of CDBG funding this year, which could result in a $150-million loss to ...

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Letter: Cutting funds for studying brain injuries, while funding more war ...

2011-03-05T19:00:00Z

Citizens should oppose the US Senate version of HR 1, which includes $100 billion in spending cuts, including cuts to epilepsy programs. There is a virtual epilepsy epidemic, with vets returning from the Middle East with traumatic brain injuries. ...

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2011-03-05T19:00:00Z

Yet in seeking the worthy aim of deficit reduction, the House's yearlong Continuing Resolution, HR 1, would take the country pointedly and dangerously in that direction. The maximum Pell grant, which supports the most disadvantaged students we have on

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2011-03-05T19:00:00Z

Algra: Vital efforts face federal budget ax

2011-03-05T19:00:00Z

To address this issue, the US House of Representatives recently passed HR 1 - a bill that would eliminate billions from the budget and eliminate various programs across the country. Included in the elimination would be the Corporation for National and ...

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Latham voted against the environment

2011-03-05T19:00:00Z

Latham helped bring upon Iowa by voting for the outrageously anti-environmental House leadership's funding bill (HR 1). Passed under cover of night on Feb. 19, this bill puts the Mississippi River and the drinking water supplies for over 667000 people

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Voters don't want EPA funding to be cut

2011-03-04T19:00:00Z

Nothing scientific about GOP budget cuts

2011-03-04T19:00:00Z

House budget cuts hit Bloomington

2011-03-04T19:00:00Z

That funding might be cut this year due to the passing of HR 1 -- the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011. “With the cuts, we can't afford the services that we are required to supply,” Strout said. HR 1 was introduced on Feb. ...

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Weekly remarks: Obama hails tax cuts' impact; GOP's Diane Black says spending ...

2011-03-04T19:00:00Z

GOP Address: 'Job Creation Has to Be the Number-One Priority'

2011-03-04T19:00:00Z

Black closed the address urging Senate Democrats to pass HR 1, a bill that passed in the House two weeks ago to cut federal spending and keep government running through the end of the fiscal year. In the meantime, a short-term measure was passed that ...

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2011-03-04T19:00:00Z

Columbia Basin Job Corps program in danger

2011-03-04T19:00:00Z

Shantra Hannibal/Columbia Basin Herald The US House of Representatives HR 1 bill, if passed, could cut more than two-thirds of funding for Job Corps programs such as Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC on Chanute street in Moses Lake. ...

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Schwartz on Budget Cuts

2011-03-04T19:00:00Z

As the country begins to see signs of real job growth, U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, senior member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement warning against deep and immediate cuts that could eliminate 700,000 American jobs and slow eco

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2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

The base budget is $513.6 billion, which represents a $2.13 billion reduction to HR 1. The additional reductions are taken mainly in savings identified due to revised economic assumptions and a freeze in civilian pay. The defense bill also contains ...

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2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

wants to hold votes next week on two proposals to cut spending and keep the government funded through September 30 — the White House/Senate Democratic plan (here) and the already-passed House Republican plan, HR 1. The Democratic plan would cut ...

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2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

The Senate is not expected to accept the House GOP bill, HR 1, or the Democratic substitute. But the votes will allow the Senate to demonstrate that some form of legislation still needs to be developed that can pass the Senate, and that formal ...

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So Refreshing; Congress Doing Its Job

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

The House approved 66 amendments, most on roll-call votes, to HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act for FY 2011. Here is a sampling of those 66 amendments, which are only a drop in the bucket for dealing with the federal deficit, ...

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Voters don't want EPA funding to be cut

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

GOP torches America's 'seed corn'

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

Durbin says House GOP budget hurts chance of economic recovery

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

"And so that's why HR 1, the House Republican budget, is a bill which I can't support. It really is not a good budget bill because it takes money out of key investments in our economy in a time when we need them the most." Durbin said th

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McConnell objects 'for today' to Reid plan to allow for amendment to FY 2011 ...

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

Despite McConnell's temporary objection, Republicans are expected to go ahead with consideration of the House spending bill, HR 1, and the Democratic amendment. After the objection, Reid filed cloture on HR 1 in order to start the process next week. .

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'Social Safety Net' Less Safe As Congress Debates Cuts

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

The House was debating the continuing resolution (HR 1) that contained Republican-proposed deep cuts in the budget. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) returns to his office from the House chamber after votes Feb. 18 on Capitol Hill. ...

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Moran continues to oppose cuts

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

Congressman Jim Moran (VA-08) continues to protest the Republican's Continuing Resolution (HR 1), which would cut funding to numerous government programs. At a press conference on Wednesday March 2nd, Congressman Moran was joined by several ...

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Despite Failing Scores From Interest Group, House GOP Freshmen Defend ...

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

After he learned that the League of Conservation Voters had awarded him a zero out of a 100 percent for his vote last month on HR 1, the continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through Sept. 30, Rep. Steve Southerland of Florida echoed a ...

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House Appropriations Committee Moves to Commit Political Suicide

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

HR 1 includes funding to for the rest of 2011, while making the largest discretionary spending cut in history. Chairman Rogers praised the cuts but did he do the math? Does he understand what the committee's budget cutting means to jobs creation and .

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Reid's Obstructionism May Cause Government Shutdown

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

Senator Reid is employing a procedural strategy to deal with the House-passed long-term Continuing Resolution (CR), HR 1, that may make it more likely that the federal government will shut down when the government runs out of money on March 18. ...

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Workforce Center fighting to keep doors open

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

Staff of the Louisiana Workforce Commission/Beauregard Business and Career Solutions in Center in DeRidder are anxiously awaiting news of the passage of the Continuing Resolution HR 1 (CR HR 1). The bills passage would not only be ...

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2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

Senate Democratic Budget Plan

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

Mikulski Urges Senate to Support Women And Children By Rejecting House ...

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

Senator Mikulski outlined the reasons HR-1 is bad for women and children, including cuts to Head Start, Pell grants, Social Security and health care reform. She was joined on the Senate floor by her Democratic women colleagues in the Senate. ...

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HR1: McClintock's statement

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

HR 1 makes $61 billion in actual spending reductions for the remaining fiscal year ending on September 30. "Since 2008, federal spending has increased 24 percent; the cuts in HR 1 represent a 1 ½ percent reduction. "HR 1 isn't enough to mak

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Bucking Obama admin, Boehner, GOP take step to defend DOMA

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

From NBC's Shawna Thomas The Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) announced the first step that will allow the House of Representatives to be party to the defense of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). "I will convene a meeting of the Bipartisan Leg

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Linkage 3/4: Budget Backlash, Overprevention, Mass Extinction

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

Sen. Dick Durbin tours Argonne National Laboratory with Rick Stevens, Professor of Computer Science (photo courtesy of Argonne) In Washington, the fight over budget cuts is well underway, as a Republican majority in the House and a Democratic majority in

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Morning Briefing for March 4, 2011

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

I’d like to echo Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann, Heritage Action for America, and others on the right: we don’t need anymore short term continuing resolutions. Heritage Action for America has a great post up on this very point. “If the President and

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Berg writes off threats to health

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

D., helped bring upon North Dakota by voting for the outrageously anti-environmental House leadership's funding bill (HR 1). Passed under cover of night on Feb. 19, this bill puts the Mississippi River and the drinking water supplies for over 292000 .

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Cities should not be budget-cut target

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

Last week, the US House of Representatives passed HR 1, which will fund federal government programs for the remainder of the fiscal year. This legislation presented an opportunity for the new Republican majority in the US House of Representatives to ...

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Carrying Budget Cuts into 2012 Would Harm Homeland Security, Napolitano Protests

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

Although the continuing resolution (HR 1) would only trim the DHS budget lightly compared to other federal spending, Napolitano argued against carrying even that modest level of cuts forward into next year. Sustained cuts at the level suggested by the ...

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Wildlife budget cuts not a good move by feds

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

The House of Representatives has approved a bill (HR 1) which includes eliminating major wildlife funding programs. The bill is currently in the Senate for discussion. On the chopping block under HR 1 are the North American Wetlands Conservation Act ...

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Letters to the editor, cont.

2011-03-03T19:00:00Z

If Congress is looking for a model of bipartisanship, it needs look no further than the Virginia General Assembly. Over the objection of almost every locality in Virginia, and a vast majority of citizens and civic organizations, the legislature voted to

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Conservationists Unite Against Cuts to Clean Air, Clean Water, and Wildlife

2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

Wildlife champions from across the nation gathered on Capitol Hill to speak out against budget cuts to conservation programs in the Continuing Resolution. Members from the National Wildlife Federation, Teaming with Wildlife, Great Lakes Coalition, Trout

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2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

The House Republicans' budget, HR 1, was $1.026 trillion, hence the difference is $102.3 billion. The president's FY2011 budget never was enacted, so a series of temporary spending bills have passed instead. The original temporary spending bill ..

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Democrats' new budget proposal: Let's trim our $1.5 trillion deficit this year ...

2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

Next week in the House: rescinding housing programs

2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

This is the way Republicans permitted amendments to HR 1, the FY 2011 spending bill. Cantor also said Republicans are likely to pursue a handful of bills under a suspension of House rules, which will require the support of two-thirds of voting members. ..

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SEN. BOXER FLOOR REMARKS ON IMPACT OF HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET ON PUBLIC HEALTH ...

2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

HR 1 attack[s] our bipartisan environmental laws that have made our air and water cleaner. HR 1 takes dead aim at the EPA. The EPA is charged with upholding and enforcing some of the most popular and effective laws in the nation's history: the Clean .

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AmeriCorps at risk in GOP budget plans

2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

The US House's HR 1, a measure that's a grab-bag of draconian budget whacks, would shutter the Corporation for National and Community Service and its various programs such as AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Learn & Serve America, and VISTA. ...

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Discussing Energy Security with House Leaders

2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

Yet HR 1 would block implementation of the current National Program for new national pollution and fuel economy standards. Furthermore, it would block extending the success of the first round by defunding EPA work in this area, which partners with DOT ...

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2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

House Republicans are quick to point out that they've already passed HR 1, their fiscal 2011 budget, which includes those cuts. However, that measure is considered dead in the Senate, and it remains to be seen if GOP leaders will be content to say tha

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SEIA President Rhone Resch's Testimony before the US House Energy & Commerce ...

2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

"Unfortunately, the Blythe Project has been placed at risk by provisions of HR 1 which eliminate funding for the Project's pending Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantee application. "Here you see the impact in Texas, with the MEMC polysi

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2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

The House of Representatives recently approved HR 1, a continuing resolution to allow certain agencies to continue operating until the full budget is passed. Though it is not final — the Senate must also pass its own continuing resolution — the House

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Action Alert: Stop Anti-Environment House Resolution

2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

The continuing resolution (HR 1) passed by the US House on February 19 is the most anti-environment, anti-wildlife legislation ever, according to leading environmental groups ranging from the Union of Concerned Scientists to Defenders of Wildlife. ...

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White House Press Briefing, March 3, 2011

2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

As you know, we have talked about our opposition to the original House bill that passed, HR 1, because we believe that while we agree with Republicans that we need to cut spending, we believe that it goes too far in cutting some of the things that we ...

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2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

The bill, HR 1, which was passed last week as the GOP's attempt to reduce the deficit and restore “fiscal responsibility” and has now moved to debate on the Senate floor, would strip highly leveraged dollars from important federal programs, ...

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Sen. Barbara Mikulski Is Mad As Hell About H.R. 1 and She is Not Going to Take ...

2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

Women are "bewitched, bothered and bewildered" about what the House of Representatives is trying to do to them with HR 1, which eliminates financing to Planned Parenthood and slashes funding for childcare, Mikulski explains. ...

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Pell Grant cuts won’t affect aid

2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

Federal funding for Pell Grants may decrease significantly if the Senate also passes the H.R.1 bill recently passed by the House of Representatives. Stanford’s Financial Aid Office is confident that these proposed cuts, if enacted, would have a limited i

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2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

By Anonymous Aaron Schock and John Shimkus voted in favor of HR 1, the continuing resolution that contains massive cuts to public health-care programs, including banning Planned Parenthood from receiving federal grant dollars and cutting $1.3 billion ...

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2011-03-02T19:00:00Z

Letters: Schock, Shimkus back HR 1

2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

... what it was missing – the Republican leadership dropped all of the anti-environmental exemptions from current law (and all the exemptions from other areas of law) that had been crammed into the full-year Continuing Resolution (HR 1) two weeks ago. .

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2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

The temporary measure was necessary because Senate Democrats and the White House had said they would not approve HR 1 - which slashes $61 billion in spending and included cuts to Planned Parenthood, public broadcasting and other domestic programs. ...

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2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

Social Security Administration employees protesting budget cuts during lunch break

2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

Philadelphia's agency is one in 84 cities today holding informational pickets in response to the House-passed Continuing Resolution (HR 1) on Social Security beneficiaries. The $1.7 billion in cuts could lead to unpaid furloughs of up to a month and .

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2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

The Pell Grant Program, widely considered to be the backbone of financial aid to the country's most needy students, was subject to a decrease in funding as part of a Continuing Resolution (HR 1), which cleared the House last month and cut about $60 ..

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GOP Budget Torches America's 'Seed Corn'

2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

J-S LETTER: Manzullo voted against environment

2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

Unfortunately, that is exactly what Representative Manzullo helped bring upon Illinois by voting for the outrageously anti-environmental House leadership's funding bill (HR 1). Passed under cover of night on Saturday, this bill endangers the health of

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CPSC Erratabase and the Interests of Trial Lawyers

2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

44, omits the many amendments to block funding for Executive Branch programs previously approved in HR 1, the 2011 continuing appropriations bill. That means that the amendment sponsored by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) to block funding for the CPSC database ..

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Voters don't want EPA funding to be cut

2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

Funding bill would delay Forest Service route designations

2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

The US Forest Service would not be able to designate routes off-limits to motor vehicles for the rest of this year if the House-passed FY 2011 Continuing Resolution (HR 1) passes. The House sent the rest-of-the-year measure to the Senate, ...

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Action Alert: Stop Anti-Environment House Resolution

2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

Kids the big losers in US budget battle

2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

There is a bill, HR 1, that proposes $61 billion in cuts and is currently in the Senate awaiting vote. The bill proposes 13.8 percent in cuts to current-year nonsecurity discretionary spending, and some of those cuts would trickle down to New Hampshire ..

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2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

Reed added that he continues to support the $100 billion in reduced spending in HR 1, and stands by the letter he sent to the Senate imploring it to debate HR 1. “I will fight to see those cuts I supported are included in remaining resolutions for ...

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2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

Never before has this body even attempted what we accomplished this past week in considering and passing HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2011. This legislation contains over $100 billion in spending cuts when compared ...

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2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

For this reason, I was proud to have voted in favor of passing HR 1, a Continuing Resolution that funds the government for the remainder of the fiscal year while instituting the largest spending cut since the end of World War II. ...

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2011-03-01T19:00:00Z

House resolution: HR 1, the FR2011 budget proposal cut the $75 million that has been in the budget for the past two years for Department of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. ...

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Senate Urged to Reject House Cuts to USDA Conservation Programs

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

HR 1 would cut USDA and FDA discretionary spending--including critical funding for conservation technical assistance for farmers, ranchers and foresters--by 22 percent, more than 50 percent higher than the non-defense average cut of 14 percent. ...

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2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

"Most importantly, this measure averts a government shutdown, and allows the Senate time to continue to consider HR 1, the bill that we successfully passed in this chamber just one week ago," Rep. Rob Woodall (R-Ga.) said in debate that started

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Faith Leaders: Don't Sacrifice Vulnerable to Budget Cutting

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

NEW YORK, March 1, 2011 -- As the Senate moves towards compromise on massive cuts as outlined in House bill HR 1, humanitarian agency Church World Service and leading faith groups say that, even as lawmakers address current financial challenges, ...

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Congress Must Reject the Welfare/Warfare State

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

Both supporters and opponents of the bill, HR 1, claim it is a serious attempt to reduce federal spending. However, an examination of the details of the bill call that claim into question. For one thing, the oft-cited assertion that HR 1 reduces ...

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NextGen escapes budget axe

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

The House of Representatives is currently wrapping up consideration of HR 1, which will complete the FY2011 appropriations for the federal government. The spending reduction contained in HR 1 calls for $192 million from the FAA's facilities and ...

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Capitol View: A Publication Of Venable's Legislative And Government Affairs ...

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

Early Saturday morning, the House voted 235 to 189 in favor of HR 1, "Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011". The vote was mostly along party lines with only three Republicans (John Campbell (CA), Jeff Flake (AZ) and Walter Jones (NC)) j

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Officials, scientists protest 'devastating' BNL cuts

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

The bill, HR-1 is a stopgap measure to keep the federal government functioning beyond March 4, when a December 2010 budget measure expires. Passed on a party-line vote, with Bishop and fellow House Democrats voting no, the fate of HR-1 now rests with ...

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Voters don't want EPA funding to be cut

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

The bill, referred to as HR 1, if passed by the Senate will mean a loss of Pell grant funding for 1.5 million students and a 15.2 percent decrease in grant money available for the remaining eligible students. I am an undergraduate student at a small ...

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Proposed spending cuts by Congress are a sham according to Ron Paul

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

HR 1 is more aggressive in ending domestic spending than foreign spending, and does zero out some objectionable federal programs such as AmeriCorps. However, HR 1 leaves most of the current functions of the federal government undisturbed. ...

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2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

The plan, HR 1, calls for about $61 billion in cuts. It's scheduled for debate this week in the Senate. Durbin said the bill would be damaging to research and development and to the United States' overall global standing in science. ...

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2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

However, lawmakers view the GOP bill, HR 1, as a critical negotiating stance for Republican leaders as Congress seeks to avert a government shutdown this weekend. Representatives of minority-serving colleges and universities say the cuts are ...

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Housing and Community Development Advocates Ask Senate Leadership to Reject ...

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

by NLIHC WASHINGTON, DC - March 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) –Â In the wake of in the House of Representativesâ€™ passage last week of HR 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011, housing and community development advocates continue th

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Religious Leaders: Don't Sacrifice Vulnerable to Budget Cuts

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 -- As the Senate moves towards compromise on massive cuts as outlined in House bill HR 1, humanitarian agency Church World Service and leading faith groups say that, even as lawmakers address current financial challenges, ...

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Study: More Than 200K Students Could Be Affected by Head Start Cuts

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

NHSA used data from the Center for Law and Social Policy and calculated that 218220 total children could be lost from the Head Start and Early Head Start programs nationwide if HR 1 passes Congress and is signed by President Obama. ...

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New Jersey interest group slam House bill's 'huge cuts'

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

HR 1. "We're out today to protest the huge cuts in New Jersey's priorities at the expense of New Jersey's environment, students and health,'' said Gideon Weissman, program associate for NJPIRG. "Meanwhile, corporate handouts

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2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

2011 Federal Budget: Stand up for Clean Water and our Environment

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

In the guise of balancing the federal budget, the US House of Representatives recently passed a funding bill, or Continuing Resolution HR 1, that reads like a polluter's wish list. Bearing the brunt of this attack is our environmental safeguards, ...

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HR 1 bill will hurt community service

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

Well, that is what they are considering with HR 1 that would eliminate the Corporation for National and Community Service that oversees a long list of valid and essential national service programs. The services that these programs provide empower ...

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Students March for Abortion Rights

2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

This article was originally published in the Harvard Crimson . Protesters in 55 cities worldwide gathered for International Walk for Choice day on Saturday in response to a number of bills introduced in Congress which could de-fund the $317 million-Title

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2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

Tim Scott (SC-01) called upon his colleagues in the US Senate to work for quick passage of the newly announced stop-gap spending bill and then focus their attention on the House-passed funding measure, HR 1, the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act ...

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2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

The House has passed a continuing resolution (HR 1) that would reduce spending for certain programs for the rest of the year. It is clear the Senate will not pass that measure in its current form. At least one more short-term continuing resolution is ...

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2011-02-28T19:00:00Z

2011-02-27T19:00:00Z

By blocking what we call the Clean Car Peace Treaty, HR 1 would also raise consumer fuel bills, worsen our oil dependency, and throw automaker production plans into chaos. HR 1 is a “continuing resolution” to fund the government through the end of thi

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2011-02-27T19:00:00Z

"[T]here is no convincing evidence that HR 1 will reduce economic growth or total employment," he wrote. "To the contrary, there is more reason to expect that it will increase economic growth and employment as the federal government begins

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2011-02-27T19:00:00Z

Legislative Watch February 28, 2011

2011-02-27T19:00:00Z

On 2/19, the House or Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution (HR 1) to keep the government funded through the remainder of this fiscal year, which ends 9/30. The bill would make deep cuts in environmental programs, targets climate-related ...

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Black Caucus members say GOP budget a step backwards for black Americans

2011-02-27T19:00:00Z

HR 1 would cut more than $61 billion from current funding levels, but not seen going anywhere in the Democratic Senate. However, the House on Tuesday is expected to approve a two-week spending bill that cuts $4 billion from current levels, ...

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Durbin slams GOP's plan for cuts to Fermi, Argonne

2011-02-27T19:00:00Z

The US House of Representatives has passed a continuing resolution (HR 1) that reduces spending for certain programs for the remainder of the year. However, it is clear that the Senate will not pass the measure in its current form. ...

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There Goes the Fig Leaf

2011-02-27T19:00:00Z

In the recent votes on the House floor on HR 1, a number of conservative Republican members broke ranks to vote against subsidies for big agribusiness and defense contractors -- and the oil industry is worried that its tax welfare might get added to ...

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