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Town supervisors call for allowing drilling in So. Tier

2012-06-21T08:54:31Z

Town supervisors from upstate New York have appealed to state officials to allow drilling in the Marcellus and Utica shales for natural gas in their communities. “Our message is simple: We believe drilling can be done in a way that protects ...

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Amendment to study stable milk pricing reforms passes in US Senate

2012-06-20T21:27:19Z

WASHINGTON DC – A bipartisan amendment to jumpstart the process to bring certainty for the nation’s dairy farmers by stabilizing milk pricing, has passed the full Senate as part of the 2012 Farm Bill. The amendment was authored by U.S ...

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Farm Bill would help farmers obtain stable milk prices

2012-06-19T17:46:36Z

The 2012 Farm Bill that could pass the U.S. Senate as early as this week includes an amendment (S. 2190) allowing dairy-industry groups to present milk-pricing reforms to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It opens the door for farmers to obtain ..

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Farm Bill would help farmers obtain stable milk prices

2012-06-19T15:59:13Z

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: Crowdfunding Wild West Transitions to Tamed Frontier

2012-04-12T14:35:14Z

The Senate has approved (73-26) the JOBS Act (HR 3606) with amendments from Sens. Merkley, Bennet & Brown’s CROWDFUND Act (S. 2190). Under the JOBS Act, now entrepreneurs will be able to raise up to $1 million per year through online crowdfunding ...

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Ready, Set, Crowdfund: President Obama To Sign JOBS Act Tomorrow

2012-04-04T23:20:07Z

On March 22nd, a slightly modified “Jumpstart Our Business Startups (or JOBS) Act” was approved by the Senate in a 73-26 vote. Last week, the House of Representatives, too, showed its support for the bill, giving it the green light in its ...

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Ready, Set, Crowdfund: President Obama To Sign JOBS Act Tomorrow

2012-04-04T21:11:16Z

Crowdfunding’ Law Close

2012-04-02T15:01:24Z

“Crowdfunding,” the practice of using the Internet to build a pool of small investors to raise capital for project financing, is now very close to becoming law and the only question left is whether it will be the House or Senate bill that passes ...

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Crowdfunding — the new landscape of raising capital in the social networking world in which we live

2012-04-01T19:56:05Z

Crowdfunding — the collective cooperation, attention and trust by people who network and pool their money and other resources together, usually via the Internet, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations. Crowdfunding occurs for a ...

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Greening Martha : Mass Senate energy bill tackles high costs

2012-03-28T17:09:01Z

The bill (S 2190) triples the net metering cap for private and government customers who qualify for rebates for excess energy generated on-site and sold back to grid, according to a summary obtained by the News Service. The average electric rate in ...

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Editorial : A legislative mish-mash will hike electricity costs

2012-03-27T19:54:51Z

But, this complicated bill (S 2190) turns out to be a mishmash of sensible efforts to moderate the rush to raise electricity costs to Massachusetts consumers and hard to follow provisions that cannot help but raise those costs. Consider this description of

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State House News -- Senate energy bill tackles renewals, regulation, costs

2012-03-26T10:59:10Z

The bill (S 2190) that Senate President Therese Murray, Sen. Benjamin Downing, Attorney General Martha Coakley and others are set to discuss at a press conference also triples the net metering cap for private and government customers who qualify for ...

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State Senate energy bill tackles renewables, regulation, costs

2012-03-26T10:59:10Z

The bill (S 2190) that Senate President Therese Murray, Sen. Benjamin Downing, Attorney Martha Coakley and others are set to discuss at a press conference also triples the net metering cap for private and government customers who qualify for rebates for ..

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S.2190 CROWDFUND Act

2012-03-24T01:00:00Z

...Senate Democrats and Republicans took strong action and hammered out a heavily revised version of Senator Merkley's bill (S.2190), called in short the CrowdFund Act, that incorporates much of the easy to understand ... Did you find this article useful?

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Senator Brown's Crowdfunding Legislation Passes as Part of the JOBS Act, Paving the Way for Increased Entrepreneurship

2012-03-23T09:22:30Z

Less than five months since Senator Brown introduced crowdfunding legislation (S. 1791), which generated Presidential support within the Startup America Legislative Agenda and spurred bipartisan efforts through Senators Scott Brown (R-MA), Jeff Merkley (D

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Soon Even Your Mom Can Invest: Senate Passes Crowdfunding Bill 73-26 (With Protections)

2012-03-23T03:38:55Z

Well, this just in from a dispatch on Capitol Hill: The Senate has passed legislation that will essentially legalize crowdfunding in startups by practically anyone, even your mom. U.S. Senators Scott Brown (R-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Oreg.), and ...

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Statement to Media by Candace Klein of SoMoLend: Crowdfunding Wild West Transitions to Tamed Frontier

2012-03-22T19:24:59Z

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Senate has approved (73-26) the JOBS Act (HR 3606) with amendments from Sens. Merkley, Bennet & Brown’s CROWDFUND Act (S. 2190). Under the JOBS Act, entrepreneurs will be able to raise up to $1 million per year through

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Crowdfunding compromise passed by US Senate, heads to House for approval

2012-03-22T14:17:11Z

WASHINGTON D.C. - For the first time on Thurday, the U.S. Senate passed crowdfunding legislation which legislators from both parties say will boost the economy and aid start-up businesses and small investors across the country. The compromise ...

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Crowdfunding closer to becoming reality in US as Scott Brown and Senate Democrats compromise to draft new bill

2012-03-12T19:58:19Z

The chances of a crowdfunding bill passing Congress this year looked better on Tuesday as U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., came to an agreement with Senate Democrats to introduce compromise legislation to the U.S. Senate. The concept of ...

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