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• Latest Action: Feb 27, 2012 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller without amendment. With written report No. 112-149.

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• Committee Assignment: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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• Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations

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• Bodega Bay Fishermen's Marketing Association

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• Marine Conservation Institute

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• Congressional Record Latest Daily Digest for Monday, February 27 ... - February 29, 2012 by Blog495 - S. 179, to expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. (S. Rept. No. 112-149) S. 646, to reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction ...

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  As noted by Blog495 on February 29, 2012, "S. 179, to expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. (S. Rept. No. 112-149) S. 646, to reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction ..." (/url?q=http://www.blog495.com/congressional-record-latest-daily-digest-for-monday-february-27-2012/&sa=U&ei=h0JPT-LiJKWesQK7mYylDg&ved=0CDEQmAEwAg&usg=AFQjCNHTn2IB_dq40UqyOf_1NN1nZwArxA)
• Congressional Record Latest Daily Digest for Monday, February 27 ... - February 28, 2012 by Blog495 - S. 179, to expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. (S. Rept. No. 112-149) S. 646, to reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction ...

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  As noted by Blog495 on February 28, 2012, "S. 179, to expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. (S. Rept. No. 112-149) S. 646, to reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction ..." (/url?q=http://www.blog495.com/congressional-record-latest-daily-digest-for-monday-february-27-2012/&sa=U&ei=sPBNT73yAumssALX8MgJ&ved=0CCEQmAEwAQ&usg=AFQjCNEmDg-AP0LAZQ0eHobV-i7HFwqvzw)
• Congressional Record Latest Daily Digest for Monday, February 27 ... - February 28, 2012 by Blog495 - S. 179, to expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. (S. Rept. No. 112-149) S. 646, to reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction ...

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  As noted by Blog495 on February 28, 2012, "S. 179, to expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. (S. Rept. No. 112-149) S. 646, to reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction ..." (/url?q=http://www.blog495.com/congressional-record-latest-daily-digest-for-monday-february-27-2012/&sa=U&ei=QENNT839EcnLtgeOiJwu&ved=0CCEQmAEwAQ&usg=AFQjCNExdahjIYU9Ew494aPaA9yF4n2VHQ)

Highly Rated News Articles

• Teachers’ Strike Does Not Mean Political Liberation for Swaziland - July 31, 2012 by Inter Press Service - Since Jun. 21, teachers in this southern African monarchy have engaged in an indefinite strike demanding a 4.5 percent cost of living increase, which has left thousands of pupils in about 30 to 50 percent of the country’s 179 secondary schools and 153 ..

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  As noted by Inter Press Service on July 31, 2012, "Since Jun. 21, teachers in this southern African monarchy have engaged in an indefinite strike demanding a 4.5 percent cost of living increase, which has left thousands of pupils in about 30 to 50 percent of the country’s 179 secondary schools and 153 .." (http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/07/teachers-strike-does-not-mean-political-liberation-for-swaziland/)
• Triunfo Auction Win Turns Stock Into Loser: Corporate Brazil - July 30, 2012 by Businessweek - President Dilma Rousseff’s government was seeking to raise a minimum of 5.5 billion reais from the auction for the rights to operate the airports that last year accounted for about a third of Brazil’s 179 million passengers and 57 percent of ...

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  As noted by Businessweek on July 30, 2012, "President Dilma Rousseff’s government was seeking to raise a minimum of 5.5 billion reais from the auction for the rights to operate the airports that last year accounted for about a third of Brazil’s 179 million passengers and 57 percent of ..." (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-29/triunfo-auction-win-turns-stock-into-loser-corporate-brazil)
• BART Escalators: Poop Responsible For Breaking Feces-Clogged Equipment (PHOTOS) - July 26, 2012 by Huffington Post - At the beginning of last month, 28 of the system's 179 escalators were out of service and officials embarked on a coordinated campaign to bring more of them back into working order. "This is nothing less than a full court press to get these ...

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  As noted by Huffington Post on July 26, 2012, "At the beginning of last month, 28 of the system's 179 escalators were out of service and officials embarked on a coordinated campaign to bring more of them back into working order. "This is nothing less than a full court press to get these ..." (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/broken-bart-escalators-poop_n_1706716.html)