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News Source: Uinta County News
| 4 months ago
Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on unemployment numbers for June issued today by the Department of Labor . "Today's unemployment numbers are another reminder of the years of failure to invest in making Americans the most highly...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| 5 months ago
I was pleased to see Rep. John Salazar went against his party to oppose the American Clean Energy and Security Act Friday. The bill, which supposedly seeks to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent in 2050, is in reality, a tax upon the working class...
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News Source: Mother Jones
| 5 months ago
The climate bill is a "piece of sh*t" (that family-values crowd sure has a way with words)...Here's an assessment of the bill by Dennis Kucinich: The bill allows two billion tons of carbon dioxide a year, roughly equivalent to 30 percent of all US...
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News Source: The New York Observer
| 5 months ago
On June 26, 2009 the House of Representatives took the historic step of passing the first piece of U.S. legislation to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses. While the bill, like all legislation, is not perfect, it is a giant step in the right...
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News Source: The Washington Times
| 5 months ago
The 1,000-page-plus climate-change bill the House passed last week, as was the case with President Obama's economic stimulus bill, was written with very little time for many to have read the final version. And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California...
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News Source: Sify News
| 5 months ago
Republicans concerned about the Obama administration's big spending on economic stimulus, energy and health care are asking, "Where are the jobs?" "The president and Democrats in Congress claim this spending binge is necessary to put Americans back...
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News Source: Sify News
| 5 months ago
In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation Friday that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims to usher in a new era of cleaner, yet more...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| 5 months ago
Congressman Charlie Wilson released the following statement about his “no” vote on the bill: “Members of the House worked very hard to come up with the kind of energy reform bill that will both reduce greenhouse gases and lead our country to...
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News Source: Sify News
| 5 months ago
House Democrats narrowly won a key test vote Friday and pushed for passage of sweeping legislation designed to combat global warming and usher in a new era of cleaner energy. Republicans said the bill included the largest tax increase in American...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| 5 months ago
House narrowly passed a sweeping climate change bill that's a top item on President Obama's agenda. The measure would put gradually stricter caps on the total national output of heat-trapping gases, based on a system of permits that can be bought and...