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run AMONG ED run
“Run Forrest Run…” is a line from the movie Forrest Gump. But the Philippine has a local version of it, when priest-turned Governor Eddie “Among Ed” Panlilio, announced his plan to run for the 2010 Presidential...
Tags: Ed Panlilio, Priest, Capitol, Pampanga, Politics, 2010 election
Seguin lawmaker Kuempel collapses in Capitol elevator
Austin :: TX :: USA | 5 months ago
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Rep. Edmund Kuempel was found collapsed in a Capitol elevator on Tuesday night, and was rushed to Austin’s Breckenridge Hospital. Lawmakers who rushed to the scene said it’s unknown how long Kuempel, R-Seguin, was in the elevator before he was found by...
Tags: Edmund Kuempel, Ed Kuempel, Texas House, capitol staffer, Capitol
Mysterious packages prompt Capitol evacuation
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Bomb disposal experts from the California Highway Patrol were using a robot to move one of the packages, a leather satchel with a piece of metal protruding from it, away from the building so it could be examined. The satchel was hanging from a statue...
Tags: California Highway Patrol, California Assembly, Capitol, suspicious packages, CHP
Florida budget solutions still elude lawmakers
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility With a bad economy choking the flow of tax dollars, Florida lawmakers knew it would be tough to write a state budget this spring. But, as the annual legislative session enters its final week, House and Senate leaders have been tangled in behind-the-scenes...
Tags: House-Senate, Florida International University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Legislature, Southwest Florida, University of Florida, universities presidents, higher education, pay cut, Capitol
Hopes fade for aid to automakers
Boise :: ID :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility The Democratic congressional leadership has said it is eager to aid the industry, but there is substantial rank-and-file resistance to another corporate bailout, which opinion polls indicate is deeply unpopular with the public. In recent days, congressional...
Tags: automakers, aid, automaker, congress, administration, corporate, capitol, bailout
Auto Makers Settle for Tough Love
Washington :: DC :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility It was a dose of tough love that President-elect Barack Obama offered the American auto industry Monday. America shouldn't let the auto makers "vanish," he said at a news conference. But the auto companies should get help, he added, only when they show...
Tags: obama, president, democrat, auto, barack, elect, capitol, billion, auto industry, financial
Auto Aid May Come With Strings
Detroit :: MI :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility As the head of the United Auto Workers union lobbied for a congressional deal to help Detroit's struggling auto makers Thursday, it became clearer that the companies and the union will need to make sacrifices in order to win federal aid. UAW President...
Tags: general motors, chrysler, bailout, ford, auto, capitol, auto industry, president, auto aid, plan
Congress Near Auto Bailout Deal
Washington :: DC :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility Oct. consumer price index | 40% Dow year-to-date Lawmakers Move Toward Autos Bailout Deal 12:49 PM ET: Members of Congress, including Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sen. Chris Bond (R-Mo.)...
Tags: automakers, automaker, plan, bailout, aid, billion, capitol, president, Senate Democratic, democrats
Transit leaders seek help from Congress
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility The officials warned that 31 of the nation's largest transit systems could face at least $2 billion in payments in the coming months if hundreds of the deals go bad. The fallout could cripple rail and bus systems at a time when ridership is soaring. "Time...
Tags: billion, government, aid, capitol, Metropolitan Transit Authority, transit agency
Automakers to plead with Congress for aid
Washington :: DC :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility When the heads of General Motors (GM), Chrysler and Ford Motor (F) and their major union go to Capitol Hill today, they will try to convince lawmakers that if the Big Three automakers go under, the fragile U.S. economy will be dealt a blow far costlier...
Tags: automakers, automaker, billion, congress, government, bailout, ford, aid, democrats, capitol
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