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Australia Senate rejects carbon plan
Canberra :: Australia | 3 months ago
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Australia had planned to introduce its CTS in mid-2011 and had set a mandatory cut in carbon emissions of 5 per cent by 2020 compared with 2000 levels. It also set a highly conditional upper limit of a 25 per cent cut in the unlikely event there was international...
Tags: Senate, Australia, carbon trade, climate change, rejected carbon, Canberra, trade scheme, senate rejected, gas emissions, greenhouse gas
Senate to vote on concealed weapons proposal
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The Senate is due to vote at high noon Wednesday on a contentious proposal to allow people to carry concealed weapons from state to state. The measure, which has split Democrats, would require each of the 48 states that allow concealed firearms to honor...
Tags: concealed weapon, U.S. Senate, carried concealed, gun laws, votes short, gun control, allowed concealed, senate votes, senate rejected, weapon permit
Senate removes controversial ed leader
Austin :: TX :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility The Texas Senate ousted Don McLeroy as chairman of the State Board of Education with supporters of the Bryan dentist claiming McLeroy was being punished for his strong religious beliefs. McLeroy is a devout Christian who believes in creationism and the...
Tags: Texas Senate, Don McLeroy, senate rejected
Argentina's president drops export tax hike
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | about 1 year ago
Credibility President Cristina Fernandez canceled a widely protested farm export tax hike on Friday following months of protest and a stunning rejection by the Senate. Cabinet Minister Alberto Fernandez told reporters at a news conference that the government will...
Tags: Cristina Fern, Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner, Argentina&, Senate, tax hike, export tax, presidency cristina, Alberto Fernández, Ms Fernandez, senate rejected
ARGENTINA: Argentine Senate blocks controversial soybean tax
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | about 1 year ago
Credibility France 24 Argentine Senate blocks controversial soybean tax France 24 Thursday, July 17, 2008 Argentine Senate blocks controversial soybean tax Thursday 17 July 2008 Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner saw her proposed tax on soybean exports...
Tags: Senate, Cristina Fern, Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner, export tax, Argentina, argentine senate, presidency cristina, Julio Cobos, senate rejected, vice presidency
State Senate rejects bid to sell LA Coliseum
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The California Senate has rejected legislation that would require the state to sell its share of the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Los Angeles Sports Arena. The state owns the 152 acres on which the 85-year-old coliseum and 48-year-old arena...
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Ill. Senate rejects recall amendment
Springfield :: MO :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility A move to let Illinois voters recall unpopular officials has failed in the state Senate. A constitutional amendment that would have allowed voter recall got only 33 of the 36 votes needed to pass in an afternoon vote...The recall drive has been fueled...
Tags: Illinois Senate, Senate Democrat, Rod Blagojevich, Emil Jones Jr., senate president, recall amendment, constitutional amendment, president emil, voters recall, senate rejected
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