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Weapons of Mass Discussion (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
By Rep. Jean Schmidt (R, OH-02) Last week the House of Representatives voted to pass what was titled the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. You probably know it as the Cap and Trade Bill. The bill deals with how we balance our need for things like electricity with our stewardship of the environment. The centerpiece of this bill is a cap and trade system designed to limit green house gas...
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3mnewswire.org (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Pro-Life Women to Oppose Taxpayer Funded Abortion in District of Columbia MEDIA ADVISORY, June 23 /Christian Newswire/ -- Pro-Life Women to Call on Congress to Oppose Taxpayer Funding for Abortion. Susan B. Anthony List Joins House Pro-Life Women's Caucus to Oppose Taxpayer-Funded Abortion in the District of Columbia Press Conference - Wednesday, June 24, 2009 -- 10:00 a.m. EST -- House Triangle, SE...
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Ohio 15th District (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
* Democratic Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy has been working hard in Congress to help our Vets. Kilroy's website : U.S. Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy joined a bipartisan majority in the House to pass several pieces of legislation to increase funding for health care and the standards of living for veterans and their families, while providing them with easier access to scholarship programs in votes yesterday. Kilroy said...
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trucks world news (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
State transportation officials concerned that local roadways can’t handle extra large loads New Orleans,LOU,USA - The New Orleans City Business, by Christian Moises -22 June 2009: -- The Louisiana Forestry Association is one of more than 100 groups and companies urging Congress to raise the federal vehicle weight limit on U.S. interstates... But for all the proposal’s upside — fewer...
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Gristmill (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Ohio media sources are reporting that Piketon, a small town 60-miles south of Columbus, could be in line to get a new nuclear power plant. Gov. Ted Strickland (D), Sen. George Voinovich (R), Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) and officials from Duke Energy and French nuclear company Areva were in Piketon Thursday to announce plans for the plant.
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
CINCINNATI — The site of a former uranium enrichment plant tucked away in the hills of southern Ohio has the necessary infrastructure for a nuclear power plant _ abundant water, a power grid and bipartisan political backing. It's where the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant enriched uranium during the Cold War. Cleanup of the site is still going on, along with construction of a new-technology...
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taxmanblog (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Last summer, with gasoline over $4 a gallon, the leading criticism of off shore drilling was that it would take 10 years to get the first barrel of oil out of the ground. Now. We're one year into that 10 years. How close are we to having a reliable alternative to oil and coal. Well, we have one. It's called nuclear. And it looks like Duke Energy wants to build a nuke plant in Piketon Ohio. An announcement...
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Weapons of Mass Discussion (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
By Rep. Jean Schmidt There is no doubt that our country is still languishing in a recession. But things in Ohio are far worse. The Ohio unemployment rate, if you include those that have simply given up looking for work or are only working part-time, is an astounding 18%. New unemployment numbers are to be released next Friday and they will certainly be even worse. Just last week, President Obama convened...
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Tony Phyrillas (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Pitts, R-16th, is among a handful of legislators singled out for their work with the Pro-Life Caucus. From a Family Research Council release: The Few, the Proud, the Pro-Life Caucus Last night, after the final votes had been cast, the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus took a turn on the House floor to blast the public funding of abortion in the D.C. Appropriations bill. Rep....
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DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Each is too old for a trade in voucher Betty Sutton's bill, H.R. 2751 , colloquially dubbed "Cash For Clunkers," passed yesterday evening 298-119 . 59 Republicans of all stripes abandoned their party's leadership to vote with the Democrats-- from right-wing extremists like Steve King (IA), David Dreier (CA), Phil Gingrey (GA) and Gary Miller (CA) to mainstream conservatives like Frank LoBiondo...
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Dump Michele Bachmann (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
The economy is in ruins, endless wars rage in Iraq and Afghanistan--and so Michele springs into action... Monday June 8, 2009 Pro-Life Women Leaders to Call on Congress to Oppose D.C. Taxpayer-Funded Abortion By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., June 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Susan B. Anthony List is joining the U.S. House of Representatives' Pro-Life Women's Caucus tomorrow to ask Congress...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- U.S. lawmakers have proposed legislation that would increase truck size and weight limits on the nation's highways. A bill introduced by Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, and Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, would allow trucks up to 97,000 pounds with a sixth axle to operate on the nation's highways, an increase from the federal limit of 80,000 pounds and maximum length of 53 feet,...
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Ohio 15th District (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
Thank goodness! It appears, according to the Columbus Dispatch , that Georgia will not get stimulus money after taking those NCR jobs from Ohio. Here is more from the Dispatch : The White House appeared yesterday to rule out using federal stimulus money to help Georgia officials build a manufacturing plant for NCR Corp., which is moving its headquarters from Dayton to Georgia. The effort by officials...
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Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Jim Parker, the health care administrator from the 2nd Congressional District's far eastern reaches, is going to make a third try at becoming next year's Democratic nominee in the district now held by Republican Jean Schmidt.
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