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NFU Honors 36 Outstanding Members of Congress with Golden Triangle Award
2015-09-18 02:00:24| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (September 17, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) today presented 36 recipients with the Golden Triangle Award, the organizations highest legislative honor. The annual award is presented to members of Congress who have demonstrated leadership and support policies that benefit Americas family farmers,
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Obama Officials to Congress: Shift Wildfire Funding
2015-09-16 15:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Top Obama administration officials are calling on Congress to change the way the government allocates funds for fighting wildfires as western states deal with one of the most destructive seasons on record. In a letter to Sen. Maria Cantwell (Wash.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan said this years fire season is proving to be disastrous,...
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Congress Slams EPA For Wastewater Spill
2015-09-16 12:18:58| pollutiononline Home Page
After EPA staff and contractors spilled 3 million gallons of toxic mining wastewater into a river system in Colorado last month, the agency is facing intense criticism on Capitol Hill.
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Editorial: Congress' export a " jobs
2015-09-16 11:34:23| IT Services - Topix.net
Here's the price tag of a Congress ruled by drown-government-in-the-bathtub ideologues who have no regard for facts: 500 American jobs, bound for France, Hungary and China. And that's probably just a downpayment on this ineptitude.
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As safety deadline looms, railroads look to Congress to avert shutdown
2015-09-12 05:04:52| Railroads - Topix.net
The nation's freight railroads, commuter lines like Metra, and Amtrak are facing a potential service crisis Dec. 31. The railroads insist they're not to blame, but critics say the warning signals were ignored for years. Ever since two serious Metra derailments in 2003 and 2005, the latter of which killed two passengers and cost millions in lawsuits, federal safety investigators have called for the commuter rail agency to install a high-tech safety system known as Positive Train Control.
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