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Bipartisan Group of Senators Outlines Plans for Immigration Reform
2013-01-28 22:41:07| ENR.com: Headline News
Blueprint for legislative package includes a number of provisions that affect employers.
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Senators propose revival of U.S. farm disaster-relief programs
2013-01-25 23:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Congress would revive disaster-relief programs for farmers and ranchers hurt by drought and other natural catastrophes under a stop-gap bill introduced on Friday by two key Senate committee leaders. Producers could get up to $100,000 each for losses in 2012 and this year. In particular, ranchers would benefit because they do not have access to federally subsidized insurance, as farmers do for their crops. The bundle of disaster programs, covering livestock, tree and fruit and vegetable producers,...
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Senators seek H-1B cap that starts at 115,000 and rises
2013-01-25 14:47:08| InfoWorld: Top News
A bipartisan group of Senators is planning to introduce a bill that not only hikes the H-1B cap, but allows it to rise automatically with demand to a maximum of 300,000 visas annually. This 20-page bill, called the Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 or the "I-Squared Act of 2013," is being developed by Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.).
Nebraska OK clears major hurdle, senators urge Keystone pipeline approval
2013-01-24 11:23:17| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
More than half the Senate on Wednesday urged quick approval of TransCanada's controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, ramping up pressure on President Barack Obama just days after he promised in his inaugural address to respond vigorously to the threat of climate change.
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Lt. Gov. appoints ETX senators to committees
2013-01-19 04:25:50| Electronics - Topix.net
Lt. Governor David Dewhurst has made state senate committee appointments and all three East Texas state senators have either a chair or vice-chair a committee.
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