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Senate leaders plan hearings on Powers, regents spat
2013-02-20 07:54:29| Electronics - Topix.net
A day after state legislative leaders strongly signaled their support for University of Texas President Bill Powers, Senate leaders on Tuesday announced plans to hold hearings on reports that some UT regents are engaged in a power struggle to push Powers out.
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Senate Dems' Sequester-Replacement Plan Ends Tar Sands Exemption
2013-02-18 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: A Senate Democratic plan to replace a series of automatic spending cuts would require tar sands producers to start paying into a fund for oil spill relief. The Democratic package would end an exemption for the tar sands industry that excludes it from paying an 8-cent-per-barrel fee assessed on domestic and imported petroleum. Lawmakers are working on a package of cuts aimed at replacing $85 billion of government-wide spending reductions, known as sequestration, scheduled for March 1. For more...
Sources: Judd 'leaning toward' Senate bid, decision by Derby Day
2013-02-16 21:50:59| Food - Topix.net
Actress Ashley Judd told influential Democrats in Louisville that she is leaning toward running for U.S. Senate against Mitch McConnell and plans to make her decision by Derby Day , sources tell WHAS11 News.
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Sources: Judd 'leaning toward' Senate bid, decision by Derby Day
2013-02-16 08:06:10| Beverages - Topix.net
Actress Ashley Judd told influential Democrats in Louisville that she is leaning toward running for U.S. Senate against Mitch McConnell and plans to make her decision by Derby Day , sources tell WHAS11 News.
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Bennet says Senate is 'playing games' with drought relief
2013-02-15 09:44:57| Agriculture - Topix.net
Trying to win support for a farm bill that includes adequate disaster relief for Colorado's drought-stricken farms, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet this week highlighted the devastating effects of last summer's drought - one of the worst in decades - on Colorado's agriculture industry and rural communities in a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing.
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