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Don Beyer Wins Straw Poll Among Democrats Running in 8th District Primary
2014-03-02 07:58:42| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Which Democrat is pulling ahead in the 8th congressional District primary race, for the seat of retiring Congressman Jim Moran? A straw poll was held Saturday night at the Mount Vernon District Democratic Committee's sixth annual Mardi Gras fundraiser; 10 of the 11 candidates and their supporters gathered to have some fun, make some speeches and ... (more)
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Cuomo dismisses Democrats' home-rule casino bill
2014-01-24 05:21:31| Apparel - Topix.net
Gov. Andrew Cuomo would not support Senate Democrats' legislation that would give added home-rule protections to communities under consideration for upstate casinos.
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Frustrated Democrats create task force to push climate change legislation
2014-01-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KPCC: A dozen Democratic Senators and a pair of independents have formed a Senate Action Climate Task Force, declaring their intention to fight climate change by focusing on their GOP colleagues. At a Tuesday press conference, senators took turns ticking off a list of climate catastrophes in their home states killer tornadoes, seaside homes washing away, bark beetles decimating forests, historically low snowpack. But California's Barbara Boxer, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,...
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Democrats prepare to square off with climate change skeptics
2014-01-13 12:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Examiner: Fossil fuel emissions, buoyed by a slight increase in coal usage, despite President Barack Obamas Republican-dubbed war on coal, rose by 2 percent in 2013, officials announced on Monday. According to a report in The Hill, it is the first increase in carbon emissions in three years. "Coal has regained some market share from natural gas since a low in April 2013; however the impact on overall emissions trends remains fairly small," the Energy Information Administration statement. Last week,...
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Senate Democrats show philosophical divisions warming agenda
2014-01-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Senate Democrats may find themselves divided on the issue of climate change this year, if the events of yesterday are any indication. On the one hand, a group of chamber Democrats led by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) pledged that a new caucus of Democrats would spend the year preaching the gospel of climate change mitigation on the Senate floor and in caucus meetings in hopes of paving the way for climate legislation. On the other, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)...
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