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Compensation at GM, other TARP companies attracts congressional scrutiny
2013-03-06 00:15:09| Automakers - Topix.net
A congressman who recently raised questions about pay for executives at General Motors and other companies bailed out by the government asked the new Treasury secretary on Tuesday to 'rein in excessive compensation packages' for officials at businesses still in the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
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Congressional Coalition Pushes to Preserve COOL
2013-02-04 16:47:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Office of Sen. Tim Johnson U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) has called on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Trade Ambassador Ron Kirk to uphold mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) as they develop corrective measures required by the World Trade Organization (WTO). Senator Johnson and Sens. Tester (D-MT), Enzi (R-WY) and Grassley (R-IA) led a bipartisan group of 31 senators in fighting to ensure that no changes are made to the program that contradict the intent of Congress. read more
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Congressional Democrats Launch Climate Change Task Force
2013-01-25 16:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Building on President Obamas inaugural commitment to address climate change, key congressional leaders announced a new Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change that will be co-chaired by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA). The goal is to provide a Congressional forum for discussions on solutions and actions to try to solve the climate crisis. The task force is expected to convene meetings of members from both chambers of Congress, and release reports and help circulate information...
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New Congressional Task Force on Climate Change Aims to Break Through Barricades of Denial
2013-01-24 18:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Nation: President Obama's new push on climate change will be an "aggressive campaign built around the use of his executive powers to sidestep congressional opposition,' which makes some sense: Republicans in the House of Representatives are so stridently against taking action on global warming they even killed an amendment in 2011 that simply stated humans are driving climate change. But that doesn't mean Congress should just sit this battle out, given its massive import--and to that end, Representative...
Democrats Form Congressional Task Force to Fight Climate Change
2013-01-24 17:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Representative Henry Waxman of California, the senior Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse formed a joint task force on climate change after President Barack Obama vowed to address the issue during his inaugural address. Waxman and Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat and chairman of the oversight subcommittee for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, will co-chair the task force, according to a statement posted online today. The lawmakers...
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