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Senate budget plan to include Keystone XL approval: lawmaker
2013-03-22 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Republican lawmaker said he expects a symbolic measure to approve the Keystone XL pipeline will be attached to the Senate's budget plan Friday, and that it will build support for a similar bill likely to be voted on later in the year. Senator John Hoeven, from North Dakota, told reporters his amendment to allow Congress to approve the pipeline would be selected from hundreds of others for a vote, and that it had at least the 51 backers needed to pass. TransCanada Corp's more than 800,000-barrel-per-day...
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Senate Democrats in 'reply mode' on climate budget amendments
2013-03-22 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Senate Democrats plan to play defense on possible GOP amendments to their nonbinding budget proposal that could thwart greenhouse gas regulations, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Friday. Approving the budget begins a so-called vote-a-rama in which lawmakers tack on a host of measures that would otherwise have a difficult time getting to the floor. That would ostensibly create a chance to force votes on climate change. But Whitehouse said Democrats are in reply mode, calling the budget...
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Portland Tribune: Police, fire can't avoid cuts in budget
2013-03-21 16:40:19| PortlandOnline
March 21, 2013 | Portland Tribune, Steve Law
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Police, fire can't avoid cuts in budget
2013-03-21 16:15:45| PortlandOnline
Steve Law in the Portland Tribune, March 21, 2013
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Row over Budget home loans plan
2013-03-21 14:36:47| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Labour says a Budget initiative designed to help first-time buyers obtain home loans may be a "spare homes subsidy" for the better-off.
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