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[IMGCAP(1)] This is not like the fight over the patients’ bill of rights, in which the president simply had to convince one key House Republican to change his basic position, thus enabling Bush to
[IMGCAP(1)]After a 25-year career as lead singer and songwriter for the cult band The Smithereens, it’s not surprising that Pat DiNizio explains his outlook on politics in music industry terms.
Langevin is supposed to decide on the race by April 1, but groups such as EMILY’s List have already expressed displeasure that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee seems to be lining up behind
[IMGCAP(1)] Reginald David Johnson, aka Phillip Douglas, among other names, was fired Tuesday from the League of American Bicyclists after his employers learned that Johnson is on probation after
[IMGCAP(1)]Menendez said in a statement that Zapien “brings a unique perspective to the job of chief of staff from his work as my National Outreach Director at the Democratic Caucus, his work in
When presented with the reality that less than 1 percent of their tax dollars are devoted to NASA’s budget, the level of public support for space exploration vaulted.
Left unsaid in Monday’s bevy of pro-reform memorandums is a concern that continued negative press coverage of the issue could derail the president’s No. 1 domestic priority before a bill is even
[IMGCAP(1)] While Democrats continue to rebuild after their setbacks in the 2004 elections, GOP leaders are quietly being escorted and introduced in the black community by leading ministers.
[IMGCAP(1)] Miller’s letter notes that secondhand smoke in the cafeterias “irritates and annoys those in proximity to smokers, and has been linked to serious medical disorders.”
[IMGCAP(1)]Yes, the new 55-seat majority enjoyed by Republicans in the Senate already made it easier to pass a class-action overhaul bill this year, and the same dynamic appears to be pushing the
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[IMGCAP(1)]In the summer of 1989, then-Speaker Jim Wright (D-Texas) went down in the history books as “the first Speaker in the 200-year history of Congress to be forced out of office in mid-term.”
The Transportation Department estimates that every $1 billion in new federal investment in highways creates 47,500 jobs. These are good construction jobs, paying an average of $19 per hour.
For every $1 billion invested in federal highway and transit spending, 47,500 jobs are created or sustained.
[IMGCAP(1)] During the 2002 cycle Cecil was director of the Democratic coordinated campaign in Arkansas, an effort that aided now-Sen. Mark Pryor’s (D) victory over then-Sen.
At the University of Missouri, for example, the $5 million the federal government gave the university last year was matched nearly 3-to-1 by the state government.
For example, a recent Washington Post survey found that residents prefer tolls to new taxes to fund new road construction by a 2-to-1 margin. Other surveys have found similar results.
“The No. 1 reason I’m here is to support my friends,” he said in an interview at the VIP gathering before the event. “It’s a special thing to get the youth involved.
The lockout cost the U.S. economy an estimated $1 billion a day and resulted in the loss of thousands of jobs.
The Democratic candidates are seeking more than $1 million in damages. The defendant in this week’s trial is Bill Ceverha, TRMPAC’s treasurer.