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| 7/8/2009 |
Senators attack carbon tax proposals on US imports Senior Democrat senators said on Wednesday they would change a provision that imposes carbon taxes on imports following warnings that the clause in the House’s cap-and-trade bill could spark a global trade war (Financial Times) | |||
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| 7/6/2009 |
Familiar Players in Health Bill Lobbying Firms Are Enlisting Ex-Lawmakers, Aides three of every four major health-care firms have at least one former insider on their lobbying payrolls (Washington Post) | |||
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| 5/22/2009 | Supermax Prisons in U.S. Already Hold Terrorists (Washington Post) | |||
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| 4/18/2009 |
Dems put assault weapons ban on back burner The last time a Democratic president and a Democratic Congress banned civilian sales of some types of military-style assault weapons, it took American voters barely seven weeks to hand Republicans control of Capitol Hill for the first time in 40 years (San Francisco Chronicle) | |||
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| 12/11/2008 |
Health Care Policy Is in Hands of an Ex-Senator In selecting Tom Daschle to be his health and human services secretary, President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that he wanted Mr. Daschle, a former South Dakota senator, to pursue something that had eluded federal officials for decades: securing “affordable, accessible health care for every single American.” Even though he was not a registered lobbyist, Mr. Daschle advised many health care companies and other corporations for which his firm lobbied. Some consumer groups said the choice of Mr. Daschle appeared to violate the spirit of Mr. Obama’s promise to minimize the role of special interests. (New York Times) | |||
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