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  • 03-Feb-10 12:04
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  • 04-Feb-10 10:40
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    U.S. to Investigate Toyota Prius Break Problems
    From Thursday's New York Times: Safety regulators in Washington announced Thursday that they would open a formal inquiry into the braking problems of the 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid, following a similar investigation ordered a day earlier by the Japanese government.
  • 10-Feb-10 11:17
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    Senate Democrats Unveil Jobs Package

    From the Associated Press: Senate Democrats circulated a jobs bill Tuesday that's light on new initiatives on boosting hiring and heavy with provisions sought by lobbyists for business groups, doctors and the satellite broadcasting industry.

    Senate Democrats were working to round up Republican support, but more snow in the nation's capital made it unlikely the Senate could pass it this week and hand President Barack Obama a quick, badly needed political victory. Republicans are willing partners because much of the bill is made up of tax breaks they support, though many GOP senators said they were still waiting to see the details.

  • 23-Feb-10 11:12
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    Dana Edelstein (administrator)
    Health care reform: emotions and the road ahead
    From the Washington Post: A new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation puts a fresh spin on public attitudes toward health care reform, asking people about their feelings on the elongated process and on the consequences of stopping now.
  • 31-Mar-10 11:14
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    Dana Edelstein (administrator)

    Obama to clear way for offshore drilling for oil and gas, including off Va. coast, sources say

    From today's Washington Post: The Obama administration will approve significant oil and gas exploration off America's coasts, including a possible sale two years from now of leases off the Virginia shore, administration officials said Wednesday.

    The move, which President Obama will announce Wednesday morning with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar at Andrews Air Force Base, ends a long-standing moratorium on oil and gas drilling along much of the East Coast, from Delaware to central Florida.

    The new strategy also calls for oil and gas exploration in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, more than 125 miles from Florida's coast, and in large areas in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in the Arctic Ocean, north of Alaska, after the government conducts detailed studies, an administration official said.

 

 

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