The Gulf oil spill has dealt a big blow to expanded offshore drilling, leaving the nation’s energy problems as murky and unsettled as ever.
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Posts Tagged ‘legislation’
May 8 2010
Oil spill clouds future of energy legislation
May 8th, 2010 
Tommy 
January 10 2010
Trita Parsi: Open Letter to Congressman Gresham Barrett on his plans to deport all Iranian visa holders
January 10th, 2010 NIT 
Tags: American, Community, congressman, Congressman Barrett, Council, deportation, fracture, Iranian, iranian descent, iranian students, iranians, legislation, National, one million, plan, Read, reintroduce, United States, way of life
Congressman Barrett,
The National Iranian American Council and the Iranian-American community is outraged by your plan to reintroduce legislation mandating the deportation of thousands of Iranian students and workers who came to this country legally in search of education, liberty and a better way of life. The Stop Terrorist Entry Program (STEP) Act would make discrimination against Iranians into United States law. There are over one million Americans of Iranian descent woven into the diverse fabric of this nation through family and community–your legislation would divide and fracture these
November 18 2009
Economists Tout Health Care Reform In Letter To Obama
November 18th, 2009 NIT Tags: care, controlling costs, economic boon, fiscal results, group, health, health care reform, health care system, health economists, House, legislation, Read, reform, reform legislation, Senate, senate version, version
In a boost to the Obama administration’s efforts to frame health care reform as an economic boon, a group of 20 health economists sent a letter to the White House on Tuesday touting the fiscal results of passing reform legislation.
The group lists four specific elements of reform as crucial to controlling costs and righting the fiscal trajectory of the health care system’s overhaul. They include making legislation deficit neutral (which describes both the House and Senate version of reform), including an excise tax on high-cost insurance plans (which is part of the Senate’s version of reform
November 17 2009
AP sources: Senate weighs long-term care program
November 17th, 2009 NIT Tags: care, democratic officials, health, health care legislation, insurance, insurance program, legislation, long term care insurance, nursing, nursing homes, program, Read, Senate, senate health, term care insurance, Washington, washington senate, week
