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Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
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Hirono Attacks Chamber of Commerce
By News Release @ 10:54 PM :: 7771 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Her latest missive is not surprising to the people of Hawaii, as it is simply the latest example of what the public knows already: Mazie puts partisan politics before people....
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Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
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Hawaii Courts Among the Nation's Worst for Abused and Neglected Children
By News Release @ 3:20 PM :: 8161 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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State grades were based on a rigorous examination of state law for adherence to guiding principles developed by national child welfare experts using a 100-point grading system....
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Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
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Norovirus Outbreak Tied to Re-Usable Grocery Bag
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 4822 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Oregon investigators have traced an outbreak of norovirus to a reusable grocery bag that members of a Beaverton girls' soccer team passed around when they shared cookies....
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Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
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Why We Need to Terminate Big Wind Subsidies
By NCPA @ 2:30 PM :: 4556 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...turbines frequently draw electricity from the grid to keep blades turning when the wind is not blowing....
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Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
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Would You Take an SUV into Combat?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:04 PM :: 5096 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Kachejian's story, which is continued in new book, "SUVs Suck In Combat," illustrates the human impact of an ill-equipped military....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012 |
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US Chamber of Commerce Endorses Lingle
By News Release @ 9:35 PM :: 7563 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"Like me, the U.S. Chamber recognizes that the time for partisan bickering is over. We must work together to establish bipartisan solutions that will help boost our economy" -- Linda Lingle
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012 |
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Hawaii Superferries Renamed Guam, Puerto Rico
By News Release @ 1:31 PM :: 8202 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today the names of the Navy’s recently acquired high speed ferries (HSFs); the USNS Guam and the USNS Puerto Rico....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012 |
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Will Congress Defend Our Military?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:45 AM :: 4942 Views :: National News, Ethics
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This week, the House of Representatives has an opportunity to finally set some limits on Washington's spending spree while also ensuring that the U.S. military has the resources it needs....
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 |
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Survey: Hawaii Failing Small Business Owners
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 8655 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma and Utah all earned A+'s for their friendliness towards small businesses. In contrast, small business owners gave California, Hawaii, Vermont, and Rhode Island an F....
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 |
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Pensions: More than Good Enough for Government Work
By NCPA @ 3:11 PM :: 4405 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...public pensions nationwide are underfunded by a total of $4.4 trillion, despite efforts by many state governments to reform pension programs....
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 |
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France: Socialism Rises Again
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:55 PM :: 4743 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Last weekend, the people of France took a sharp turn to the left, and the rest of Europe may be on the brink of rebuking its recent tack toward fiscal responsibility....
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 |
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Santorum Endorses Romney
By News Release @ 1:51 AM :: 4729 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Above all else, we both agree that President Obama must be defeated. The task will not be easy. It will require all hands on deck if our nominee is to be victorious....
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 |
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Lingle to Host Luncheon for Native American Congressman Tom Cole
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 7637 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"As a Congressman and member of the Chickasaw Nation, Congressman Cole has made providing indigenous people, including native Hawaiians, the means for self-determination, self-governance and self-reliance a legislative priority," said Gov. Linda Lingle.
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Monday, May 7, 2012 |
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Death on the Job -- Hawaii Ranks 20th
By News Release @ 2:42 PM :: 7531 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This 2012 edition of Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect marks the 21st year the AFL-CIO has produced a report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s workers....
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Monday, May 7, 2012 |
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Hawaii Nurse Elected International VP of Union Nurses Council
By News Release @ 12:48 PM :: 7349 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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OPEIU represents nurses throughout the United States under the umbrella of the OPEIU Nurses Council and recently affiliated the 4,000-member Hawai'i Nurses Association (HNA)....
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Monday, May 7, 2012 |
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Movie Production Incentives in the Last Frontier
By NCPA @ 12:45 PM :: 5736 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...production companies only remain in-state until tax conditions are made more favorable elsewhere....
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Monday, May 7, 2012 |
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A Better Life for Julia
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:37 PM :: 4805 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...a faceless young American woman grows from birth to old age with the government at her side every step of the way....
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Saturday, May 5, 2012 |
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Bankrupt Marianas Islands Pension Fund Advisor Vanishes
By Selected News Articles @ 7:35 PM :: 7743 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Complicating matters, the Merrill executive who most-closely dealt with the fund reportedly fell overboard while fishing in waters off Hawaii last September, and has yet to be found.…
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Saturday, May 5, 2012 |
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Hawaii Falls Short, May Still Lose RTTT Money: Hirono, Hanabusa Pleased
By Selected News Articles @ 1:35 AM :: 8003 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The U.S. Department of Education said Friday it would keep Hawaii on "high risk" status for failing to carry out education reforms it promised in return for a $75 million grant from the federal government....
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Friday, May 4, 2012 |
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Weak Economy Disappoints Again
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:40 PM :: 4285 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...today's jobs report shows, the U.S. economy only added 115,000 jobs in April -- well below expectations and far, far below what is necessary to drive the economy back to full employment....
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Thursday, May 3, 2012 |
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GAO Details Progress in Jones Act Study Requested by Puerto Rico Congressional Delegate
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 7831 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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... supported by Delegate Gregorio “Kilili” Camacho Sablan (D-Northern Mariana Islands), the top Democrat on the Committee on Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs ....
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Thursday, May 3, 2012 |
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Hybrids and Hype
By NCPA @ 4:15 PM :: 4940 Views :: National News, Ethics
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their aggregate impact on the environmental is completely accounted for, they may be more harmful than their gasoline-only predecessors....
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Thursday, May 3, 2012 |
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Wind Farms Are Warming the Earth, Researchers Say
By NCPA @ 4:10 PM :: 4301 Views :: National News, Ethics
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However, new research finds that wind farms actually warm up the surface of the land underneath them during the night....
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Thursday, May 3, 2012 |
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Is the Postal Service Doomed?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:24 PM :: 4762 Views :: National News, Ethics
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$25 billion in losses over the last five years, $20 billion in annual losses projected in the coming years, and 80 percent of its locations losing money....
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Thursday, May 3, 2012 |
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'Dereliction of Duty' -- Hirono Misses Student Loan Vote for Campaign Event
By General Bob Lee (ret) @ 12:25 AM :: 8278 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In a statement to a local reporter, Hirono's spokesperson said that her campaign travel itinerary took precedence over her duty as a Congresswoman to vote ....
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Thursday, May 3, 2012 |
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Sugar Quotas: Bad for Consumers, Bad for Agriculture and Bad for America
By NCPA @ 12:21 AM :: 6047 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Government interference in the sugar market hurts consumers and food manufacturers by driving up the price of sugar, threatening competitive farmers and ranchers by jeopardizing export growth, and weakening the U.S. economy by diverting resources from more competitive uses...
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012 |
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GMO Ag Sharply Cuts CO2 Output--Organics Spew Greenhouse Gasses
By NCPA @ 2:03 PM :: 8526 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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In 2009, the shift to biotech crops reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 17.6 billion kilograms, equal to the removal of 7.8 million cars from the road for a year....
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012 |
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Bin Laden Dead, but the Mission Remains
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:51 PM :: 4529 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Unfortunately, under this Administration, the military is facing significant cuts that severely undermine America's ability to defend itself and stand ready to combat the threats that lie around the corner.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012 |
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Untested Medical IT Allows 33% of Fatal Medication Errors
By News Release @ 4:20 PM :: 6527 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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As the nation’s hospitals rush to adopt new health information technologies such as computerized medication prescribing systems, the potential for such advances to inadvertently result in harm to patients remains a major challenge ....
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012 |
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Obama's Crucifixion of "Big Oil"
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:55 PM :: 4561 Views :: National News, Ethics
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If it ever was a secret, it's not a secret any longer: The Obama Administration is on a vindictive campaign to injure America's oil and gas industry....
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Monday, April 30, 2012 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 30, 2012
By Congress.org @ 2:03 PM :: 7575 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Senate: 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012
- Senate: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011
- House: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
- House: Interest Rate Reduction Act
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Sunday, April 29, 2012 |
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Honolulu Attorney Named to Board of Owners Counsel of America
By News Release @ 4:18 AM :: 9227 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Robert Thomas, a Director with Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert in Honolulu, concentrates his practice on property and land use issues including eminent domain, regulatory takings, water rights, and voting rights....
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Saturday, April 28, 2012 |
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Lingle: Americans Losing Trust in TSA
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 9723 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"I will support Congressional investigation efforts into the TSA policies and guidelines and will advocate for practices that maintain security while not sacrificing the personal dignity of our residents and visitors." -- Gov. Lingle
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Saturday, April 28, 2012 |
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How Green Are Electric Cars? Depends on Where You Plug In
By NCPA @ 3:33 PM :: 5196 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...in some regions of the country, the well-to-wheel emissions level for all-electric vehicles may be higher than the best hybrid and all-gasoline competitors, says the New York Times....
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Saturday, April 28, 2012 |
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VIDEO: Anti-Bullying Speaker Curses 'Pansy-Assed' Students
By Video @ 1:25 PM :: 6231 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Savage is the creator of the two-year-old It Gets Better Project which encourages teens struggling with same-sex attractions to embrace homosexuality....
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Friday, April 27, 2012 |
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Sa-i-gu: Koreans wrestle with aftermath of LA riots
By Selected News Articles @ 11:53 PM :: 7953 Views :: National News, Ethics
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To Leftists and black activists, it was an “uprising”; white liberals prefer to call it “civil unrest”; many others call them the L.A. Riots. But Koreans simply call it Sa-i-gu, or April 29....
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Friday, April 27, 2012 |
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Washington Needs A Lesson on Student Loans
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:30 PM :: 4647 Views :: National News, Ethics
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You know a politician is looking for applause when he speaks in front of a crowd of college students and says he's there to help them pay back their student loans....
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Friday, April 27, 2012 |
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US, Japan Reach $8.6B Deal on Transfer of 9,000 Okinawa Marines
By News Release @ 10:38 AM :: 12826 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Abercrombie jumps the gun to claim credit for something that wasn't his doing ....
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Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
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Hawaii is #2 in Nation for Mortgage Scams
By News Release @ 4:20 PM :: 8406 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The top five states ranked by per capita in 2011 were: California, Hawaii, Florida, Nevada, and the District of Columbia ....
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Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
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NMI Medicaid Cases “Circulate in Hawaii Like Hot Potatoes”
By Selected News Articles @ 5:26 AM :: 8969 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Private clinics and pharmacies have whispered among themselves for months about suspending services due to non-payment of millions....
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Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
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Stopping the Cyber Espionage Threat
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:38 AM :: 5317 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...today Congress has the opportunity to do something about it....
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012 |
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Three Years without a Federal Budget
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:19 PM :: 5090 Views :: National News, Ethics
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April 29 marks the third year in which the U.S. Senate has not passed a budget -- a staggering dereliction of duty, particularly given the country's near-$16 trillion debt. But that's not the Senate's only blockbuster failure ....
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
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DoD IDs Hawaii Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 9663 Views :: Energy, National News, World News, Family
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They died April 19, in southwestern Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the UH-60 Black Hawk they were in crashed.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
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Progressives Move to Amend First Amendment
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:47 PM :: 5767 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The proposal, which is known as the "People's Rights Amendment," would amend the Constitution and hold that constitutional rights are only for "natural persons," meaning that corporations and legal entities would no longer enjoy the freedoms the Constitution guarantees....
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Monday, April 23, 2012 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 23, 2012
By Andrew Walden @ 8:42 PM :: 8087 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Senate: Cloture Motion; Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012
- House: Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012
- House: Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, Part II
- House: Small Business Tax Cut Act
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Monday, April 23, 2012 |
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The Bloated Government of America
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:50 PM :: 5518 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The latest example came last week when Democratic leadership in the Senate again passed the buck on enacting a budget -- on April 29, it will have been three years since the Senate last passed a budget resolution....
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