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klyq
March 14, 2018
The final day to file for political office in this year's elections was Monday, March 12. The Ravalli County June primary ballots are fairly quiet, but the races for U.S. House and Senate are crowded. U.S. Congressional Races (from Secretary of State):. U.S. Senate: - Democrat incumbent Jon Tester,Ãâà...
Kaiser Family Foundation
March 14, 2018
[A] leading group of humanitarian, development, and global health organizations are releasing new data that show just how devastating [the Trump administration's] proposed cuts to the United States' foreign aid budget would be to millions of people in the poorest countries. … The organizations … calledÃâà...
Windy City Times
March 14, 2018
Congressman Mike Quigley is known for many things—including his passion for LGBT rights. Among other things, he is vice-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus and is a founding member of the Transgender Equality Task Force. A hockey enthusiast, he even played that sport during the GayÃâà...
Windy City Times
March 14, 2018
ELECTIONS U.S. Congress, 6th Dist. Amanda ... Civil rights attorney Amanda Howland, who in 2016 unsuccessfully challenged Republican incumbent for his post as 6th District U.S. Representative, is making another try for Roskam's office. ... Since then, in Washington, things have only gotten worse.
SCOTUSblog (blog)
March 14, 2018
The Law Library of Congress today released digital copies of the printed bound volumes of the United States Reports from 1791 to 2004, making more than 35,000 Supreme Court cases available for the first time online as page images in a searchable format. Digital copies of many of these opinions areÃâà...
MLive.com
March 14, 2018
LANSING, MI - There are close to 55,000 residents in Highland Park and Detroit who are under-represented at the state and federal levels. It was two resignations - one from former U.S. Rep. John Conyers and another from former state Sen. Bert Johnson, whose districts overlap - that put residents in a bindÃâà...
Voice of America
March 14, 2018
An unexpected resurgence of gun control proposals following last month's shooting at a Florida high school is showing signs of ebbing in the U.S. Congress, where a bill to strengthen a national background check for gun ownership is treading water despite public pressure in favor of it. Senate MajorityÃâà...
CoinDesk
March 14, 2018
On March 14, a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled "Examining Cryptocurrencies and ICO Markets." The hearing marks the first time a group within Congress will specifically tackle the question of initial coin offerings (ICOs), an areaÃâà...
Kaiser Family Foundation
March 13, 2018
The Global Health Security Agenda has registered important early achievements during its first four years, and CDC leaders had planned to build on those gains with renewed funding for the program in 2020. … While Congress could certainly appropriate additional funding on its own, CDC officials' privateÃâà...
CNBC
March 13, 2018
The election will have minimal effect on the composition of Congress, but the race has drawn national interest as a proxy for November's midterm ... nearly any congressional seat," said Steven Billet, the director of the legislative affairs program at George Washington University's Graduate School of PoliticalÃâà...
Modesto Bee
March 13, 2018
I fully support the candidacy of Sue Zwahlen to represent our area in the U.S. Congress. I believe that anyone who has worked with Sue, professionally or through her volunteer work on numerous city and county boards, knows Sue is highly passionate about service to others. While many know her becauseÃâà...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 11, 2018
Taking in southern Allegheny County and spreading into Washington, Greene and Westmoreland counties, the district has more than its share of old coal and steel towns needing attention from Washington. Economic development, workforce training and infrastructure improvements, including upgrades toÃâà...
The Seattle Times
March 11, 2018
WASHINGTON — The legislative blitz that rocketed the $1.5 trillion tax cut through Congress in less than two months created a host of errors and ambiguities in the law that businesses big and small are just discovering and scrambling to address. Companies and trade groups are pushing the TreasuryÃâà...
PEOPLE.com
March 10, 2018
Texas is set to make history as two Democratic candidates will likely become the first Latina politicians from the Lone Star State elected to the U.S Congress. Veronica Escobar, former judge for El Paso County, and State Senator Sylvia Garcia will face the winners of the Republican primary at generalÃâà...
Ghana News Agency
March 5, 2018
Washington DC, March 5, GNA - The United States Congress on Friday acknowledged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's for showing himself an ... The event which celebrated the unlimited possibilities on the African Continent, brought together a cross section of the American society, fromÃâà...
Waxahachie Daily Light
March 5, 2018
Tuesday, State Representative John Wray endorsed Retired Commander Jake Ellzey in his bid for Texas' 6th Congressional District. “Jake Ellzey has a distinguished record of service and a conservative vision for America,” Wray said. “In 2014, Jake may have been my political opponent, but in reality, weÃâà...
Light Reading
March 5, 2018
T-Mobile US Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) have both committed to using mmWave for 5G network deployments in 2018. Verizon is purely focused on 28GHz; T-Mobile is using 600MHz, 28GHz and 39GHz. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) hasn't said what spectrum it will use yet, but Light ReadingÃâà...
TechRadar
March 5, 2018
Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have taken steps to ensure legislation is suitable for the rollout of 5G networks, which is expected to start in 2019. In two separate developments, the European Parliament, Council and Commission have reached provisional agreement on new telecoms and spectrumÃâà...
CNBC
March 5, 2018
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat who worked to get several products removed from the current bill, said Congress should do a better job to ensure tariff reductions do not impede U.S. producers. "Miscellaneous Tariff Bills should help, not hurt American manufacturers," Brown said in a statement toÃâà...
Voice of America
March 5, 2018
After last year's successful drive to cut taxes, what do President Donald Trump's allies in Congress do for an encore? The answer seems to be, "Not so much." For sure, Republicans in Washington feel good about the effect their overhaul of the nation's tax code is having on the economy, and recent pollingÃâà...
ZDNet
March 2, 2018
Democrats and Republicans in both chambers of Congress are ready to pass a bill that should facilitate the development of 5G networks in the US. The US House will vote on the bill on Tuesday, a group of lawmakers said in a joint statement. The leaders of the House Energy and Commerce CommitteeÃâà...
