Archive for July 31st, 2008
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Obama slams McCain over oil company tax breaks (AP)
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama seized on a record oil company profit to argue that rival John McCain offers only tax breaks for Big Oil and “short-term gimmicks” to consumers struggling with soaring gasoline prices. -
Nominations Sent to the Senate
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Gregori Lebedev
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Nomination Sent to the Senate
NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: Michael W. Hager
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Personnel Announcement
President George W. Bush today announced that he has nominated four individuals and intends to designate one individual to serve in his Administration: Michael W. Hager, Deborah Hersman, Gregori Lebedev, Sung Y. Kim
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Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives
I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed amendments to my FY 2009 Budget for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Homeland Security, the Interior, Labor, and State, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency. The amounts requested are fully offset by proposed reductions to other accounts.
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Fact Sheet: Protecting Our Prosperity
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released new jobs figures for July. Nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 51,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate was at 5.7 percent, below the average for each of the last three decades. Following yesterday’s report that Gross Domestic Product for the second quarter grew at a rate of 1.9 percent, it is worth noting that labor-market growth tends to lag GDP growth. In addition, we expect the unemployment rate will rise to a higher level than it otherwise would have been over the course of several months as a direct consequence from the recent extension of unemployment benefits.
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McCain defends charge that Obama playing race card
Sen. John McCain defended his campaign Thursday for saying that Sen. Barack Obama is playing the race card.
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Stevens: Trial date “very encouraging” (Politico)
Politico - Sen. Ted Stevens’ career and legacy are in jeopardy, but you wouldn’t know it from his latest campaign statement.
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Sen. Stevens pleads not guilty to hiding gifts (Reuters)
Reuters - Republican Sen. Ted Stevens pleaded
not guilty on Thursday to charges of concealing more than
$250,000 in gifts from an oil services company, and he will get
a chance to clear his name at trial before the November
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House defeats bid to censure Rangel
House Democrats voted down a public reprimand Thursday that Republicans sought against influential Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., over a questionable housing arrangement.