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Energy Issues Electrify Ohio Senate Race (Chillicothe Gazette)

Energy Issues Electrify Ohio Senate Race By Deidre Shesgreen WASHINGTON -- When it comes to energy issues, Democrat Sherrod Brown and...

Congress Keeps Free Mail While Pushing U.S. Postal Cuts (Bloomberg)

  Lawmakers intent on dictating how the U.S. Postal Service cuts billions from its spending are among those helping themselves to a favorite...

Energy And Environment Update (JDSUPRA)

In This Issue: Energy and Climate Debate; Congress; Administration; Department of Defense; Department of Energy; Department of Interior;...

Congress Passes Transportation Bill, Halts Student Loan Rate Increase (BostonHerald.com)

WASHINGTON — Congress, in a rare display of bipartisanship, on Friday sent to President Barack Obama a roughly $105 billion transportation...

Road funding, interest break for 160,000 Missouri students finally approved (St. Louis Post Dispatch)

June 29–WASHINGTON — As usual, Congress waited until the eleventh hour to tackle big issues. But as result of legislation escaping today, an...

Congress Passes Student Loans, Highways, Flood Aid, Deficit Impact Disputed (Examiner.com)

What does the Highway Trust Fund, flood insurance, the Keystone Pipeline and student loan interest have in common? Nothing really, but they...

Congress Approves a $127 Billion Transportation and Student Loan Package (New York Times)

Congress gave final approval on Friday to legislation that combines a two-year transportation measure with bills to extend subsidized student...

Congress Passes Transportation Bill, Halts Student Loan Rate Hike (LA Times)

WASHINGTON — Congress, in a rare display of bipartisanship, on Friday sent to President Obama a roughly $105-billion transportation bill that...

Pryor, Boozman win on Flood Insurance (Arkansas News)

WASHINGTON — Congress today approved a five-year reauthorization of the nation’s flood insurance program after removing a requirement that...

Congress Can Save $700 Billion by Ending Environmentally Destructive Programs (Living Green)

Congress could move a long way toward solving the nation’s twin problems of spiraling budget costs and environmental degradation simply by...

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...