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Immigration raid tactics draw congressional ire
Associated Press WriterLawmakers on Thursday questioned the legality and effectiveness of the government's tactics in a May raid that led to the arrest of nearly 400 immigrants. The crackdown on a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa -- called Agriprocessors --...Tags: Demographics, Wages and Pensions, Labor Legislation, Theft, Health and Safety at Work
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Midwest relief packages will have to wait
Victims of recent storm and flood damage in the Midwest could get some disaster assistance and tax relief under new measures pending in Congress -- but not until after the August recess. Lawmakers have delayed consideration of a supplemental emergency...Tags: Emergency Planning, Government, Emergency Incidents, Relief and Aid Organizations, Disasters
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Minnesota news in brief at 8:58 p.m. CDT
The House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday aimed at improving the safety of the nation's bridges, nearly a year after the deadly collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Minneapolis. The vote was 367-55. The legislation would authorize an...Tags: Transportation, Road Transportation, Government, Judges, Tim Pawlenty
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Dodd Plans To Release More Mortgage Info
Washington Bureau ChiefSen. Chris Dodd said he intends to release more information on his home loans from Countrywide -- the giant mortgage company now owned by Bank of America -- as soon as he gets his foreclosure rescue bill passed in the Senate this week and signed by...Tags: Haddam, Countrywide Financial Corp., George Bush, Loans, Chris Dodd
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Indiana Editorial Roundup
Excerpts of recent editorials from Indiana newspapers: July 24: Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, on federal media shield bill: Senate leaders ought to allow their colleagues to vote on the Free Flow of Information Act. The measure ... was...Tags: Mike Pence, Casino and Gambling Industry, Trials, Prosecution, Evan Bayh
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Swamp Sunrise
The SwampGood morning. Here are a few Washington events of note for Thursday, July 24. NASA is announcing the first results from a fleet of five satellites that have discovered what powers sudden brightening and rapid movements of the Northern......Tags: Upper House, NASA
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Dems: beware 'irrational exuberance'
The Swampby Matthew Hay Brown With little more than a hundred days before the elections, the chairmen of the House and Senate Democrats' campaign operations both say they will expand their majorities come November. But as they try to reach deeper......Tags: Vehicles, Government, Economic Policy, Elections, Political Candidates
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Obama claims he's on banking committee
The Swampby Katie Fretland Barack Obama today boasted about a bill in "my committee,'' a committee on which he has no seat. While speaking to the press in the Israeli town of Sderot, Obama mistakenly put the U.S. Senate banking committee......Tags: Tom Lantos, Barney Frank, National Government, Chris Dodd, Government
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House passes housing crisis bill
The Swampby Jesse A. Hamilton and updated The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed the long-awaited housing rescue bill -- sending it now for a last Senate approval before President Bush can sign it into law. The vote, at about......Tags: Freddie Mac, The White House, George Bush, National Government, Chris Dodd
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Dean: Just like Nassau, except for the ocean....
Spin CycleDean Skelos, in his new role as Senate Republican majority leader, is having to get around a bit and relate to the non-Long-Island parts of NYS. Yesterday, he found himself in Chemung County (you can see it on the......Tags: Upper House, Television Industry
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