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Teamsters Commend Senate for Passing Jobs Bill (Popularity:  )
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Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today commended the Senate for taking an important step toward creating jobs. The U.S. Senate voted 70-28 today to pass the "Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act."Hoffa said he was especially pleased that the bill spurs public works projects. It also gives modest tax breaks for employers that hire people who've been out of a job."This is a good first step toward putting Americans to ...
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Prologue Magazine Article Reveals Eisenhower's Fears About the Soviets (Popularity: )
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower's frustrations over inadequate intelligence about the Soviet nuclear threat during the 1950s led him to order a major increase in risky spying missions, with the use of overflights and satellite photos, according to a new article.The article, "Ike and His Spies in the Sky," appears in the Winter issue of Prologue, the quarterly publication of the National Archives and Records Administration."It was important to pierce the ...
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Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on January employment numbers (Popularity: )
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U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the January 2010 Employment Situation report released today:"This past January, the economy lost 20,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.7 percent."While today's report shows positive signs that the economy is moving in the right direction, the numbers underscore that we still have work to do to get Americans back to work."The president has made it clear ...
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American Red Cross and Other U.S. Blood Centers Send Blood to Haiti (Popularity: )
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As medical teams in Haiti continue to evaluate and treat the victims of the devastating earthquake, the American Red Cross is coordinating shipments of blood and blood products to Haiti at the request of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).Today, the American Red Cross is coordinating the shipment of 350 units of blood to Haiti - 175 units of blood from the Red Cross and the other 175 units from ...
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Pelosi: 'President Obama's Budget Directly Tackles Our Nation's Most Pressing Challenges' (Popularity: )
Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on President Obama's budget request for fiscal year 2011, which was released today:"President Obama's budget directly tackles our nation's most pressing challenges - reflecting our dedication to fiscal discipline and our commitment to keep jobs, growth, and opportunity at the top of our agenda."This budget builds on the success of the steps taken in the Recovery Act to create good-paying jobs, spur investment ...
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Transparency Should Not Be a Luxury; It Is a Matter of Life and Death: What Purchasers and Consumers Can Do (Popularity: )
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The following is a statement by Leah Binder, CEO of The Leapfrog Group, on Leapfrog's release of Central-line Infection Data:For the first time, in 2009, The Leapfrog Group asked hospitals across the country on behalf of Leapfrog's purchaser members to publicly report their rates of one of the most common and deadly forms of hospital-acquired infections: central-line associated blood stream infections, or CLABSIs.Leapfrog is partnering with Consumer Reports Health to ...
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Pelosi: 'Today's GDP Numbers Are Sign of Economic Progress and Step Forward on Road to Recovery' (Popularity: )
Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on news that the gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate of 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter, the fastest pace the economy has grown in more than six years."Today's GDP numbers are a sign of economic progress, marking another step forward on the road to recovery and job creation, clear evidence that our efforts to revitalize the economy are starting ...
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Bipartisan Policy Center to Launch Debt Reduction Task Force (Popularity: )
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The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) will launch its Debt Reduction Task Force, led by former Senator Pete Domenici and Dr. Alice Rivlin, with top budget experts, business and labor leaders, stakeholders, and former elected officials, on Monday, January 25, 2010. BPC Founders and Advisory Board Members Howard Baker, Tom Daschle and Bob Dole will introduce the Domenici-Rivlin Task Force and comment on the economic, political and international implications of America's ...
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2010 Stamp Program Unveiled (Popularity: )
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Nobel Peace Prize honoree Mother Teresa, legendary actress Katharine Hepburn, Negro Leagues Baseball and Cowboys of the Silver Screen are among the subjects headlining the 2010 stamp program, the U.S. Postal Service announced today.In addition, consumers get much-needed assistance in sending greeting cards: the first stamp designed especially for oversized or odd-sized cards. On May 17, the Postal Service will issue the Monarch butterfly stamp for use on cards that ...
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US Department of the Treasury - Seized & Forfeited General Property Program (Popularity: )
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VSE Corporation and Rick Levin & Associates, Inc. will conduct an auction of seized and forfeited property on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.Other agencies that are participating include: U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service, and Secret Service. Proceeds from the auction are returned to these agencies through the Treasury Asset Forfeiture Fund for the continuation of their enforcement efforts.The auction will ...
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