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Meeting Rudeness
OR: Dems in Action Here’s a copy of the text of a letter sent to the Letters To The Editor section of The Bucks County Courier Times the other day by one neighbors. It may or may not be published there, but we are publishing it here, just in case! It deals with the writer’s…
Read MoreCong. Budget Office Scores Cap N Trade
cbocapandtradecosts1 (Clicking on this link will download a copy of the CBO letter for you to study either on screen or to print.)
Read MoreUS: Poor Policy Forces Flu Vaccine to Australia Acquisition!
High Paying Jobs are Moving Overseas, paid for by US Tax Dollars: MELBOURNE, May 29 (Reuters) – The United States has placed an order for $180 million worth of H1N1 flu vaccine from Australian pharmaceutical company CSL Ltd (CSL.AX), CSL said on Friday, as the number of U.S. deaths from the virus reached 12.
Read MoreObama admits Bush was RIGHT: Re-Establishes Gitmo Tribunals!
After promising to close Gitmo and redistribute the detainees, President Obama finds that governing isn’t the same as campaigning. Unable to “pawn off” these dangerous fanatics to Europe or other parts of the civilized world, including any U. S. Congressional Districts, Obama has reversed himself and re-established the military tribunals to try the Gitmo detainees.…
Read MoreGas Jumps Ten Cents A Gallon In Two Weeks!
Here we are with a new week and another round of posturing, politicking, and punditry regarding the price of petroleum. As happens when folks do a lot of talking, very little is actually said. I hang around educated and talented people. Many have at least one university degree. Most read, watch, or listen to more…
Read MoreCoartem ® Earns First Priority Review Voucher
The first Priority Review Voucher issued under the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA) was awarded yesterday by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. in conjunction with the FDA’s approval for use in the United States of the antimalarial drug Coartem (artemether–lumefantrine) manufactured by Novartis. The priority…
Read MoreNew Jobless Claims Fall More Than Expected But Remain At High Levels
The AP (4/10) reports, “New jobless claims fell more than expected last week but are stuck at elevated levels, while those continuing to receive unemployment insurance set a record for the 11th straight week.” The Labor Department said Thursday that the “tally of initial jobless claims fell to a seasonally adjusted 654,000, down from a…
Read MoreGates Plans Big Shift in Defense Spending
April 5, 2009
Read MorePublic Hearing on Graduation Tests to be Streamed LIVE
At Scott Petri’s Web Site Harrisburg PA — The PA House Republican Policy Committee, along with the House Republican Education Committee, will be holding a public hearing in Harrisburg on April 1 on the topic of the Keystone Exams, formerly known as the Graduation Competency Assessments (GCAs). Starting with the class of 2015, Pennsylvania schools…
Read MoreSpecter/Casey: PA – $212,100,000. Bucks County – 0.5%
Senators Specter and Casey Announcement from Stimulus Funds Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, March 24, 2009 — U.S. Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Bob Casey (D-PA) announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will allocate $212,155,156 million in federal funding to public housing authorities in Pennsylvania through the Public Housing Capital…
Read MoreA Terrorist by Any Other Name…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 13, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Department of Justice Withdraws “Enemy Combatant†Definition for Guantanamo Detainees In a filing today with the federal District Court for the District of Columbia, the Department of Justice submitted a new standard for the government’s authority to hold detainees at the…
Read MoreChairman’s Message
To All, Times are getting a little tougher, no doubt. Various forces have combined to move our national economy in ways which will take time and effort from all of us to reverse. We must be vigilant in our efforts to provide elected officials with our insight and opinion, especially at the Federal level. The…
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