WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today released a staff review of the activities and practices of six media-based ministries and reports concerning other churches and religious organizations referred to the committee. He pursued this review as part of an ongoing effort to strengthen the tax-exempt sector. The review […]
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman Dave Loebsack voted to cut congressional budgets, including individual Member offices, Leadership offices and Committees by five percent. The bill was approved in a bipartisan vote by the House of Representatives. “Iowa families are continuing to make tough choices with their household budgets and have been making do with less for some […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today are announcing important steps to ensure that standards and guidelines on fluoride in drinking water continue to protect the American people while promoting good dental health, especially in children. HHS is proposing that the recommended level […]
The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Saiid Farhi from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Algeria. Farhi was ordered released by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Nov. 19, 2009. As directed by the President’s Jan. 22, 2009, executive order, the interagency Guantanamo Review […]
Comments Encouraged from All Stakeholders and Interested Parties WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2011 — The Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced today that it has published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would reward farmers participating in the federal crop insurance program for good performance. “This proposed Good Performance Refund will benefit […]
Battle of New Orleans Remember New Orleans I say, Where Jackson show’d them Yankee play, And beat them off and gain’d the day, And then we heard the people say Huzza! for Gen’ral Jackson. “Huzza! for General Jackson.” On January 8, 1815, Major General Andrew Jackson led a small, poorly-equipped army to victory against eight […]
Enrollment in REMS program required for health care professionals The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Abstral (fentanyl) transmucosal tablets to manage breakthrough pain for adults with cancer. Fentanyl immediate-release transmucosal medications are administered on the soft surfaces of the mouth (inside of the cheek, gums, tongue), or the nasal passages or throat where […]
Abstract The federal budget deficit was $371 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, CBO estimates, $18 billion less than the shortfall in the same period of fiscal year 2010. Revenues were 9 percent higher than they were a year ago, whereas outlays were only 3 percent higher. Later this month, CBO will […]
The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 9.4 percent in December, and nonfarm payroll employment increased by 103,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in leisure and hospitality and in health care but was little changed in other major industries. Household Survey Data The number of unemployed persons decreased […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office released a new analysis showing that repealing the Affordable Care Act would add $230 billion to the federal deficit by 2021: “Today’s report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office makes clear that […]
