Washington, D.C. – As the 112th Congress gavels in this afternoon, the bipartisan coalition fighting to end secret holds has introduced a resolution to eliminate the undemocratic practice and move the Senate closer to an up-or-down vote on their proposal. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) […]
Jan 6 2011 | Posted in
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Says Funding New Protections for American Families is Critical WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) welcomed news that President Obama will today sign legislation to better protect Americans against contaminated food and food-borne illness. As Chairman of the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee, Harkin worked with a bipartisan group of Senators to […]
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WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: Terence F. Flynn, Member, National Labor Relations Board President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: Terence F. Flynn, Nominee for Member, National Labor Relations Board Terence F. Flynn […]
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Statement by President Obama on the departure of Robert Gibbs “For the last six years, Robert has been a close friend, one of my closest advisers and an effective advocate from the podium for what this administration has been doing to move America forward. I think it’s natural for him to want to step back, […]
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Total state government revenue dropped to $1.1 trillion in 2009, a decline of 30.8 percent from $1.6 trillion in 2008, according to the latest findings from the U.S. Census Bureau. The large decrease in total revenue was mainly caused by the substantial decrease in social insurance trust revenue. Social insurance trust revenue is made up […]
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It appears our poll last week suffered from some technical difficulties. The voting started off brisk for the first day, when it unexpectedly closed for the week. We asked if you thought if the Republicans and Democrats will work together in the new Congress? In the first day 91% said that No, they will not […]
Jan 2 2011 | Posted in
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Frederick Douglass On January 2, 1893, Frederick Douglass delivered an address at the dedication of the Haitian Pavilion at the World’s Columbian Exposition located in Jackson Park in Chicago. Douglass, a prominent writer, abolitionist, and publisher of the North Star, spent the years 1889 to 1891 in Haiti serving the Benjamin Harrison Administration as United […]
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The year 2010 will mark yet another December to remember in film preservation. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today named 25 motion pictures—Hollywood classics, documentaries and innovative shorts reflecting genres from every era of American filmmaking—to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Spanning the period 1891-1996, the films named to the […]
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Happy New Year! The Leonard and Felicia Bernstein family sent New Year’s Day (January 1) greeting cards to extended family and friends during the holiday season. Holiday card pictures are among the eighty-five photographs for the 1960s now available online in the Leonard Bernstein Collection, 1920-1989 held by the Library of Congress Music Division. With […]
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WASHINGTON – The Social Security Administration has announced that no cost-of-living adjustments will be made to Social Security benefits in 2011 because the consumer price index has not risen since 2008 when the last Social Security increase occurred. Like recipients of Social Security and other federal benefits, Veterans, their families and survivors will also not […]
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