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- Maggie Jacobsen, a former member of the National Mediation Board who was a strong advocate of improved labor-management relations and an early proponent of "interest-based bargaining," died Jan. 7. Jacobsen began her career in 1965 as a Continental Airlines flight attendant and union representative. In 1972, she became a labor...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Statement by the Press Secretary
- WASHINGTON -- On December 30, 2007, the President received the report and recommendations of the Presidential Emergency Board appointed to investigate a dispute between the National Railroad Passenger Corporation Amtrak and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees; the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; the International Association of Machinists and...
- Research articles 2008-01-03
- House passes funding for housing, transportation.(Congress. House)
- The House rejected a series of amendments to strike funding and earmarks and went on to pass H.R.3074, a $104.4 billion FY08 transportation and housing spending bill. The rejected amendments included a series of amendments to cut funding for Amtrak operating and capital funds...
- Research articles 2007-07-30
- Fence Post.(News)(Letter to the editor)
- How would stem cell prayer have gone? I was surprised and saddened by the audio recording of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as played on a June 7 radio newscast, regarding the embryonic stem cell legislation sent to President Bush for signature. ...
- Research articles 2007-07-03
- House Subcommittee boosts funding for transportation, housing programs important to cities.
- Last week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies THUD approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2008 funding bill. The subcommittee has often supported city priorities regardless of the party in power, and this year is no exception. Funding...
- Research articles 2007-06-18
- Letters to the editor
- Watchdog needs teeth The news media in this part of Kansas should improve on its historical role of holding public organizations accountable to the taxpayers. If taxpayers were better informed, we would be more reluctant to keep adding to our own sales tax burden. The Joint...
- Research articles 2006-08-27
- President Signs Transport Funding Measure
- President Bush signed into law Nov. 30 a measure that provides $65.9 billion in funding for transportation projects during the current fiscal year, which began Oct. 1.Amtrak is to get $1.3 billion, up slightly from $1.2 billion the previous year. The bill includes provisions for Amtrak to haul some freight...
- Research articles 2005-12-05
- House of Representatives passes appropriations bills.
- The House of Representatives completed work on the 11 appropriations bills under its jurisdiction before recessing for the Fourth of July holiday. NLC's appropriations priorities, and other programs important to cities, generally fared well in the House appropriations process. Highlights include...
- Research articles 2005-07-11
- House panel keeps CDBG in HUD.(Community Development Block Grant, Department of Housing and Urban Development)
- The National League of Cities achieved another victory in its campaign to Save CDBG last week when a House Appropriations subcommittee allocated $4.2 billion for the Community Development Block Grant CDBG program in the Department of Housing and Urban Development for Fiscal Year 2006. ...
- Research articles 2005-06-20
- U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta says Missouri could boost inter-city passenger rail under Presidents Amtrak reform plan.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-11 March 2005-US DOT: U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta says Missouri could boost inter-city passenger rail under Presidents Amtrak reform planC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10032005 The federal government would be a full partner in plans to boost inter-city passenger rail service...
- Research articles 2005-03-11
- Bush unveils budget proposal.(George W. Bush)
- President Bush's fiscal year 2006 budget proposal, which represents the leanest funding proposal so far of the Bush presidency, includes reductions in and elimination of many programs important to America's cities, such as Community Development Block Grants CDBG and Amtrak operating subsidies, while preserving a directive...
- Research articles 2005-02-14
- Tug of war
- How could two federal judges, ruling on virtually identical circumstances, come up with different interpretations of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul vs. Bush last year? In that case, the high court ruled that those detained at the Guantanamo prison in Cuba have a right to challenge their status...
- Research articles 2005-02-07
- Transit in '05 signs & portents
- When President Richard M. Nixon signed the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970, he set into motion a process that has since delivered tens of billions of dollars in federal matching funds to public transit systems. At about the same time, the federal government was creating Amtrak to preserve a...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Ten Worst Government Programs
- 1. Medicare Prescription Drug EntitlementScore: 83Started when: 2003By whom: President Bush and a Republican Congress.Why: Enacted in response to an explosion in prescription drug use and prices, and in the belief it would be political popular among seniors.What it does: Makes seniors dependent on the federal government for their medicines....
- Research articles 2004-03-08
- Bush's budget would hurt local governments.
- President Bush's proposed 2005 budget would result in drastic cuts in critical areas important to local governments, including public safety and housing. "The proposed budget is a flawed budget that fails to keep our communities strong," said NLC President Charles Lyons, selectman from...
- Research articles 2004-02-09
- Campaign 2004: hearing from the candidates.(Election 2004)(John F. Kerry)(Interview)
- This is the second in a series of responses from presidential candidates to an NLC Questionnaire. The responses will be run in alphabetical order as NLC receives them from the individual candidates. National League of Cities Questionnaire Response from Senator John F....
- Research articles 2004-02-02
- Very different 2004 budget bills pass in the House, Senate.(federal budget)
- The House and Senate recently passed two very different budgets for Fiscal Year 2004--with the House endorsing the President's tax cut package and the Senate cutting that package in half. This article outlines the key differences between the House and Senate versions of the budget and...
- Research articles 2003-03-31
- Ten Most Outrageous Government Programs
- 1. Legal Services Corp. * Score: 48 * Started when: 1974 * By whom: President Richard Nixon proposed the Legal Services Corporation. Liberal Republican Sen. Jacob Javits (N.Y.) was the principal sponsor. * Why: "To help poor people with their legal needs," former Rep. John Erlenborn (R.-Ill.) told HUMAN EVENTS....
- Research articles 2003-03-10
- Bush Budget Would Put Texas Ahead in Border Security, Defense.
- The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 4--WASHINGTON-Texas would see more money for border security and keep its most lucrative defense contracts under the budget President Bush unveiled Monday. But it could lose Amtrak service. Amtrak has not...
- Research articles 2003-02-04
- House Committee approves a transportation spending bill: legislation fails to match Senate level for highway funding.(Brief Article)
- The House Appropriations Committee approved a $60 billion spending bill last week for the U.S. Department of Transportation next year. The bill contains $4.6 billion less than the Senate version (S. 2808), but is $4 billion more than the president's request. The...
- Research articles 2002-10-07
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