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- Congress Feels Heat from Consumers Over 'Sneak Attack' on Organic Standards by Food Processors & Grocery Chains
- WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As Congress finalizes the 2006 Agricultural Appropriations bill in the House/Senate Conference Committee, more than a quarter million consumers have mobilized in the last three weeks from a broad cross section of theWASHINGTON, Oct. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As Congress finalizes the 2006 Agricultural...
- Research articles 2005-10-12
- Congress Expected to Approve Corps Funding Bill Minus Missouri River Rider.
- The House is expected to approve the Corps' $4.5 billion fiscal year 2001 civil works budget this week, following last week's decision by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) to drop from the spending bill the controversial rider blocking the The House is expected to...
- Research articles 2000-10-18
- CMA Keeps Watch Over Superfund Measures.
- The association warns against back door exemptions for other industries WITH CONGRESS about to wrap up business for the year, the Chemical Manufacturers Association and other industry trade groups are urging lawmakers to reject last-minute bi The association...
- Research articles 1999-11-15
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- House and Senate Democrats hope to close "organic loophole" in legislation - News Briefs - new U.S. organic food rules - Brief Article
- The leaders of a House-Senate campaign to close a newly created loophole in U.S. organic food rules said on last week they might attach a repeal to a must-pass bill speeding through Congress in the next few weeks. Under the loophole, approved last month by Congress as part of an...
- Research articles 2003-03-24
- Leahy Organic Restoration Act Passes Congress as Amendment to Appropriations Bill; Restores Strict Organic Standards
- WASHINGTON, April 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. House and Senate over the weekend repealed a special-interest rider enacted in February that has threatened to undermine the seven-month-old national organic standards and labeling program run by the U.S. DWASHINGTON, April 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. House and Senate over...
- Research articles 2003-04-14
- 'Renewables' Mandate Falters; Diesel Rule Delay Dying; Two-Fuels Seen
- A bill to give ethanol and possibly "biodiesel" a guaranteed share of the U.S. motor fuels market seems to be dying as the U.S. Congress wrapsup for elections next month. Also seen doomed is an attempt to delay finalization of U.S. EPA's highway diesel emissions/fuel regulations by at least...
- Research articles 2000-10-23
- AJCongress Attacks Hostettler House Rider Blocking Funds for Compliance with Court Decision on Ten Commandments
- NEW YORK, June 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In a letter to Alberto R. Gonzales, the American Jewish Congress reminded the Attorney General today of his previous assurance that "while criticism of judges was legitimate, legislative attacks on judicial independence were not and would not be accepted." The letter was...
- Research articles 2005-06-22
- Senators Add Gas Rider to Alaska Highway Pipeline Budget.
- By Wesley Loy, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 3--A project to liquefy North Slope natural gas for shipment on tankers would qualify for the same $18 billion federal loan guarantee proposed for an Alaska Highway pipeline under legislation...
- Research articles 2003-12-03
- Congress rebuffs attacks on Indians
- Indian Country Today Lakota Times 07-24-2002 WASHINGTON, D.C. - After heated debate, the U.S. House of Representatives on July 17 soundly defeated two measures widely considered harmful to Indian interests. One rider attached to the 2003 Interior Appropriations Bill would have ...
- Research articles 2002-07-24
- Natives protest at Congress.
- WASHINGTON, D.C. In a "Rally for Indian Sovereignty," Native American leaders gathered in Washington to protest what they called "proposals that seriously threaten the constitutionally mandated trust relationship between Indian tribes and the U.S. government." The rally was sparked by the attachment of...
- Research articles 1997-03-01
- House of horrors
- Ten Commandments Rider, Other Church-State Monstrosities Advance In Congress Under Cover Of Darkness The U.S. House of Representatives studied the vexing problem of juvenile crime last month and emerged with an answer that to many Americans probably seemed curious: a four-pronged assault on church-state separation. The wall of separation between...
- Research articles 1999-07-01
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