The Senate is kicking off its 2007 farm bill hearings this month, holding field sessions in Ga., then in Mo. and Pa. in July. The ag panel also plans summer hearings in Iowa and western states. It wants to hear producers' views before legislation is ...
During the past few years, several high-profile U.S.-based multinational corporations have changed their tax residence from the United States to Bermuda or some other tax haven. They have accomplished these expatriations, and the resulting millions of dollars of annual tax savings, merely by changing the place of incorporation of their...
Industrial manufacturing, particularly in petroleum and chemical industries, has a history associated with hazardous waste disposal practices leading to highly contaminated sites. The evolution of the U.S. Superfund policy addressing the cleanup of these sites is an opportunity to examine principles upon which Superfund was founded and subsequent myths that...
Byline: Bruce Geiselman With the Democrats wrestling control of both the House and the Senate in 2007, environmentalists and business interests expect a change in the tenor and the agendas in Congress. However, there remains some...
WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Labor and Chairman of the Board of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Elaine L. Chao released the following statement on the hearings today and tomorrow on pension reform in the Senate FinanceWASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Labor...
SEATTLE, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Victims of asbestos exposure are keeping an eye on Washington, D.C. this week as Sen. Orrin Hatch holds hearings that many are describing as unbelievably weighted toward the insurance industry to the disadvantage of thosSEATTLE, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Victims of asbestos exposure...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D- Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is seeking hearings by the panel on the Bush Administration's order to enforcement staff and attorneys at the Environmental ProteWASHINGTON, Nov. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-...
Lawmakers continue hearings on proposed reforms TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Tort reform efforts that were derailed in Florida earlier this year are back on track and gathering steam. The Florida House and Senate last week continued monthly meetings that beganLawmakers continue hearings on proposed reforms TALLAHASSEE,...
Byline: DANIELLE JACKSON IN MID-MARCH, the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee held hearings to discuss whether Congress should intervene in one of the industry's most controversial topics: interstate waste. Similar hearings were Byline: DANIELLE JACKSON ...
The Senate Banking Committee, and its subcommittee on Securities and Investment, are each holding hearings on the state of the securities industry. The Senate Banking Committee, and its subcommittee on Securities and Investment, are each holding hearings on the state of the securities ...
In hearings before the Senate Banking Committee, a representative of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors called on Congress to reassert its authority over federal banking policy following the adoption by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency'In hearings before the Senate Banking Committee, a representative of the Conference...
Senate hearings on the 2002 farm bill are beginning now, instead of next year as originally planned by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA). The current Freedom to Farm law doesn't expire until next year. Senate hearings on the 2002 farm bill are beginning now, instead of...
The Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security, chaired by retiring Senator Peter Fitzgerald (R. IL), opened hearings yesterday into insurance brokerage practices and the adequacy of the curren The Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As the U.S. Senate begins its hearings today on the nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, black activists representing the Project 21 leadership networWASHINGTON, Jan. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As the U.S. Senate begins...
Last month the Senate Banking Committee began a set of hearings to review implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William Donaldson testified and committee chairman Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) presented thLast month the Senate Banking Committee began a set of hearings to review implementation of the...
The Senate will spotlight Medicare fraud at upcoming hearings, showing millions wasted on billing claims from crooked doctors, clinics and other "providers." They include operations run by a D.C. cab driver and from addresses at a New York The Senate will spotlight Medicare fraud at...
Neither the VSDA nor video retailers were called to testify in the Senate Commerce Committee hearings, depriving the industry of a chance to show off for the judges. This being an Olympic as well as election year, it's time to grade...
A suggestion at recent Senate hearings that broadcasters need more time to transition to digital television was not well received by lawmakers. Even so, by the time the hearings concluded most agreed that a delay was inevitable. Following the heari A suggestion at recent...
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Both the House and Senate said they plan to hold hearings on the ever-burgeoning privacy scandal regarding the disclosure and sale of customers' telecommunications records. The House Commerce Committee is ...
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