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21 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

List of Obama's guests

The list is out -- and it's a long one. The 400 guests for the India state dinner include an assortment of lawmakers, entertainers, business people, and other government officials, many with connections to India.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Asia, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Bobby Jindal, US Governors, Republican

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Columbia Daily Tribune

Cap-and-trade bad for MU, Forsee says

Measure would cost power plant millions. The University of Missouri is opposing federal legislation that would put caps on its greenhouse gas emissions because those limits would cost millions, UM System President Gary Forsee said in a letter to federal lawmakers.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer, US Senate, Democrat, University of Missouri

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Scanews.com

St. Louis Region's China Initiative Takes Major Step Forward

Left to right: Sen. Kit Bond, Chinese Ambassador Zhou, Dick Fleming, Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Dan Mehan, and London Export's Stephen Perry at the January 26th, 2009 news conference announcing the formation of the Midwest-China Hub Commission.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Travel, China Travel, St. Louis, MO, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Missouri, Fleming, MO

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Bloomberg

Climate-Bill Delay in Senate May Doom Passage as Obama Focuses on Economy

The U.S. Senate wona t try to pass a bill limiting U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions for months, clouding the prospects for final legislation as the Obama administration focuses on health care and the economy.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Maria Cantwell, US Senate, Democrat, Missouri

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Federal Times

Senators call for more accountability when foreign contractors do wrong

As lawmakers tried to work out the details of holding foreign contractors accountable for accidental deaths of U.S. service members in Iraq, they found themselves trying to answer a bigger question.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Government Executive

Bill would allow foreign contractors to be sued in U.S. courts

More than six years ago, Lt. Col. Dominic "Rocky" Baragona was serving in Iraq when he was killed after his Humvee was struck by a supply truck driven by an employee of a Defense Department contractor.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives

FoxNews.com

Marine Disabled by Vaccine Battles VA for Benefits

Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez still suffers from injuries he began experiencing in Iraq three years ago - injuries caused not by bombs or guns but by a military-administered smallpox vaccine he got before he left the United States.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Life, Veteran Affairs

Navy Times

Inquiry examine using retired brass as mentors

A Senate oversight panel launched an investigation Thursday into the Pentagon's use of retired admirals and generals as paid advisers, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Defense Department officials also are reviewing the practice.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Raw Story

Iraq contractors could face US law under Senate bill

A bill introduced in the Senate on Wednesday could see military contractors in Iraq face justice in US courts in cases involving death, rape or serious injury.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Military, US Army

Multichannel News

McCaskill To Stand Down From Proposed DirecTV Carriage Mandate: Sources

John Eggerton -- Multichannel News, 11/18/2009 6:44:00 PM Senator Claire McCaskill is expected to stand down from her proposed amendment mandating both EchoStar and DirecTV deliver local TV station signals to all 210 Nielsen markets within three years, according to sources.

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Related Topix: Directv, Cable & Satellite, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

BroadcastNewsroom

Senate Passes Satellite Reauthorization Bill

The Senate Commerce Committee wasted no time Thursday passing the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act , its version of the satellite reauthorization bill.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Directv, Cable & Satellite, Senator Tom Udall, Tom Udall, US House of Representatives

Missourian

Former Missouri legislator named regional health director

Former state Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, is to be sworn in Monday in Kansas City as regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer, US Senate, Democrat, Independence, MO

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Centre Daily Times

Soldier's family brings fight with contractor to Congress

Army Lt. Col. Dominic "Rocky" Baragona was killed in Iraq on the very day he was going home.

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Related Topix: US News, Iraq, World News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat

Tue Nov 17, 2009

McClatchy DC

Congressional leaders seeking a new jobs bill

Stung by constituents' concerns about their vanishing or vulnerable jobs, congressional leaders launched a strong push Tuesday to pass a "jobs creation" package by the end of this year.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Steny Hoyer, Eric Cantor, Republican, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Senate

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Medical News Today

Abortion-Rights Supporters Tired Of 'Taking One For The Team' In...

Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 16 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST "Women Democrats have taken an awful lot of hits for the team lately," such as voting for President Obama instead of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008 and allowing the Obama administration to place the Paycheck ...

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Related Topix: Abortion, Health Insurance, Health, US News, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak, Democrat, US Senate

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Federal Times

Embattled DCAA director reassigned

Embattled Defense Contract Audit Agency Director April Stephenson has been removed from her post, the Defense Department announced.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Joseph Lieberman, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Thu Nov 12, 2009

National Journal

Abortion Fight Renewed; Senate Talks Up Change

As abortion-rights supporters stepped up their battle to roll back restrictions included in the House healthcare bill passed Saturday night, two Democratic senators predicted the Senate will write a significantly different bill.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Healthcare Law, Law, Diana DeGette, US House of Representatives

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Huffington Post

Catholic Church Shows Its Influence In Health Care Fight

Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the potential to upend a key piece of President Barack Obama's agenda.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Barack Obama, Abortion, US Senate, Democrat

KOMU-TV Columbia

Money and the Vote for Health Care

Is money from health industries influencing Missouri representatives in the vote for health care reform? It's been sixty years its been since President Harry Truman became the first president to attempt to reform the health care system.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Jo Ann Emerson, Roy Blunt, Republican, US House of Representatives, Missouri, US Senate, Democrat, Missouri Government

Sun Nov 08, 2009

KSHB-TV Kansas City

Missouri Groups Host Climate Change Talks

Groups from across the Show-Me State are set to discuss climate change Wednesday night in Washington.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Christopher Bond, US News, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Kansas City, MO, University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Missouri

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