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Appeals Court Overturns Stem Cell Research Ban

WASHINGTON -- Opponents of taxpayer-funded stem cell research lost a key round in a federal appeals court Friday. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the U.S. court of appeals in Washington overturned a judge's order that would have blocked taxpayer funding for stem cell research. The judges ruled that opponents of...

Gov't Seeks to Limit Junk Food Ads to Kids

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is planning to ask food companies and restaurants to cut back on advertising unhealthy foods to children. Under guidelines obtained by The Associated Press, companies would be urged only to market foods to children ages 2 through 17 if they are low in fats, sugars and sodium and...

US Senators Warn of Stalemate in Libya [VIDEO]

University Prof Calls for Congressional UFO Hearing

Congress has a full plate of hearings coming up. Everything from medical liability reform, creating and promoting jobs and investigating Internet child pornography to assessing China's behavior and making immigration work for American minorities. Do you think the House or Senate will have any extra time to discuss UFOs?...

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Unlikely to Pass GOP

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama revisited a key campaign promise when he hosted a White House meeting of elected officials and experts on immigration. But if a major overhaul of the nation's immigration policy is his goal, Republicans in Congress say he shouldn't hold his breath. They say any bill that even hints at...

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05/28/12 National Democrats see strong 1st District challenge Source: Arkansas News Bureau - Little Rock AR The national Democratic Party believes it will be easier to beat a Republican incumbent in Arkansas this fall than to win an open congressional seat the party has held for the past 11 years.
05/28/12 Congress Battles Over Defense Budget Source: ABC - KHBS/KHOG 40/297 In what is shaping up to be a classic congressional right vs. left fight over defense and war funding, both the House and Senate are gearing up to battle over some expected and not-so-expected items in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. On Thursday, the Senate Armed Services Committee passed its version of the bill, showing its hand to members of the House of Representatives on what it felt should be authorized for military spending.
05/27/12 In US Congress campaigns, a race for millions Source: Daily Times - Pakistan THE US capital may well be the only city in the world where lobbyists spend $3 billion on something that they themselves insist isnt even for sale: the votes of American lawmakers.
05/27/12 Lawmakers in bid to forestall ï¿½taxmageddonï¿½ Source: Gulf Times Two respected former US lawmakers whose names have become synonymous with bipartisan compromise in a highly divisive Congress are meeting with dozens of lawmakers to forestall a potential year-end fiscal crisis dubbed "taxmageddon."
05/27/12 Balance of power up for grabs with electorate split,... Source: Las Vegas Review Journal - Las Vegas NV That's what the 2012 election is about nationwide and in Nevada.

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