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AP - Top Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding more information from the Homeland Security Department about medical treatment provided to illegal immigrants detained in the U.S. ...

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RICHMOND, May 12 -- Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine proposed Monday raising $1.1 billion in taxes and fees to build and repair roads, including boosting the sales tax by 1 cent in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. ...

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A Senate subcommittee decided to investigate allegations of professional misconduct committed by mortgage lenders. Channel: Real Estate Tags: mortgage foreclosure foreclosure crisis ...

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When the House sat down to vote on the contentious housing loan package, which involved $300 billion in mortgage loans, the results was not at all surprising. In an effort to minimize the damage caused by the subprime meltdown, Lawmakers approved a plan this Thursday that will somehow help manage the enduring housing crisis. Channel: Real Estate Tags: Lawmakers FHA Foreclosure Plan Foreclosure Housing Plan ...

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Are Utah drivers ready to pay more to drive when the roads are the most congested? It's an idea being kicked around by state Lawmakers. ...

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House Committee looks at the impact of record high diesel prices on trucking industry ...

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Lawmakers head back to work Top N.C. legislators say they'll make good on money pledged to Johnson & Wales University RALEIGH -- North Carolina's top two legislative leaders said Tuesday they intend to make good on the balance of a $10 million commitment to Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte. On the opening day of the General Assembly's annual session, House Speaker Joe Hackney and Senate leader Marc Basnight said in interviews they support continued payments to the uptown culinary school. Johnson & Wales opened its Charlotte campus in 2004, drawn in part by a promise of $1 million in incentives a year for 10 years. But the payments have drawn criticism because of the involvement of former House Speaker Jim Black, a Matthews Democrat now in prison on unrelated corruption charges, and there have been questions about whether the pledge will be fulfilled. The state has paid $6 million to the school, leaving $4 million remaining. The school is hoping for $2 million next fiscal year and $2 million in the year to follow. Much of the criticism has come from Republicans, though Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, the GOP nominee for governor, said Tuesday he supports the incentive money. Hackney, an Orange County Democrat, said he recently toured the campus and was impressed with its impact on the city and with the number of jobs associated with it. "I have supported us making incremental progress on the incentives that were discussed, and ...

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Lawmakers, concerned about more teenagers joining gangs, are taking steps to help schools and communities deal with the problem. ...

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In Fairless Hills Monday, Congressman Murphy touted a plan for property tax deductions. ...

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Bill would require contractors to assure workers are legal ...

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Amid daily bipartisan sniping over high gas prices, Democrats and Republicans appear to agree on at least one thing: With oil over $120 a barrel, President Bush ought to stop buying crude for the government emergency reserve. ...

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WASHINGTON - The farm policy bill before the House contains sham reform on farm subsidies and should be opposed, Rep. Ron Kind said today. ...

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Three incumbents will also advance to November election. ...

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JEFFERSON CITY — In a rebuke of Gov. Matt Blunt’s administration, House members on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a large fee increase charged to businesses obtaining vehicle and driver’s license information ... ...

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Attorney General Marc Dann offered to resign Tuesday if an inspector general's investigation of his office was delayed 90 days, but legislative leaders rejected the deal. Instead, the House and Senate approved a bill calling for the probe to start immediately, and Gov. Ted Strickland signed it early Tuesday evening. State. Rep. ...

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He gets behind the Shaw changes in the Stelly Plan tax rates ...

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VILNIUS-RIGA - Latvia and Lithuania’s parliaments have both ratified the Lisbon Treaty, making them the 12th and 13th countries to approve the historic document that aims to reshape and simplify how the EU works. The two Baltic states’ approval of the treaty came on May 8 and will have to be signe ...

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PHOENIX -- State Lawmakers gave final approval Monday to legislation overturning newly enacted vehicle emission standards for greenhouse gases, setting the stage for a showdown with Gov. Janet Napolitano. ...

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WASHINGTON - The farm policy bill before the House contains sham reform on farm subsidies and should be opposed, Rep. Ron Kind said Wednesday. Kind, D-La Crosse, and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, plan to vote against the nearly $300 billion farm bill because it fails to reduce subsidies in a time of high crop prices and does not do enough to keep wealthy farmers and landowners from collecting a particular type of subsidy know as direct payments. Direct payments are based on the past crop-growing history of land and are paid annually regardless of market prices. Kind and Ryan led a failed effort last year to get the House to include an income cap of $250,000 for farmers to qualify for subsidies. President Bush has said he will veto the farm bill because the income caps included in it are too high. They and allies planned to wage a procedural challenge to the bill on the way the legislations price tag was determined. Supporters say the five-year bill will cost $289 billion while opponents say it is higher. Under the bill, people with non-farm related income of $500,000 after expenses would not be eligible for subsidies while people with farm-related income of $750,000 after expenses could no longer receive direct payments. Bush also says negotiators used budget gimmicks to disguise $13 billion in additional spending. The bill, which includes farm, nutrition, conservation, rural economic development and agric ...