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2013/05/24 15:16

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Government Belt Tightening May Squeeze SBA

Government Belt Tightening May Squeeze SBA If the flurry of boisterous politicians currently floating federal budget-cutting proposals can be likened to a big party, the Small Business Administration...

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David Vitter MARY LANDRIEU Federal Election Commission Washington D.C. U.S. Treasury

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2013/05/24 03:39

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Congressional hearings look at fracking

WASHINGTON — Technological developments have led to the natural gas boom in Louisiana and many others states. Federal lawmakers held several congressional hearings and meetings this week trying to...

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Ron Wyden MARY LANDRIEU Washington Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Lisa Murkowski

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2013/05/24 00:40

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U.S. House files bill to delay increase in flood ...

WASHINGTON – Most of the Louisiana congressional delegation teamed up to file legislation Thursday in the U.S. House that would delay federal flood insurance rate hikes from potentially skyrocketing...

2013/05/23 22:55

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Strain Urges Congress to Pass Farm Bill

Strain Urges Congress to Pass Farm Bill Baton Rouge, LA (May 23, 2013) - Today, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M. participated in a conference...

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Mike Strain CONGRESS MARY LANDRIEU Louisiana Department of Agriculture Forestry

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2013/05/23 19:04

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Bipartisan bill on chemical safety produced by se...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. law on chemical safety is 37 years old, riddled with exceptions and widely considered ineffective — so much so that the government hasn't even tried to restrict an unsafe...

2013/05/23 17:24

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National Geographic Documentary Celebrates Heroes...

Last fall a group of nine soldiers arrived in Menemsha to compete in the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby. The soldiers had been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan and had traveled to...

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2013/05/23 15:27

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Senate rejects end of federal sugar program

WASHINGTON (AP) - Louisiana's $3.5 billion sugarcane and sugar mill industries could breathe a sigh of relief after an effort to effectively end the federal sugar program was defeated on the Senate...

2013/05/23 01:57

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US immigration bill gets Senate boost; House effo...

WASHINGTON - Supporters of US immigration reform are hoping that the smooth and drama-free passage of their legislation through a Senate committee—a departure from almost everything that has happened...

2013/05/22 23:39

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Feds end their investigation into Hurricane Gusta...

LIVINGSTON — Federal authorities have closed their criminal investigation into parts of the Hurricane Gustav cleanup work in Livingston Parish without indictments, but a state investigation could be...

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2013/05/22 22:57

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Immigration bill gets Senate boost; House effort ...

Even Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee who voted against the immigration bill on Tuesday, told Reuters TV that the "very fair" debate by the panel...

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MARY LANDRIEU Patrick Leahy federal government Washington Peace Corps

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2013/05/21 20:11

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Affordable National Flood Insurance Plan still be...

WWLTV.com Depending on the location of your home or business and depending on whether you pay a subsidized or grandfathered flood insurance rate, what you owe has either already gone up or will be...

MARY LANDRIEU Federal Emergency Management Agency New Orleans David Vitter Pat Toomey

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2013/05/20 13:39

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Washington Briefs: Company criticizes Vitter

A major mobile phone corporation launched an attack on Sen. David Vitter, R-La., during the same week the senator used social media websites to ask people for pictures of “free cell phone” booths and...

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David Vitter Republican Party MARY LANDRIEU Internal Revenue Service Bill Cassidy

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2013/05/19 13:07

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Democrats' Senate campaigns marked by internal fi...

Advertisementof former Sen. Sam Nunn and a nonprofit executive in Atlanta. She's expected to announce a decision soon in the race to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss.In the contest for...

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