3 hours ago by Matthew Reichbach

Rep. Al Park, D-Albuquerque, stood up this afternoon to bring back a revenue-enhancing bill that narrowly failed on Friday, 34-33. The motion by Republicans to table Park’s motion failed 26-40 and the bill was put back on the president’s table. This means that the bill can again be voted on whether ...

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4 hours ago

Nasidi a. Yahaya and Abdulmutallib a. Abubakar Abuja — Contrary to its earlier stand that ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’adua needn’t transmit a medical vacation letter to the National Assembly to enable Vice President Goodluck Jonathan act as president in his absence, the House of Representatives ...

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4 hours ago

By Renee Busby February 09, 2010, 7:01AM View full size(Photo courtesy Eric Minton of the Reserve Officers Association)ROA Chaplain of the Year Chaplain (Commander) Phillip “Endel” Lee Jr. speaks at the ROA National Convention as ROA National President Rear Admiral (Retired) Paul T. Kayye looks on. ...

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15 hours ago

Active people attend meetings.at meetings of youth groups like the Scouts and Future Farmers of America, service clubs like Kiwanis and Rotary, school boards and parent-teacher associations, even state and national legislative bodies, people more or less follow parliamentary rules.why? Parliamentary ...

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16 hours ago by The Medical Quack

This is sad and the accidental hitting of his large intestine that created an infection for a normal routine gall bladder removal even adds a little more despair here with Healthcare reform and all the talk amongst the news. He had the initial surgery at the National Naval Medical Center and Bethesd ...

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18 hours ago by debbie

Extraterrestrial Culture Day: (excerpted from http://www.space.com/searchforlife/et_roswell_0303225.html) New Mexicans can now celebrate every second Tuesday in February as “Extraterrestrial Culture Day” after a Roswell lawmaker’s proposal won approval in the House. Some lawmakers scoffed at the ide ...

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20 hours ago by Scared Monkeys

Long time Democrat US Representative from Pennsylvania John Murtha has passed away at the age of 77.According to accounts Murtha died from complications from gallbladder surgery. Rest in Peace. His aides released a statement saying that he died shortly after 1 p.m. today at Virginia Hospital Center ...

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23 hours ago by Andrew Malcolm

Several bipartisan statements of condolences over the death today of Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania at 77 from complications of gallbladder surgery. (See them below.) The political fallout of his passing was immediate. Within hours Stu Rothenberg, probably the most astute political hand ...

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1 day ago by David Lightman

Republican congressional leaders made it clear Monday they have serious questions about the value of President Barack Obama's planned Feb. 25 health care summit. Obama said Sunday he wants to engage lawmakers in a half-day, bipartisan, nationally televised discussion of ways to overhaul the health c ...

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1 day ago by fromlaurelstreet

( NYTimes) Representative John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, a gruff ex-Marine who was one of the most hawkish Democrats in Congress but who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, died on Monday in Arlington, Va. He was 77. [snip] The first Vietnam veteran to serve in Congress, Mr. Murtha voted in ...

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