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Obama
Urges Democrats To Keep Fighting for Their Causes
President has recently adopted a more combative tone
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Gates
Hopes Iran Sanctions Will Avert Military Action
by Al Pessin
US defense secretary, French defense minister agree on need for
sanctions after months of diplomatic overtures from the West
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MSNBC
Host Savannah Guthrie Demolishes Sen. Kit Bond For His Double-Speak
On National Security
Bond, Gingrich Exposed For Ignoring Facts While Playing Politics
With Terror Trials
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PRIVATE
EXPORTERS REPORT SALES ACTIVITY FOR SOUTH KOREA
by info@fas.usda.gov
Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture
export sales of 110,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South
Korea during the 2009/2010 marketing year.
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Approval
Authority for Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)
BCAP-10, Approval Authority for Biomass Crop Assistance Program
(BCAP)(FOR State and County Offices) DATE POSTED: 2010-02-03
DATE EFFECTIVE: 2010-04-01 STATUS: CURRENT
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New
HSPD-12 Procedures for Personal Identity Verification (PIV) -
LincPass Registration for Contractor Employees
AO-1459, New HSPD-12 Procedures for Personal Identity Verification
(PIV) - LincPass Registration for Contractor Employees(FOR FFAS
Employees, Except County Offices) DATE POSTED: 2010-02-04 DATE
EFFECTIVE: 2010-12-01 STATUS: CURRENT
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Changes
to 2009 and Future Years Permitted Flags
PL-205, Changes to 2009 and Future Years Permitted Flags(FOR
State and County Offices) DATE POSTED: 2010-02-04 DATE EFFECTIVE:
2010-06-01 STATUS: CURRENT
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Disabling
2005 Supplemental Hurricane Disaster Program Payment Processing
DAP-322, Disabling 2005 Supplemental Hurricane Disaster Program
Payment Processing(FOR State Offices and Service Centers) DATE
POSTED: 2010-02-04 DATE EFFECTIVE: 2011-01-01 STATUS: CURRENT
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Changes
to Member Contribution Software on the System 36 for 2009 and
Future Years
PL-206, Changes to Member Contribution Software on the System
36 for 2009 and Future Years(FOR State and County Offices) DATE
POSTED: 2010-02-05 DATE EFFECTIVE: 2010-12-01 STATUS: CURRENT
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Biomass
Crop Assistance Program to Spur Production of Renewable Energy,
Job Creation
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Season-Average
Price Forecasts
A futures-price forecasting model is used to provide season-average
price forecasts for corn, soybeans, and wheat. In addition to
the monthly forecasts for prices received, the model computes
a forecast for the counter-cyclical payment rate for each commodity.
The 2002 Farm Act provides for counter-cyclical payments when
prices are below specified levels.
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Latest
U.S. Agricultural Trade Data
This data product announces USDA's monthly release of calendar
year, fiscal year, year-to-date, and monthly value of U.S. agricultural
exports, imports, and trade balance.
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Farm
Household Economics and Well-Being
The Farm Household Economics and Well-Being briefing room focuses
on indicators of the economic well-being of the households of
the principal operators of family farms. It includes USDA's forecast
for 2010. Indicators of well-being include household income and
wealth (from both farm and off-farm sources), and indicators
of health insurance coverage. The briefing room compares the
financial well-being of farm households relative to all U.S.
households, identifies the contributions of off-farm employment,
non-farm self-employment, transfer payments, and financial market
investments in household income, and discusses how taxes influence
both income and wealth. The briefing room also describes the
demographic characteristics of the principal farm operator households
and how members of these households allocate their time to farm
and off-farm work.
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Wheat
Outlook
Examines supply, use, prices, and trade for wheat, including
supply and demand prospects in major importing and exporting
countries. Contains data and information on U.S. wheat by class.
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Feed
Outlook
Examines supply, use, prices, and trade for feed grains, including
supply and demand prospects in major importing and exporting
countries. Focuses on corn; also contains information on sorghum,
barley, oats, and hay.
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Livestock
and Meat Trade Data
The Livestock and Meat Trade Data Set contains monthly and annual
data for imports and exports of live cattle, hogs, sheep, and
goats, as well as beef and veal, pork, lamb and mutton, chicken
meat, turkey meat, and eggs. The tables report physical quantities,
not dollar values or unit prices. Data on beef and veal, pork,
and lamb and mutton are on a carcass-weight-equivalent basis.
Breakdowns by country are included.
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Farm
Income and Costs
The Farm Income and Costs briefing room provides indicators of
economic performance for the U.S. farm sector and major crop
and livestock farm groups. Farm balance sheet estimates are used
by USDA and other public and private sector clients to form a
perspective about the financial health of the U.S. agricultural
economy. Distributional analyses identify sub-sectors and business
types that are performing well relative to past trends and to
other groups and types of farms. Identification of these businesses
enables analysts to more closely examine factors contributing
to financial performance, such as assessment of debt-repayment
difficulties of specific farm types, industry sub-sectors, and
regions of the country.
The February 11 release is the first forecast of 2010 calendar
year income for the farm sector, farm businesses, and households
of farm operators. It is also the first forecast of 2010 value
of farm assets and debts.
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Agricultural
Baseline Projections
This report provides longrun (10-year) projections for the agricultural
sector through 2018. Projections cover agricultural commodities,
agricultural trade, and aggregate indicators of the sector, such
as farm income and food prices.
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Agricultural
Baseline Tables
Longrun (10-year) projections for the U.S. agricultural sector.
Includes assumptions for U.S. and foreign macroeconomic conditions
and projections for major commodities, agricultural trade, farm
income, and consumer food prices.
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Agricultural
Baseline Database
The agricultural baseline database provides longrun, 10-year
projections from USDA's annual long-term projections report.
The database covers projections for major field crops (corn,
sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, soybeans, and upland cotton),
and livestock (beef, pork, poultry and eggs, and dairy).
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Season-Average
Price Forecasts
A futures-price forecasting model is used to provide season-average
price forecasts for corn, soybeans, and wheat. In addition to
the monthly forecasts for prices received, the model computes
a forecast for the counter-cyclical payment rate for each commodity.
The 2002 Farm Act provides for counter-cyclical payments when
prices are below specified levels.
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U.S.
Agricultural Trade Data Update
Provides a monthly update of year-to-date quantities and values
of U.S. agricultural exports and imports. Also provides data
on leading destination countries for exports and import source
countries.
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USDA
Agricultural Projections to 2019
This report provides longrun (10-year) projections for the agricultural
sector through 2019. Projections cover agricultural commodities,
agricultural trade, and aggregate indicators of the sector, such
as farm income and food prices.
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Sugar
and Sweeteners Outlook - Thursday, February 11, 2010
Examines world and U.S. production, consumption, trade, stocks,
and prices for beet and cane sugar, and high fructose corn syrup.
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Rice
Outlook - Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Examines supply, use, prices, and trade for rice, including supply
and demand prospects in major importing and exporting countries.
Contains information on U.S. rough, milled, and long-, medium-,
and short-grain rice.
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Oil
Crops Outlook - Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Examines supply, use, prices, and trade for oil crops (primarily
soybeans and products), including supply and demand prospects
in major importing and exporting countries. Includes information
on cottonseed, peanuts, sunflowerseed, tropical oils, corn oil,
and animal fats.
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Deputy
Secretary of the Treasury Neal S. Wolin Remarks at the American
University of Afghanistan
February 10, 2010
TG-540
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Treasury
Targets Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
February 10, 2010
tg-539
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Statement
from Secretary Geithner on the Financial Stability Plan - One
Year Later
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February 10, 2010
TG-541
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Treasury
Receives $7.6 Billion in Repayments from PNC Bank
February 10, 2010
TG-542
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Treasury
Announces $1 Billion in Recovery Act Bond Authority for Tribal
Communities
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February 11, 2010
2010-2-11-15-53-24-6346
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Mary
John Miller Confirmed as Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets
February 11, 2010
TG-543
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Marisa
Lago Confirmed as Assistant Secretary for International Markets
and Development
February 11, 2010
TG-544
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Charles
Collyns Confirmed as Assistant Secretary for International Finance
February 11, 2010
TG-545
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U.S.
International Trade in Goods and Services, December 2009
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis,
through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total
December exports of $142.7 billion and imports of $182.9 billion
resulted in a goods and services deficit of $40.2 billion, up
from $36.4 billion in November, revised. December exports were
$4.6 billion more than November exports of $138.1 billion. December
imports were $8.4 billion more than November imports of $174.5
billion.
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Group
to pump cash into Calif. Dems
by Andy Barr
A group of heavy-hitting Democratic operatives have formed a
group designed to prop up California Democrats with as much as
$30 million, in part an attempt to blunt the ability many of
Californias top Republican candidates have to self-finance.
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Brown
pushes for steep tax on bonuses
by James Hohmann
Ohio senator joins host of other Dems eager to channel populist
outrage at Wall Street.
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Reid
scraps Baucus-Grassley jobs bill
by James Hohmann ,Lisa Lerer
Senate majority leader scraps bipartisan package.
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Statement
by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Regarding
United Kingdom Court Decision
February 10, 2010
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New
York Fed purchases $1.349 billion in agency coupons
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Record
Profits Dont Stop Health Insurers Record Rate Hikes
by Mike Hall
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Senate
OKs nominees after faceoff
from Politico.com: congress by Mike Allen
Huge number of nominees are confirmed, following tense exchange
between Obama and McConnell.
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Why
Yanukovych's Victory Is Good for Ukraine
from Newsweek International Editions - Top News
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Former
Blackwater employees accuse security contractor of defrauding
government
from washingtonpost.com - National News and Headlines by Carol
D. Leonnig and Nick Schwellenbach
This report is a collaboration between the Center for Public
Integrity and The Washington Post.
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WellPoint
insurance hike becomes target for Obama
from AP Top Headlines At 4:24 a.m. EST by By TOM MURPHY and RICARDO
ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Health insurer WellPoint blames the Great
Recession and rising medical costs for its planned 39 percent
rate increase for some California customers. To President Barack
Obama, however, it's Exhibit A in his campaign to revive the
health care overhaul....
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Wall
Street buoyed by Greek aid plan
from Greece News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com
NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks rallied on Thursday as sentiment
was lifted by an EU pledge to help Greece stave off a debt crisis
and better-than-expected US labor market data. The Dow Jones
Indus...
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Iraq
orders Blackwater guards out
from Iraq News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com
Qassim Abdul-Zahra I AP BAGHDAD: Iraq has ordered hundreds of
private security guards linked to Blackwater Worldwide to leave
the country within seven days or face possible arrest on visa
violations.T.
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US
Dismisses Iran's Nuclear Claims
from Iran News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com
On Revolution Day Iran Says Uranium Further Enriched The Obama
administration on Thursday said it does not believe that Iran
can enrich uranium at the level it claims it can. White House
officials say...
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Japan
Investors Bought Net Y202.1 Billion In Foreign Stocks
from Japan News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com
(RTTNews) - Japanese residents purchased a net 202.1 billion
yen in foreign stocks in the week ended February 6, the Ministry
of Finance said on Friday.Japanese investors also sold a net
32.4 billion...
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GAO-10-349,
Recovery Act: IRS Quickly Implemented Tax Provisions, but Reporting
and Enforcements Improvements Are Needed, February 10, 2010
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Bernanke,
Federal Reserve's exit strategy
Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House
of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
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VIDEO:
Budget Cmte. Hearing on Federal Budget and Debt
The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing examining Pres. Obama's
FY 2011 budget, released last week, and its impact on the national
debt. Economics professors shared their thoughts on the U.S.
economic outlook and how various proposals may affect debt levels.
Length: 2 hr. 30 min.
Published: Tuesday at 10am (ET)
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VIDEO:
White House Briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Christina Romer spoke at
the White House daily briefing about the recently released Economic
Report of the President. The annual report outlines the actions
taken by Pres. Obama in the past year to stimulate the economy,
including the enactment of the Recovery Act as, well as what
further efforts needs to be taken in the future. Press Secretary
Robert Gibbs followed with daily remarks.
Length: 1 hr. 3 min.
Published: Today at 12:45pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) Press Conference
Sen. Maj. Ldr. Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that the Senate will
be taking up a bill dealing with Highway funding, a small business
tax and a job creation package, portions of which are in a bill
that the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Cmte.
released earlier.
Length: 6 min.
Published: Today at 1pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
Senate Budget Cmte. Hearing on Fiscal Sustainability
The Senate Budget Cmte. held a hearing on the U.S. fiscal outlook
and the path forward. Alice Rivlin, former CBO director, CRFB
president Maya MacGuineas, and Rudolph Penner of the Urban Institute
testified at a hearing on Setting and Meeting an Appropriate
Target for Fiscal Sustainability.
Length: 1 hr. 59 min.
Published: Today at 10am (ET)
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VIDEO:
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) Press Conference on Filibuster Rule
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) was joined by Senator Jeanne Shaheen
(D-NH) as he introduced a bill that would change the filibuster
rule. Under the proposal, the threshold for defeating a filibuster
would decrease over time during Senate debate. Sixty votes are
currently required.
Length: 20 min.
Published: Today at 3:15pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
Senate Homeland Security "Census Progress Report"
What is normally a standard progress report on the Census Bureau's
2010 census may turn into a hard examination of the Bureau's
decision to spend a reported $2.5 million to air an ad during
the Super Bowl. Census officials are due to testify today before
a Senate Homeland Security Subcmte. on Census Bureau's 2010 data
gathering.
Length:
Published: Today at 2:30pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
Sen. Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Van Hollen (D-MD) Press Conference
on Citizens United v. FEC
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)announced
new legislation in response to the Supreme Courts recent
decision on political campaign spending. In Citizens United versus
the Federal Election Commission, the court ruled that corporations
and unions can spend unlimited amounts of money in support of
or against candidates for political office.
Length: 21 min.
Published: Today at 11:30am (ET)
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VIDEO:
European Union Leaders Summit Closing News Conference
Leaders of the entire 27-nation European Union met in Brussels
for an economic summit. At the top of the agenda was the debt
crisis in Greece, with all EU nations agreeing not to allow the
Greek government to default on its debt. Watch the half-hour
news closing conference from the summit, with top European Union
officials.
Length: 35 min.
Published: Today at 10:30am (ET)
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Senators
advance bipartisan jobs bill
by By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate's bipartisan jobs bill includes
a tax break for companies that hire unemployed workers, money
for highway construction, relief for private pensions and a one-year
extension of the Patriot Act used to combat terrorism....
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HHS
Sec'y doubts Wellpoint on premium hikes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government's top health official isn't
buying a major health insurer's explanation for double-digit
premium hikes in the nation's most populous state....
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AFL-CIO/NEA
Labor Solidarity Partnership Agreement Extended
by admin
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Dr.
Christina Romer Discusses the Economic Report of the President
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Statement
From the Press Secretary on Release of the Draft Bipartisan Senate
Jobs Bill
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Responding
to Concerns Over Ryan White Emergency Housing Policy
Posted by Mary Wakefield on February 10, 2010 at 5:18 PM EST
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Clearing
Up the Bonuses Issue
Posted by Jen Psaki on February 10, 2010 at 5:58 PM EST
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A
Look Inside the Economic Report of the President
Posted by Christina Romer on February 11, 2010 at 9:00 AM EST
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POLITICAL
HOT TOPICS: February 11, 2010
Posted: February 11th, 2010 04:47 AM ET
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Democrats
move to counter high court campaign finance ruling
Posted: February 11th, 2010 12:17 PM ET
Washington (CNN) - Top congressional Democrats unveiled legislation
Thursday that would ban foreign-controlled companies and firms
receiving either government contracts or federal bailout funds
from spending money on U.S. elections.
The bill, slated to be officially introduced
later this month, also would require the head of any corporation
running a political ad to appear in the commercial to say that
he or she "approves this message" - just as candidates
themselves do today.
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Obama
to meet with Dalai Lama on Feb. 18
Posted: February 11th, 2010 01:39 PM ET
President Barack Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama on February
18.
Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama will meet February
18 with the Dalai Lama, the White House announced Thursday.
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CANADA
newsbrief journal has been updated and posted
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Boehner
Now Wary of Televising Summit
Despite criticizing the Obama administration for failing to televise
negotiations over the health care bill on C-SPAN, House Minority
Leader John Boehner (R-OH) is now questioning plans to televise
the upcoming bipartisan health care summit, reports TPM.
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Obama
Would Beat Unnamed Republican
A new Gallup survey finds President Obama would beat a generic
Republican opponent for re-election, 44% to 42%.
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Bayh
Way Ahead in Indiana
A new DailyKos/Research 2000 poll in Indiana finds Sen. Evan
Bayh (D-IN) crushing his two most likely Republican challengers.
Bayh beats Dan Coats (D), 55% to 35%, and
tops John Hostettler (R), 53% to 37%.
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Conviction
of Kyaw Zaw Lwin
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:54:46 -0600
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Higher
Education Forum
"Get the facts on higher education in Texas"
What: Informational Meeting
Start Time: Thursday, February 25 at 6:00pm
End Time: Thursday, February 25 at 8:00pm
Where: The Rice School
To see more details and RSVP
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UF
College Democrats Meeting!
What: Club/Group Meeting
Start Time: Today, February 11 at 7:00pm
End Time: Today, February 11 at 8:00pm
Where: Dauer Hall 215
To see more details and RSVP
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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report
for the U.S. Department of Labor.
This information has recently been updated.
In the week ending Feb. 6, the advance figure for seasonally
adjusted initial claims was 440,000, a decrease of 43,000 from
the previous week's revised figure of 483,000. The 4-week moving
average was 468,500, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week's
revised average of 469,500.
Read the full news
release.
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February
11, 2010 - DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report, (PDF, 22 pages - 193 KB)
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NIJ has announced the new training program
Essentials of Crime
Scene Investigation.
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St
Croix County Democrats February Membership Meeting
What: Club/Group Meeting
Start Time: Today, February 11 at 7:00pm
End Time: Today, February 11 at 9:00pm
Where: Hudson Municipal Building (located at 911 4th St)
To see more details and RSVP
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SDO
Launches
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:00:00 -0600
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, SDO, launched aboard a United
Launch Alliance Atlas V from Space Launch Complex-41 at 10:23
a.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. SDO is the first satellite
of NASA's Living with a Star (LWS) program. From its geosynchronous
orbit, SDO will point its instruments at the sun, conducting
groundbreaking research that is expected to reveal the sun's
inner workings by constantly taking high resolution images, collecting
readings from inside the sun and measuring its magnetic field
activity. This data is expected to give researchers the insight
they need to eventually predict solar storms and other activity
on the sun that can affect spacecraft in orbit, astronauts on
the International Space Station and electronic and other systems
on Earth. Image Credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance
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Friend --
As we head into an election year, the new
strategy for killing reform is claiming that members of Congress
who vote for it will suffer at the polls.
For months, our opponents have spread lies
about reform to scare voters away. But the simple truth about
what reform would actually do -- save jobs, guarantee all Americans
affordable, stable coverage, and significantly reduce the deficit
-- is something most Americans strongly support.
The question is, come November, will the
voters know the facts?
OFA supporters have asked for a way to
show every member of Congress that if they fight for reform now,
we'll back them up this election season.
That's why we're launching "You fight,
we'll fight" -- a volunteer pledge bank where you can commit
your time to back up candidates and officials who fight hard
for health reform.
We're shooting for 1,000,000 hours pledged
to spread the word to fellow voters. And if we get there, we'll
publish the total hours pledged in USA Today, so there will be
no doubt that health reform is both good policy and good politics.
Can you pledge
right away?
President Obama has made it crystal clear
that he has no intention of walking away from health reform --
and this movement has made its desire to fight on just as clear.
And many members of Congress are already
working hard by his side to get the job done. But for those on
the fence about whether or not to proceed, knowing you are there
to back up a courageous stand can make all the difference.
Your volunteer hours can have a huge impact
no matter where you live. You can make calls into critical districts
where health reform champions are in jeopardy, write letters
to the editor, volunteer for nearby campaigns, or even just talk
to friends, family, and neighbors to help cut through the special
interest spin.
We'll offer lots of ways to get involved
between now and the elections in November, and you can decide
which are right for you -- the important thing right now is to
publicly show your commitment to fight for those who make health
reform a reality.
Please help us hit our ambitious goal of
one million volunteer hours pledged:
http://my.barackobama.com/YouFight
We've certainly faced setbacks in this
fight. But as President Obama told OFA supporters last week,
that only means we need to work that much harder.
Thanks for making it possible,
Mitch
Mitch Stewart
Director
Organizing for America
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Hoyer Statement on the Economic Report
of the President
WASHINGTON, DC House Majority Leader
Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on
the annual Economic Report of the President prepared
by the Council of Economic Advisors:
The economic report released today shows how the Obama
Administration remains focused on responding to the short-term
economic crisis while also laying a foundation for sustainable,
long-term growth. The report reviews the dire economic and fiscal
situations inherited by President Obama, and goes through the
steps that were taken to address those challenges. The report
also puts forward a path toward long-term economic growth by
restoring fiscal balance, reforming health care, promoting exports,
and making investments in key areas like education and clean
energy.
Congress will continue to work with the President on our
goals of creating jobs in the short-term and building a strong
economy for the future.
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