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Senate confirms Srinivasan to seat on influential US Court of Appeals in District of Columbia
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — After five years of trying, President Barack Obama has placed his first nominee on a key appeals court in Washington. The Senate voted unanimously on Thursday, 97-0, to confirm Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Barack Obama, Christopher A. Coons, Sandra Day O'Connor, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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New tankers to be assigned to McConnell Air Force Base
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe Pentagon chose McConnell Air Force Base to serve as home to the Air Force's new refueling tankers. The Air Force selected McConnell as the Main Operating Base #1 for replacing KC-135R tanker aircraft with KC-46A’s beginning in 2016. The Air...Tags: Lynn Jenkins, Military Equipment, Pat Roberts, Business, U.S. Air Force
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U.S. cancels plan to close control towers at smaller airports
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration has canceled plans o close 149 air traffic control towers at smaller U.S. airports that it earlier said would be necessary to meet required spending cuts, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray...Tags: Ray LaHood
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Rep. Wittman, others, push for military spouse tax credit
A bipartisan group of lawmakers that includes Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland, want military spouses to get a tax credit if they have to renew or transfer a professional license due to a change-of-station transfer. Others lining up behind the...
Tags: Taxation, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Credit and Debt, Politics
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Airlines fly above air traffic doomsday predictions
Criticism intensified Monday that the Obama administration is deliberately inconveniencing and potentially endangering the flying public by going ahead with threatened staffing reductions at airport air traffic towers and radar facilities, instead of...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Ray LaHood, Midway, Budgets and Budgeting, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Housing programs critical to Aberdeen
Access to rural housing programs that benefit a significant number of homebuyers in Aberdeen could be extended under a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and others. Without an extension of some sort, the city would lose access to two...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Mike Johanns, Jon Tester, 2010 Census, Finance
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Senate confirms former prosecutor Mary Jo White as SEC chairwoman
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Monday confirmed Mary Jo White to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, placing a tough former prosecutor in the role as Wall Street's top watchdog. White was confirmed by a unanimous voice vote in the Senate, an...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Mary Jo White, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Rajat Gupta, Lawyers
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FAA Will Delay Planned Closure Of Air Traffic Towers
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that it will delay its planned closure of control towers at 149 smaller airports – including six in Connecticut – until June 15 in order to resolve several legal challenges. The...
Tags: New London (New London, Connecticut), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Air Transportation Industry, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Budget Control Act of 2011
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Senate vote: OK $85 billion cuts, avert shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits — and to avoid a government shutdown just a week away. President Barack Obama's...
Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Tom Coburn, Jack Reed, Democratic Party
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Progress slows on Budget Bill to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — A dispute over budget cuts that threaten dozens of smaller control towers with closure slowed Senate progress Tuesday on legislation to avoid a government shutdown on March 27. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., refused repeatedly to...
Tags: Elections, Air Transportation Industry, Budgets and Budgeting, Budget Control Act of 2011, Washington, DC
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Progress slows on federal budget bill
WASHINGTON -- A dispute over budget cuts that threaten dozens of smaller control towers with closure slowed Senate progress Tuesday on legislation to avoid a government shutdown on March 27. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., refused repeatedly to permit...Tags: Elections, Air Transportation Industry, Budgets and Budgeting, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC
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Paul filibuster gains support, delays Brennan vote
WASHINGTON -- What began as Rand Paul’s one-man crusade to press the Obama administration for clarity regarding its prosecution of U.S. citizens suspected of terrorist ties became a bipartisan spectacle in the Senate chamber Wednesday -- one that...Tags: John O. Brennan, Bernard Sanders, Elections, White House, Government
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