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Tuesday, March 8, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How they voted March 7
By News Release @ 12:36 AM :: 6474 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Recent Congressional Votes
- Senate: Short-term Continuing Resolution
- House: Short-term Continuing Resolution
- House: Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011
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Monday, March 7, 2011 |
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Gallup: Hawaii No. 1 in U.S. for Wellbeing
By Selected News Articles @ 7:35 PM :: 6533 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Hawaii had the highest wellbeing among states in 2010 with a Well-Being Index score of 71.0. Wyoming, North Dakota, and Alaska are also among the 10 states with the highest overall wellbeing scores.
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Monday, March 7, 2011 |
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Senate Finance Ctte: Obamacare will cost Hawaii $30M
By News Release @ 6:47 PM :: 8069 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The healthcare reform bill passed last year will cost states at least an additional $118.04 billion through 2023 due to their increased Medicaid costs, according to a new congressional report. Hawai'i's cost will be $30 million between 2014 and 2019.
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Monday, March 7, 2011 |
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Congress to Investigate Islamic Radicalization in the US
By IPT News @ 4:29 PM :: 7202 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Two members of Congress, two men whose families were devastated by a relative's radicalization and two civic leaders with opposing views on Muslim community support for law enforcement will testify Thursday at the first hearing on Islamic radicalization in America.
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Sunday, March 6, 2011 |
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Report: 92% of Nursing Homes Employ Convicts, Hawaii has not implemented background checks
By Selected News Articles @ 2:27 PM :: 7262 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii currently has no background checks in place. A note from page 3 of Inspector General Report explains: “A statute requiring FBI checks exists in Hawaii; however, no implementing rules have been published. A Hawaii State official confirmed that nursing facilities are not yet required to conduct such checks.”
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Friday, March 4, 2011 |
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Djou: Lingle would make an outstanding US Senator
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 AM :: 8178 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“I think she would make an outstanding United States senator,” Djou says. “The best illustration of Governor Lingle’s abilities is 2006. In 2006, it was a highly toxic environment for the GOP nationally, but she managed to win reelection not only by a large landslide but by the largest margin in the history of the state.”
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Thursday, March 3, 2011 |
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D.C., Hawaii Top the Rest of the Union in Economic Confidence
By News Release @ 6:24 PM :: 6498 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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PRINCETON, NJ -- While no state exhibited strong economic confidence in 2010, the people of Washington, D.C., Hawaii, Iowa, and Maryland had the highest economic confidence. At the other end of the spectrum, residents of West Virginia, Idaho, and Rhode Island were the least confident.
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Thursday, March 3, 2011 |
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Lingle, Djou comment on Akaka retirement
By News Release @ 11:11 AM :: 8156 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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I worked closely with the Senator to gain support for the Akaka Bill and I still have hopes that this important legislation will come to fruition during the remainder of his term. -- Gov Linda Lingle
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011 |
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Extortion, Criminal Conspiracy: FBI investigating Gulen Religious Cult behind Mokapu STEM School, Pacifica Institute
By Selected News Articles @ 8:41 PM :: 17674 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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An email sent in June 2008 with regard to teachers who were late in making the paybacks reads: "Brother Veli wants to have all the “salary returns." And he says to withhold future salaries from those who have not made them."
More incriminating still is an email dated June 13, 2007...which recommends "increasing the number of teachers from Turkey ... to acquire more money."
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011 |
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How Inouye sabotaged Akaka Bill
By Andrew Walden @ 6:40 PM :: 10644 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The White House may be the most convenient punching bag, but it is not that simple. The DoJ’s point man on the Akaka Bill, Deputy Associate US Attorney General Sam Hirsch, in not an Obama loyalist. His ties are to Inouye....
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011 |
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Hirono, Hanabusa reject Obama, vote for Government Shut Down
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 7336 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"Hirono and Hanabusa voted against this resolution that was supported by almost all Republicans, a majority of the Democratic caucus, President Obama, and both of Hawaii's Senators. Only the far left wing of the Democratic Party opposed this measure.”
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Sunday, February 27, 2011 |
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Charles Djou, second most moderate Republican in 111th Congress
By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 11701 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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According to an analysis of the 111th US Congress published Friday by the National Journal, among Republicans Hawaii Representative Charles Djou was out-moderated only by Rep Joseph Cao of New Orleans.
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Friday, February 25, 2011 |
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Gallup: Hawaii is tops in moderates, has fewest conservatives in nation
By Andrew Walden @ 11:45 PM :: 8672 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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A Gallup Poll of Hawaii adults released today shows that Hawaii has the fewest self-identified conservatives of any state in the nation—but Hawaii’s 27.9% of conservatives still outnumber the Aloha State’s 23.6% of self-identified liberals.
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Friday, February 25, 2011 |
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Limbaugh: Did Honolulu Council ever pass resolution condemning Mao’s genocide?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:27 PM :: 11613 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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We'd have to check the archives to see if the Honolulu City Council ever did issue a condemnation of Mao Tse-tung for the genocide of Chinese people back when the cultural revolution, the great leap forward and all that stuff took place.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
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Hawaii’s future: LA Marijuana dispensaries outnumber Starbucks, McDonalds
By Selected News Articles @ 5:49 PM :: 12754 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Within the last two-years, over 200 cities and 14 counties in California have banned or passed a moratorium on pot shops. And now the dopey Hawaii Legislature wants to follow California's failed experiment.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
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Dans cling to power as upheaval convulses Senate
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 PM :: 7644 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...it is quite likely the 113th Congress that convenes in 2013 will find an even greater percentage of Senators who have yet to complete a full term than in the 112th - should at least five more senators announce their retirement or get defeated in their reelection bids.
Despite the member upheaval that the Senate has experienced over the past few election cycles, there are certainly still several state delegations with a wealth of experience in the nation's upper legislative chamber....
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |
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Released: 2010 Census Data for Hawaii
By News Release @ 7:50 PM :: 10904 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Census 2010 Hawaii Data has been released. See it here....
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
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Djou: Hawaii Politicians Detached From Reality
By Rep Charles Djou @ 2:25 PM :: 9194 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii’s elected officials are ready to tackle every issue - except job creation and the deficit. The first major action taken by the Hawaii State Senate was to become the only legislative chamber in the United States to eliminate the invocation. The legislature has confronted issues ranging from decriminalization of marijuana, civil unions, bingo on Hawaiian Homelands and banning the sale of toy guns.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they voted Feb 22
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 7169 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Senate: FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011
Senate: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act
House: Continuing Resolution, FY2011
House: FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011
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Monday, February 21, 2011 |
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Rasmussen: 48% Back Wisconsin Governor, 38% Side With Unions
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 4309 Views :: National News, Ethics
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A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Likely U.S. Voters agree more with the Republican governor in his dispute with union workers. Thirty-eight percent (38%) agree more with the unionized public employees, while 14% are undecided.
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Monday, February 21, 2011 |
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Gallup: Over 10% of Hawaii voters abandon Democratic Party, exodus among greatest in US
By Andrew Walden @ 10:35 PM :: 8020 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In a survey of 1016 adults during 2010, Gallup found 50.0% lean Democratic while 30.4% lean Republican. Every US state saw voters walking away from the Democratic Party since the 2008 election of President Barack Obama. Hawaii Democratic numbers enjoyed the fourth largest decline.
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Monday, February 21, 2011 |
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Celebrate Washington’s Birthday
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:50 PM :: 4453 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Sunday, February 20, 2011 |
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Saturday, February 19, 2011 |
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Friday, February 18, 2011 |
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PBS Next? House Votes To Defund ObamaCare, Planned Parenthood
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 PM :: 5141 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Another big winner today was Indiana Representative Mike Pence, whose amendment to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood passed 240-185. The move will cost Planned Parenthood more than $75 million per year, a shortfall it will need to make up by dramatically increasing the prices it charges to pimps for business consulting services….
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Friday, February 18, 2011 |
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Friday, February 18, 2011 |
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Newt Gingrich to speak in Honolulu tonight
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 7663 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will be headlining the Hawaii GOP’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner. The Party fundraising event will be held tonight at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011 |
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Hanabusa, Hirono silent as E-W Center Funding Cut by Congress
By News Release @ 4:49 PM :: 7967 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"Colleen Hanabusa and Mazie Hirono are simply two of the most ineffective members of congress in our nation today. Not only did the two of them fail to stop an amendment eliminating federal funding of the East West Center, even worse, the two of them didn't even bother to show up for work and defend the center on the House floor during debate."
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Instant Runoff? “I thought every vote counts”
By Video @ 9:14 PM :: 7931 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Oakland, CA voters testify against so-called "Instant Runoff" system now being proposed for Honolulu.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
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High Risk: List of Missed Obamacare Deadlines Grows
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:56 PM :: 4159 Views :: National News, Ethics
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First, HHS missed the deadline mandated by the new law to create high-risk pools for those who could not obtain health insurance due to chronic illness. Next, it didn’t create the two task forces on improving access to health care in Alaska and breast cancer education on time. The list doesn’t end there....
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
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YAF: Ron Paul “Blames America for 9-11”
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 7978 Views :: National News, Ethics
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“Rep. Paul has strayed to the left of Obama and allied himself with the radical anti-war left by laying the blame on America for the unprovoked attacks of Sept. 11th. Additionally, Rep. Paul has not condemned the 9/11 "Truther" conspiracy theorists that support him, and he has repeatedly insisted, that the United States not bring justice to those who have murdered thousands of our civilians and soldiers at home and abroad...."
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
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Obama Budget Doubles Down on Deficit Spending Failure
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:33 PM :: 4239 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... since 2001 federal education spending has already increased by 100 percent. And going back to 1970, it has almost tripled. And what have been the results of this federal “investment” in our future?
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Monday, February 14, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How they voted Feb 7-14
By Andrew Walden @ 8:50 PM :: 6926 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- House: Patriot Act Extensions
- House: United Nations Tax Equalization Refund Act
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Monday, February 14, 2011 |
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Obama’s 2012 Budget: Taxes, taxes, and more taxes—and more spending too
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 2:52 PM :: 6284 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Add it all together, and this budget is a ten-year, $1.5 trillion tax hike over present law.
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Monday, February 14, 2011 |
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On Valentines Day, Share the Word About the Benefits of Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:38 PM :: 3925 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Rather than continue a cycle of dependence with streams of anonymous government checks, policymakers can take steps to remove disincentives to marriage and demonstrate how healthy marital relationships can lead to self-sufficiency.
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Monday, February 14, 2011 |
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Wolfson: Push past civil union to gay marriage
By News Release @ 10:33 AM :: 7415 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"As soon as the governor signs the final bill, Hawaii should move swiftly to finish the job by ending exclusion from marriage itself..." --Evan Wolfson, co-counsel in 1993 gay marriage case, Baehr v. Miike
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Sunday, February 13, 2011 |
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Report: Lottery remains a poor bet for education funding
By Selected News Articles @ 9:35 PM :: 8345 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"A study of 11 other state education lotteries showed that states are likely to decrease their growth of spending for education upon operating a lottery designated for that purpose."
"This decrease occurs regardless of the revenue generated by the lottery," Sanders added. "Meanwhile, states without lotteries maintained and increased their education spending more than states with lotteries."
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Sunday, February 13, 2011 |
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Farmers send two tons of Kona Coffee to troops in Afghanistan, Iraq
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 11349 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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During 2010 most Kona coffee went to Afghanistan , where it was very highly welcomed and appreciated. Some also went to the P.I. and now here at the end of the year I am once again sending Kona coffee to the 25th Infantry Division folks who have recently deployed to Camp Liberty, Iraq.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011 |
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Supreme Court to hear Case: Do elected officials with Conflict of Interest have a right to vote?
By Robert Thomas @ 3:20 PM :: 6422 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide a case about whether state laws which require elected officials to recuse themselves from considering matters on which they appear to have conflicts of interest, impermissibly infringe upon the officials' First Amendment rights.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011 |
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New Study on Bag Taxes: Economically Destructive, Job-killing
By News Release @ 12:14 PM :: 6622 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"We already knew that bag taxes are an annoying levy that provide no environmental benefit; now we also know that they are an economically destructive job killer thanks to this new report. Unfortunately it is also D.C.'s poorest communities that are hit hardest by the bag tax," said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.
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Saturday, February 12, 2011 |
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Friday, February 11, 2011 |
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38.9%: Hawaii has most deviant Legislative Districts in Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 AM :: 10686 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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the commission drew new maps that eliminated most of the canoe districts. The end result was that Hawaii had the largest population deviations in the country. The deviations hit 38.9 percent for the Senate....
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Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
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Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
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What the Collapse of Marriage Means for Children
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:21 PM :: 5298 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Thankfully, there are ways that individuals, community leaders, and policymakers can help alleviate childhood poverty. By encouraging marriage in low-income communities, teaching adolescents and young adults the economic and social benefits of marriage, and reducing policy disincentives to marriage, more children can avoid the pain of poverty.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011 |
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US House to vote on blocking Obamacare funds, Senate Dems may revolt
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 3574 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The U.S. House of Representatives is likely to vote to block funding for President Barack Obama's signature healthcare overhaul when it takes up a budget plan next week, House Republican Leader Eric Cantor said on Tuesday.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011 |
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Flashback: Hooser, Hanabusa predict HB444 will bring gay marriage back before Courts
By Andrew Walden @ 12:55 AM :: 13882 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Pro-gay-marriage Senator Gary Hooser (D-Kauai), speaking on the Senate floor March 25, 2009 said:
“…it may very well be likely that this law would be challenged in court….”
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011 |
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White House: Desperation sets in over failure of Obamanomics
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:49 PM :: 4216 Views :: National News, Ethics
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In what Politico is calling “the first whiff of the desperation inside the White House about the slowness of the economic recovery,” President Barack Obama spoke to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday, claiming: “I understand the challenges you face. I understand you are under incredible pressure to cut costs and keep your margins up. I understand the significance of your obligations to your shareholders and the pressures that are created by quarterly reports. I get it.” No. No, he doesn’t.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011 |
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Next Fight: Obama vs Inouye over Line Item Veto
By Selected News Articles @ 3:35 PM :: 5107 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Hill: Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) has said he will soon distribute to senators his definition of what he considers an earmark....
“The new pork mechanisms will depend on how Inouye has decided to define pork/earmarks,” Wheeler said. “The loopholes will be there; he and his staff know how to make them. Once the ‘definition’ is set, the workarounds will only be limited by the human imagination.”
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