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McCain Vows To Back Changes To Disabilities Law
Associated PressRepublican presidential candidate John McCain is pledging support for a proposal to expand protections for disabled people under an 18-year-old landmark civil rights law. Speaking from Arizona by satellite to a disabilities forum in Columbus, Ohio,...Tags: Society, Court Administration, Ceremonies, Western Medicines, Illnesses
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John McCain backs proposal to revise disabilities law
The Associated PressJohn McCain is pledging support for a proposal to expand protections for disabled people under a historic civil rights law enacted 18 years ago. The Republican presidential candidate spoke from Arizona via a satellite link to a disabilities forum...Tags: Society, Court Administration, Ceremonies, Western Medicines, Minority Groups
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RNC members say they'll take conservative approach
AP Political WriterTwo newly elected members of the Republican National Committee said Friday they won their posts because party activists want a shift to a more confrontational and conservative approach. Steve Scheffler and Kim Lehman said Iowa activists had lost...Tags: Government, Elections, National Government, John McCain, Republican Party
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Midwest relief packages will have to wait
Victims of recent storm and flood damage in the Midwest could get some disaster assistance and tax relief under new measures pending in Congress -- but not until after the August recess. Lawmakers have delayed consideration of a supplemental emergency...Tags: Robert Byrd, Iowa, National Government, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Retirement
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Iowa secures more than $9 million in HUD funding
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released more than $9.5 million to seven Iowa communities. Republican Senator Charles Grassley says the funds will help residents promote affordable housing to low and moderate income families....Tags: Iowa
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Iowa lawmakers urge federal tax relief
Iowa's entire congressional delegation has joined other members of Congress in introducing a nearly $4 billion plan for federal tax relief for flood, tornado and severe storm victims. Sen. Charles Grassley, a Republican, and Sen. Tom Harkin, a Democrat,...Tags: Kansas, State Budgets, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri
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Culver: $1.2 billion in flood damages unmet
Associated Press WriterGov. Chet Culver says that state officials have identified $1.2 billion in flood damage that hasn't been met by disaster aid, and he's asking Congress to move quickly to provide more assistance. Culver pointed to the federal response to Hurricane...Tags: Louisiana, Meteorological Disasters, Hurricanes, Damages, Floods
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Listing groceries selling tainted meat doesn't go far enough
ISSUE: USDA to list grocery stores that received tainted meat and poultry. If there's one thing more maddening than the seemingly endless number of food recalls, it's the lack of available information on how to keep from putting tainted groceries on...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Sherrod Brown, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania
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FDA gives all-clear on tomatoes, not peppers
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration declared on Thursday that it is again safe to eat all tomatoes now on sale in the U.S., canceling its warning in June that some tomatoes were the cause of a still-unsolved outbreak of salmonella...Tags: Health Organizations, Diseases, Texas, Florida, Farms
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Senate OKs promotions of Iraq generals
Washington -- Notwithstanding months of partisan wrangling in Congress over the Iraq war, the Senate today handily confirmed Gen. David H. Petraeus as the top commander in the Middle East and Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno to replace Petraeus as the chief...Tags: West Virginia, The White House, Upper House, Iowa, Government
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