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Anniversaries
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Births: Jacques Cartier, explorer and navigator, 1494; Andreas
Vesalius, anatomist, 1514; Soame Jenyns, author and politician,
1704; Sir Edward Augustus Bond, librarian of the British Museum,
1815; Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, 1830; Henri-Emile Benoit
Matisse, painter, 1869; Jule Styne (Julius Kerwin Stein),
songwriter and composer, 1905. Deaths: John Wycliffe, Protestant
reformer, 1384; Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II, 1705;
John Flamsteed, first Astronomer Royal, 1719; Gustave Courbet,
painter, 1877; Sir Malcolm Campbell, speedster on land and water,
1948; Sir Gerald Festus ...
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SENSENBRENNER URGES IPCC TO EXCLUDE CLIMATEGATE SCIENTISTS
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; ...Terry Lane (202) 225-0110 December 8, 2009 Washington, D.C.- Climateresearchers who authored thousands...Chair Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change c/o WMO 7bis,Avenue de la Paix C.P. No. 2300 1211 Geneva 2 SWITZERLAND Dear...
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PELOSI: PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS WORKING ON JOBS PACKAGE TO PUT AMERICANS BACK TO WORK AND KEEP ECONOMY GROWING
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases
; ...and Keep Economy Growing Contact: BrendanDaly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616 December 8, 2009 Washington,D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today afterPresident Obama's speech on job creation and...
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FEINGOLD CALLS ON FEMA TO IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY, PROTECT TAXPAYER DOLLARS
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases
; ...Accountability,Protect Taxpayer Dollars Contact: Zach Lowe or Katie Rowley - (202) 224-8657December 9, 2009 Washington, D.C. - Today U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, authorof the Control Spending Now Act<http://feingold.senate...
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FEINGOLD BACKS BIPARTISAN COST-SAVING AMENDMENT TO MAKE AFFORDABLE DRUGS AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases
; ...202) 224-8657December 9, 2009 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Russ Feingold...bipartisanamendment by Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME...Grassley (R-IA), DebbieStabenow (D-MI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN...
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LIEBERMAN STATEMENT ON HEALTH CARE NEGOTIATIONS
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases
; ...Lieberman Statement on Health Care Negotiations Contact:Erika Masonhall, (202) 224-9965 December 9, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. - SenatorJoe Lieberman (ID-CT) issued the following statement regarding the latestin Senate health care reform...
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REP. CAROLYN B. MALONEY CHAIR REP. CAROLYN B. MALONEY HOLDS A HEARING ON POST RECESSION JOB CREATION
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service
; Washington Transcript Service...CAROLYN B. MALONEY, D-N.Y. CHAIR REP...TEXAS REP. MICHAEL C. BURGESS, R-TEXAS...CHARLES E. SCHUMER, D-N.Y. VICE CHAIRMAN...SEN. JIM WEBB, D-VA. SEN. SAM BROWNBACK...JIM DEMINT , R-S.C. SEN. JIM RISCH...
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OVERSIGHT:MARK L. GOLDSTEIN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...evolved into the world`s largestmuseum complex and research organization; two of its museums on the NationalMall in Washington, D.C., are among the most highly visited in the world.The Smithsonian`s governing body, the Board of Regents...
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REP. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, REP. NEIL ABERCROMBIE AND REP. GENE TAYLOR CHAIRMEN REP. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, REP. NEIL ABERCROMBIE AND REP. GENE TAYLOR HOLD A JOINT HEARING ON ARMY AND MARINE CORPS RESET REQ
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; Washington Transcript Service 12-10...READINESS REP. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, D-TEXAS CHAIRMAN REP. GENE...VA. REP. LARRY KISSELL, D-N.C. REP. MARTIN HEINRICH, D...REP. JOHN M. SPRATT JR., D-S.C. REP. SILVESTRE REYES, D...
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REP. BART GORDON CHAIRMAN REP. BART GORDON HOLDS A HEARING ON THE AEROSPACE WORKFORCE
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service
; Washington Transcript Service 12-10-2009 HOUSE...2009 SPEAKERS: REP. BART GORDON, D-TENN. CHAIRMAN REP. JERRY F. COSTELLO...DAVID WU, D-ORE. REP. BRAD MILLER, D-N.C. REP. RUSS CARNAHAN, D-MO. REP. DANIEL LIPINSKI, D-ILL...
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STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN IAN C. KELLY STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN IAN C. KELLY HOLDS STATE DEPARTMENT REGULAR NEWS BRIEFING
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; Washington Transcript Service 12-11-2009 STATE DEPARTMENT...2009 SPEAKER: STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN IAN C. KELLY [*] KELLY: OK. Good afternoon...consular officer, visitedthem today? Any D.S. personnel or FBI legats assigned to...
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