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Senate FDA bill advances; House’s version stalls (Politico)
April 25, 2012
By Brett Norman A bipartisan Senate FDA user fee bill passed out of committee easily Wednesday — but in the House, work on a companion bill came to an abrupt halt. With overwhelming bipartisan backing, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted Wednesday to send its FDA user fee bill to the full [...]
Senate panel advances must-pass FDA bill (The Hill’s Healthwatch Blog)
By Sam Baker The Senate Health Committee approved a must-pass bill Wednesday to reauthorize funding for the Food and Drug Administration and change the agency’s regulatory processes. Congress must send the FDA bill to President Obama by Oct. 1, and lawmakers are trying to avoid the type of eleventh-hour debate that entangled the last reauthorization. [...]
Senate passes bill that would keep post offices open (CBS News)
By Leigh Ann Caldwell The U.S. Senate passed legislation Wednesday afternoon that would preserve post office services now set to be slashed due to the agency’s financial problems. The measure, which passed 62-37, eases the Postal Service’s money woes by reimbursing the agency to the tune of $11 billion for overpaying into federal workers’ retirement [...]
Senate Approves U.S. Postal Service Financial Overhaul Bill (Bloomberg News)
By Michelle Jamrisko The Senate passed a Postal Service overhaul bill intended to save the cash-strapped organization from default. The measure was passed 62-37. The bill would make it harder for the Postal Service to close facilities, authorize it to provide non-postal products and services, revise payments to two federal funds that provide worker retirement [...]
U.S. Senate passes postal legislation (MSNBC)
The U.S. Senate has voted to pass widespread legislation reforming the United States Postal Service. The bill now moves to the House of Representatives. If the postal reforms are passed, the White River Junction and Plattsburgh mail handling facilities would remain open. They had been slated to close since February. Many rural post offices would [...]
Senate Passes Bill to Help Shore Up U.S. Postal Service (National Journal)
By Dan Friedman The Senate voted 62 to 37 on Wednesday to pass a bill freeing the U.S. Postal Service to take steps to shore up its shaky finances, putting pressure on the House to act on its alternative bill. The United States Postal Service, which has supported itself since 1970, has been hemorrhaging billions [...]
WRJ, Plattsburgh USPS plants could stay open (WPTZ)
April 24, 2012
By David Charns WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. – The United States Postal Service has released a list of about 125 processing facilities that could remain open, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said late Tuesday. The list includes the facilities in White River Junction and Plattsburgh. If closed, mail would have to move through the Burlington, Manchester, [...]
Geothermal can cut fuel bills and create jobs, Sanders says (VtDigger)
By Greg Guma HA Manosh, the well drilling company based in Morrisville, has been installing geothermal heating systems since around 1980. But in recent years the cost of fossil fuels has produced a sharp increase in the demand, according to Nick Manosh, the company’s vice president. On Monday Manosh joined U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., [...]
Experts: Contrary to Mainstream Myth, ‘Social Security is Strong’ and Could Be Made Stronger (Common Dreams)
The Social Security trust fund is in strong financial standing and the overall program could be further strengthened, say experts and lawmakers, with a simple increase of the current payroll tax cap which is currently set at $110,000. The trustee’s annual financial report was released on Monday. Most mainstream news and media outlets reported the [...]
Sanders: White River Junction postal facility likely to remain open (Burlington Free Press)
By Nicole Gaudiano WASHINGTON — A mail processing center in White River Junction likely will be spared from closure, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Tuesday. The center, which employs 250 workers, is among more than 100 processing centers previously scheduled for closure that the postal service now says it will potentially keep open to comply [...]
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