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Climate bill moves ahead in House
May 23, 2009With a bipartisan vote, the House Energy Committee this week passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), which would encourage investment in renewable energy and penalize big polluters in a landmark effort to reverse...
Read moreTexas voters support Climate Change bill, survey shows
May 22, 2009WCVI calls for Congressmen Green and Gonzalez to vote for landmark Climate Change bill SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The William C. Velasquez Institute (WCVI) recently completed a flash poll of registered voters in Texas Congressional Districts...
Read moreCongress approves legislation regulating credit card industry
May 22, 2009New Analysis On Tuesday, May 19, the U.S. Senate voted, 90-5, in favor of a bill that would apply new restrictions to the credit card industry, making the terms of their contracts more comprehensible to customers,...
Read moreWho’s approving those wiretaps on your phone?
May 22, 2009Original source: With all the hot debate over government wiretapping in recent years, it was surprising to see that few in the media reported on big changes this week at the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court --...
Read moreCivil rights group urges hate crime charge for murder of Mexican immigrant
May 22, 2009Original source: The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has launched a petition calling for the Department of Justice to file federal hate crime charges against the teenagers responsible for the brutal murder of Luis...
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