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House - meets at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9, 2010.
Senate - meets at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, February 8, 2010.
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From washingtonpost.com:
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Obama invites GOP to summit
| President asks Republicans to bring their health-care ideas to a half-day summit on Feb 25. | Wind farm meets stiff resistance
| Native Americans in Massachusetts pose latest challenge to offshore site near Martha's Vineyard. | Al-Qaeda is a wounded but dangerous enemy
| In the past six weeks, Americans have witnessed two jarringly different -- but completely accurate -- views of al-Qaeda's terrorist network. One image was that of terrorist leaders being hunted down and killed by satellite-guided, pilotless aircraft. The other was of an agile foe slipping past U.S.... | Anti-terrorism chief rebukes politicians who use cases as talking points
| President Obama's senior counterterrorism adviser on Sunday criticized politicians for using terrorism situations such as the Detroit bombing case as a "political football." | David Plouffe advising White House on 2010 midterm elections
| Ask David Plouffe how Democrats can recover from their electoral setbacks over the past few months and he has a simple answer: Republicans. | Some Democrats seek change in filibuster rules, but others are wary
| Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) chuckled as he recently reflected on his effort, five years ago, to change nearly century-old filibuster rules. | Historic snowstorm in D.C. leaves a mess to be reckoned with
| A blizzard that dumped more than two feet of heavy snow knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of people, toppled trees and reduced streets to pedestrian pathways. | Obama invites Republicans to summit on health care
| President Obama moved to jump-start the stalled health-care debate Sunday, inviting Republicans in Congress to participate in a bipartisan, half-day televised summit on the subject this month. | NRA, onetime ally feud over next big guns case to go before Supreme Court
| The National Rifle Association was on the outside looking in when the Supreme Court handed gun rights activists a landmark victory in 2008. | Internet gambling again in play
| Poker lobbyists are ramping up an aggressive push backed by millions of dollars to legalize Internet gambling in the United States this year, hoping to overcome passionate objections from social conservatives, sports leagues and other longtime opponents. | 5 workers killed in explosion at Middleton, Conn., power plant
| CONNECTICUT An explosion that sounded like a sonic boom blew out the walls of an unfinished power plant in Connecticut and set off a fire during a test of natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five workers, injuring a dozen or more, and leaving crews picking through debris for more possible... | Local events
| TUESDAY Recordkeeping and Accounting. Workshop explains accounting principles, financial statements, general business, taxes and management accounting. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., American Bar Association Building, 740 15th St. NW, third floor, Washington. Sponsor: Service Corps of Retired Executives.... | In a comeback, Yanukovych leads Tymoshenko in bid for Ukraine president
| The party boss who was accused of election fraud and toppled by Ukraine's peaceful Orange Revolution appeared on the verge of a remarkable comeback Sunday, with exit polls suggesting that he had prevailed in a bitter presidential race and won the office denied him by mass protests five years ago. | Toyota to recall and repair brakes on new Priuses sold in Japan
| TOKYO -- Toyota's quality woes mounted over the weekend, with a reported decision in its home market to recall and repair the brakes on its latest model of the Prius, the hybrid that last year was the best-selling new car in Japan. | Children taken from Haiti face uncertain fate
| FERMATHE, HAITI -- It was a couple of weeks after the earthquake when word began to spread in a small, poor village here. | Digest
| IRAN Iran has arrested seven people linked to a U.S.-funded Farsi-language radio station for allegedly fomenting unrest, and it accused some of the suspects of working for American spy agencies, Iranian state media reported Sunday. | Iran's president orders production of higher-enriched uranium
| TEHRAN -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday ordered the production of higher-enriched uranium -- significantly beyond the levels of its regular nuclear fuel -- prompting the United States to renew threats of carefully targeted sanctions. | INSIDER TRANSACTIONS
Bankruptcies
| These firms recently filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's local clerk of court offices. | Pizzamaker braves snow to deliver on Super Bowl Sunday
| For pizza shops, Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest night of the year, a chance to do a week's worth of business in a single night, an event to look forward to all year. | Can the U.S. government require you to get an IRA?
| One of the biggest priorities for the Middle Class Task Force led by Vice President Biden is a push to improve and standardize American retirement planning. This is where the Obama administration can make big changes. But whether average workers or financial service firms and insurance companies ... |
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stateline.org - State and Local Issues
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Weekly wrap: Fed report doubts energy states will recover first
Revenues down in gas-producing states; Obama snubs Las Vegas—again; and economist Mark Zandi predicts start of economic expansion. |
Quinn survives — For now
IL: Illinois's Pat Quinn wins primary, but Scott Lee Cohen issue looms
CHICAGO -- The Democratic candidate for Illinois governor was finally decided Thursday, two days after the primary produced a slim lead for incumbent governor Pat Quinn over opponent Dan Hynes |
MO: Missouri House OKs drug tests for public officials, some welfare recipients
Missouri's elected officials and many people who receive cash welfare benefits would start undergoing drug screening under legislation given first-round House approval Thursday. |
NY: Cuomo sues Bank of America, even as it settles with S.E.C.
The legal drama surrounding the controversial takeover of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, one of the pivotal moments of the financial crisis, took a fresh turn on Thursday as the attorney general of New York leveled civil fraud charges against Kenneth D. Lewis, the former Bank of America chief who masterminded the deal. |
US: Trial lawyers contribute, shareholder suits follow
Norfolk County, Mass., has only a small pension fund, but it is a big player in court. Two weeks ago, the fund joined with two others in a shareholder suit against drugstore chain CVS Caremark Corp., whose stock had fallen. It was the 12th time since 2006 the pension fund has gone to court after a stock it owned declined. |
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Social Security Reform
Information and resources on Social Security and Social Security Reform.
Bush Administration Proposal:
- President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security - website
- President Bush Announces Formation of Social Security Commission, 5/2/01
- Executive Order: President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security, 5/2/01
- President Bush: Budget Blueprint for FY2002 - Modernize and Reform Social Security (4/28/01)
- News coverage of Commission meetings:
- Action on Social Security Debated (Wash.Post,11/15/02)
- Individual Retirement Accounts Central to Saving Social Security (Wash.Post,12/11)
- Investments Called 'Central' to Social Security Health: Presidential Commission Recommends Letting Workers Put Part of Payroll Taxes in Stock Market (Wash.Post,12/11)
- Panel Agrees on Options for Social Security
Proposed Private Plans Considered Politically Volatile (Wash.Post,11/30)
- Social Security Panel Unable to Agree (Wash.Post,11/10)
- New Social Security Indexing Mulled
Panel May Back Tying Benefits to Inflation, Meaning Cuts in Payouts (Wash.Post,08/23)
- Social Security Findings Criticized (Wash.Post,07/25)
- Social Security Future Grim, Bush Panel Says (Wash.Post,07/20)
- Social Security Panel Meets, Urges Options For Investing (Wash.Post,06/12)
- Social Security Panel Gears Up for Revamp (Wash.Post,05/03)
News on Social Security and Social Security Reform:
- Social Security Changes Put on the Back Burner (Wash.Post,11/11/02)
- GOP Disavows Social Security 'Privatization' (Wash.Post,09/13/02)
- 'In Politics, Words Matter,' Social Security Memo Says (Wash.Post,09/13/02)
- Bush Continues to Back Privatized Social Security (Wash.Post,07/25/02)
- Racicot Urges Congress To Tackle Social Security (Wash.Post,04/24/02)
- Social Security, Medicare Unscathed:
Trustees Say Congress Still Needs to Act to Shore Up Programs (Wash.Post,03/27/02)
- Bush Plays Defense on Social Security:
Democrats Seeking Privatization Vote (Wash.Post,03/01/02)
- Bush to Tout 'Retirement Security' Proposals (Wash.Post,02/28/02)
- Democrats Mobilize for Social Security Battle:
Party Enlists Economists to Dispute Report Painting Bleak View of Program's Future (Wash.Post,07/24/01)
- Paving the Way for Privatizing Social Security (Wash.Post,06/26/01)
- O'Neill Faults 'No Assets' Social Security (Wash.Post,06/19/01)
- The Jeffords Fallout: The Future of Social Security (Wash.Post,06/13)
- Congressional Democrats criticize Social Security commission (CNN,05/02)
- Panel to Tackle Social Security (Wash.Post,05/02)
- Bush to Unveil Panel on Social Security Change (Wash.Post,05/02)
- Social Security panel will need courage for results (USA Today,05/02)
- Senate Democrats warns against raiding Medicare trust fund (CNN,04/06)
- Medicare, Social Security Get Good Short-Term Checkup (Wash.Post,03/20)
- Bush Plans Panel To Study Overhaul Of Social Security (Wash.Post,02/27/01)
- Benefits checks will rise
Biggest cost-of-living raise in eight years -- but Americans still need to save more (CNNfn,12/22/00)
- Two Visions, Both Quiet on Tough Choices: Bush and Gore Proposals Hold Many Uncertainties (Wash.Post,10/24/00)
- Gore to Offer Retirement Plan (ABC,06/19/00)
- Bush hopes younger voters will embrace his Social Security reforms (CNN,5/29/00)
- Retirement Plan Differences Heat Up Presidential Campaign (ABC,5/16/00)
- Bush, Gore highlight differences on Social Security (CNN,5/12/00)
- Senators propose bipartisan Social Security reform commission (CNN,5/4/00)
- Social Security Earnings Bill Passes Final Vote (ABC,03/28/00)
- Senate Backs Social Security Bill (ABC,03/22/00)
- Bill Lifting Social Security Earnings Limit Passes House (ABC,03/01/00)
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Governing.com - State and Local News
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The Way We Tax: A 50-State Report
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The vast majority of state tax systems are inadequate for the task of funding a 21st-century government. Most of those tax systems are also unfair. They break the golden rule of tax equity: collect the lowest possible rates on the widest possible base of taxpayers.
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Articles:
Assessments: Alan Ehrenhalt on living with "lifestyle centers"
Potomac Chronicle: Donald F. Kettl on the states as beggars
Technology: Thomas R. Davies on outside resources for new IT leaders
Tax Talk: David Brunori on the principles of sound tax policy
Economic Development: William Fulton on how a city's size affects its competitiveness
Environment: Tom Arrandale on the risks of weakening longstanding laws
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White House schedule information and recent statements and news releases.
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