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WASHINGTON, March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the two-year anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 20 FreedomWorks staff and allies visited the Capitol Hill offices of Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Harry Reid to deliver a petition with over 120,000 signatures urging Congress to "End Obamacare Now." "We presented House and Senate leadership with a stack of signatures even taller their massive 2,801-page health care law," commented Dean Clancy, Vice...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- United States Senator Harry Reid released a new report today that puts a bright spotlight on the importance and benefits of federal and state policies to support the development of renewable energy sources. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110519/LA05757LOGO-b) "We are proud to be a leading example in Senator Reid's Nevada Clean Energy Report that demonstrates how public-private partnerships create jobs and economic...
Eight top republican senators introduced a bill on Thursday that they say is intended to beef-up the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure using a variety of strategies, from more draconian penalties for cyber-crimes to enhancing channels of communication between government security agencies and private-sector businesses. The proposed legislation would also mandate that federal contractors report potential cyber-threats to regulators and security agencies. Spearheaded by...
Senate Democrats struck down a “conscience” amendment on Thursday that would have allowed employers and religious groups to opt out of a new federal mandate requiring that health insurance plans include free contraceptive services. The Blunt amendment, sponsored by Republican Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri, would have allowed religious-affiliated hospitals, schools and other religious groups who objected to providing contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs based on...
NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While almost all the election related media attention has been on the Republicans battling for the chance to challenge President Obama in November, every seat in the House of Representatives is also up for election this November. And, if the election for Congress were being held today, among registered voters, it would be a tie with 38% voting for the Republican candidate and 38% voting for the Democratic candidate. Just under one in...
Following widespread protests and blackouts of multiple popular websites, Congress on Friday indefinitely postponed legislation intended to combat the online piracy of movies, music and other copyrighted content. In what Associated Press (AP) writer Jim Abrams called "a clear victory for Silicon Valley over Hollywood," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took to Twitter to announce that a procedural vote on the Protect IP Act (PIPA), which had reportedly been scheduled for next week, was...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TechNet, the bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today applauded U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) for his decision to postpone Tuesday's upcoming vote on the PROTECT I.P. Act in the Senate. "We applaud Majority Leader Reid for his decision to postpone a Senate vote on the PROTECT I.P. Act," said Rey Ramsey, President and CEO of TechNet....
NEW YORK, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Harris Poll finds that public attitudes to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have improved over the last few months. Both are more highly rated now than at any time since they took office. They both enjoy better than 2-to-1 favorable ratings among those who are familiar enough with them to rate them. The poll also finds that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's positive ratings have improved, but many people...
Special National Statement of William Temple, Chairman, Tea Party Founding Fathers; Chairman, Freedom Jamboree & Tea Party National Straw Poll Convention On Location in Kansas City, Kansas KANSAS CITY, Kan., May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Sunday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich attacked the Medicare plan of current House Speaker John Boehner and his Budget chief, Paul Ryan. Mr. Gingrich said the Boehner-Ryan plan is "too big a jump." Mr. Gingrich called it "radical...
CHENGDU, China, April 29, 2011 /PR Newswire-Asia-First Call/ -- Apollo Solar Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: ASOE) ("Apollo Solar" or "the Company"), a leading vertically integrated refiner and producer of high purity tellurium (Te), tellurium-based compounds and other metals for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry and specific segments of the electronic materials market worldwide, today announced that Mr. Harry Reid, majority leader of the United States Senate, along with 9 other United States...
