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DALLAS, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Marketplace Fairness Act, passed Monday, May 6, 2013 in the United States Senate (Senate Bill 743) by a 2 to 1 ratio with bipartisan support, seems likely to face a more difficult challenge from Congressional Republicans in the House of Representatives (H.R. 684). The Congressional bill has 66 sponsors, but House Speaker John Boehner has expressed concerns over the burden it places on smaller online retailers. Although he has yet to officially...

Dean Clancy: "It's disappointing to see that Republican leadership would rather avoid ruffling the feathers of their friends in Washington than represent the voices of their constituents to defund ObamaCare, demand a budget and get spending under control." WASHINGTON, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following the closed vote passage of Speaker Boehner's continuing resolution to keep spending tax dollars without a budget, FreedomWorks Vice President of Public Policy Dean...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chairman of the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, Stephen L. Guillard, has been named by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to serve on the new 15 member, congressionally mandated Commission on Long Term Care. Guillard, the retired Chief Operating Officer (COO) of HCR ManorCare, the nation's largest operator of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), is a key, longtime leader in helping drive ongoing quality improvement in the nation's...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congress did the right thing by voting to raise the borrowing limit of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), according to the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA). On Friday January 4, the U.S. Senate and House voted to increase the borrowing authority of the NFIP by one-third, to $30.425 billion from $20.775 billion. The bill now goes to the President for his signature. "PIA is pleased that Congress...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bread for the World is disappointed by the breakdown in budget negotiations at the end of last week. With only a few days left before the end of the year, the country is on course to fall off the fiscal cliff, and Americans will face the expiration of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts and over $100 billion in across-the-board cuts to many government programs. "Thursday's events in the House of Representatives should not stop negotiations...

Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care Concurs With New Gail Wilensky Comment That "Just trying to whack reimbursement rates does not work over the long term -- it never has." WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care President, Alan G. Rosenbloom, commenting on remarks today from President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner regarding the "fiscal cliff" and pending sequestration -- now less...

CLINTON, LBJ, GINGRICH, AND TIP O'NEILL ALL WORKED WITH OTHER PARTY; WEINER, AHMED GUEST COLUMN IN ROLL CALL WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the Republican and Democratic National Conventions concluded and as the 112(th) Congress reconvenes this week, former White House spokesman Robert S. Weiner and policy analyst Sadiq Ahmed give John Boehner a window to become "a true statesman, a hero in American history and to his party" if he saves the nation by...

WASHINGTON, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) disaster relief bill that includes a one-year extension of the farm bill. The bill offsets disaster payments with cuts to direct payments and protects funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) and international food aid. "We welcome Speaker Boehner's proposal to protect nutrition and food aid...

DALLAS, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- (http://www.myprgenie.com/) -- Just two weeks after being crowned Mrs. Conservative U.S. 2012, Lindz Sangalli is launching her media campaign, which she describes as "Today's Conservative Woman." Through her campaign, Mrs. Sangalli hopes to expound the virtues of being a conservative woman, educating others to the need for both social and fiscal responsibility along with becoming more informed about current affairs that impact our lives now and in...

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leo W. Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement on today's vote by the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO ) "The USW continues to vigorously oppose Republican-led efforts against the Affordable Care Act. It is the 33rd time in the past two years the Republicans have...