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Cornyn won?t reduce expensive travel tab
2009-07-08 19:39:00 Cornyn won’t reduce expensive travel tab DALLAS ? Sen. John Cornyn has earned a new reputation. It’s one he doesn’t brag about, but isn’t ashamed to admit. He?s now known as the U.S. Senate’s biggest spender on domestic travel, according to official travel records found in The Report of the Secretary of the Senate. “We’re conscious of ...
By: TexasFred's
Current HOS to stand - DC Circuit Court of Appeals denies motion to vacate!
2008-01-26 05:16:00 A motion asking a federal court to force the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to eliminate the 11-hour driving limit and the optional 34-hour restart provision was denied Wednesday, Jan. 23.The motion was filed Dec. 19, 2007, with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by Public Citizen, Citizens for Reliable ...
By: Mexico Trucker
FMCSA files response to Mexican truck suit in 9th Circuit
2007-11-21 05:39:00 SAN FRANCISCO ? The Department of Transportation on Monday filed its response to petitions seeking to halt the NAFTA cross-border trucking demonstration program with Mexico. In its response, DOT basically argues that neither the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) nor the Sierra Club ? lead petitioners in the consolidated actions ? demonstrates ?the injury in fact? ...
By: Mexico Trucker
Public Citizen - More blatant lies and distortions!
2007-11-14 01:08:00 Anyone wonder what our friend Joan Claybrook has been up to lately??? Same crap, different day, still relying on lies and exaggerations to get her agenda across to the soccer mom’s and other’s who prefer to let others do their thinking for them. We’ve almost Won No you haven’t! Mexico-based trucking companies are gaining access to the U.S. with ...
By: Mexico Trucker
For NowPublic Citizen Journalism Seems to Work
2007-07-30 02:25:00 NowPublic, a Vancouver-based citizen journalism site has raised $10.6 million in Series A funding from Rho Ventures/Rho Canada, Brightspark, and the Working Opportunity Fund. So first off, that’s a boatload of cash in the web news business and we’re not saying it’s justified. However, NowPublic is clearly attracting contributors (119,000 of them in 140 countries), money ($12.5 million in total), and partnerships (the key deal is with the Associated Press). Meanwhile, competitors like Backfence and Bayosphere are falling by the wayside. So what is it that NowPublic is doing right? We spoke last week with CEO Len Brody last week and he did his best to dispel some myths of web-based citizen journalism. Here’s what he said: Local Doesn’t Matter. “I’m not a believer in local anymore,” said Brody. “I used to think that hyperlocal was what mattered to people, but for 35 and under especially, the concept of local is very different. Like ...
Public Citizen ranks Medicaid programs
2007-04-18 18:57:00 WASHINGTON, April 18: The watchdog group Public Citizen says U.S. state Medicaid programs have severe deficiencies and suffer from disparities of coverage and eligibility.
By: newkerala.com
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