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March 12, 2010 Democrats' legislative push for health care reform begins Monday - video

Source:CNN politics

Democrats have set a date to begin what they hope is the final phase of health care debate in Congress. A Democratic leadership source told CNN Radio that the legislative push begins Monday when the House Budget Committee is...

March 12, 2010 Ernst & Young faces legal action over Lehman collapse

Source:Times Online.co.uk

Ernst & Young could face legal action after a damning report into the collapse of Lehman Brothers accused the British accountancy firm of professional negligence over a number of years before the catastrophic downfall of the 158...

March 12, 2010 Dodd's Quarterback Sneak

Source:Forbes

Is the financial reform effort in the Senate doomed? For the second time, talks on a bipartisan bill in the Senate Banking Committee collapsed, with members divided over the same sticking points that have festered since a bill...

March 11, 2010 Congress, Not EPA, Should Regulate Carbon Emissions

Source:Post Chronicle

Many in Congress are beginning to push back hard against the Environmental Protection Agency's assertion that greenhouse gases - including carbon dioxide - are a public health danger. The regulations that would accompany this...

March 11, 2010 Wind industry hits DC to demand Renewable Energy Standard

Source:BrighterEnergy.com

The wind industry has convened in Washington DC to urge US lawmakers to include a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) within legislation passing through Congress.

March 11, 2010 GMAC Executive Pay Packages Questioned by TARP Oversight Panel

Source:BusinessWeek

GMAC Inc., the auto and home lender rescued by the U.S. government, may have overpaid its top executives after receiving taxpayer funds, according to a report by the watchdog for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

March 11, 2010 Georgia House, Senate OK water conservation bills

Source:BusinessWeek

Identical water conservation bills cleared both chambers of the Georgia Legislature on Wednesday, an overture designed to help the state in negotiating a deal with Florida and Alabama over water rights.

March 11, 2010 Food product recall jumps by 1.7M pounds

Source:USA Today

The recall of products containing a potentially salmonella-tainted flavoring ingredient ballooned this week with the addition of 1.7 million pounds of ready-to-eat beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products from a Houston firm.

March 10, 2010 FDA says Basic Food Flavors knew plant was contaminated with salmonella

Source:Washington Post

The company at the heart of a growing recall of processed foods knew that its plant was contaminated with salmonella but continued to make a flavoring and sell it to foodmakers around the country, according to inspectors at the...

March 10, 2010 Energy Department Defends Funding of Foreign-Owned Renewables Projects

Source:NY Times

Amid mounting criticism, the Energy Department last week defended its allocation of stimulus funding to foreign companies developing renewable energy projects in the United States.

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