Illinois Prison Watch: Criminalized Victims: Feeding Mothers to ...

Prison Abolitionist

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:21:00 GM

Changes in enforcement mean that girls are being put away more, said Meda Chesney-Lind, a researcher at the University of . Hawaii. -Manoa who studies girls in gangs. Even if crimes that girls commit tend to be less violent than those of boys , . ... Illinois . Congressional Delegation. Websites. Twenty-one Members of Congress represent Illinois in the . United States. Congress: Two Senators and Nineteen Representatives​. They are: Senator Richard J. Durbin · Senator Roland Burris ...

MSM Monitor: House Democrats Bite the Corporate Hand That Feeds Them

Rocker

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:30:00 GM

The decision, which exempts earmarks for nonprofit groups, could significantly affect Massachusetts because the House . delegation. has proved adept at the political horse-trading required to obtain funding for private companies. ... The Senate's top budget writer, Senator Daniel Inouye, Democrat of . Hawaii. and chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee refused to reject corporate earmarks, saying public records about them and lobbying provide enough disclosure to remove ...

Please Sir, May I Have Some More? John Olver (MA-1), Earmark King

Charles C. Johnson

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:29:08 GM

For the Massachusetts . congressional delegation. , times are tough. Demographic change has meant that their numbers have shrunk to ten members, the lowest for the Bay State since the 1860s. If Republicans retake the House, the people of ...

Random Thoughts from Random Places: News

Susan

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:11:00 GM

A Department of Homeland Security official said early Saturday that FEMA was monitoring the situation and was in contact with state emergency personnel in . Hawaii. , which is under a tsunami warning. ... I hope the feds ignore the GOP idiots in the Nevada . congressional delegation. regarding national monuments. The . U.S.. Interior Department recently listed the Owyhee Desert in Nevada and Oregon and the "Heart of the Great Basin" in Nevada's Nye County as possible candidates for ...

Hawaii Convention - Alliance for Retired Americans Blog

LAM

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:32:18 GM

Hawaii. Alliance President Al Hamai said, ". Hawaii. has one of the best . congressional delegations. in the country. All of our four - . U.S.. Senators Inouye and Akaka and Congressmen Abercrombie and. Hirono - have ARA voting records of 90% ...

ABCDEF Group: Faleomavaega Snubs White House

ABCDEFG

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:29:00 GM

The blog acronym stands for Anyone But . Congressional Delegate. Eni Faleomavaega Group (ABCDEFG); we are dedicated to the proposition that the time has come for the Samoan delegate to Congress, Eni Faleomavaega, to retire. ... to all who heard him make it at the House Insular subcommittee's hearing on Wednesday, Faleomavaega proudly if not arrogantly admitted he skipped the IGIA meeting so he could watch the final vote on the . Hawaii. Sovereignty Act on the House floor. ...

Wave Energy Device Deployed at Hawaii Marine Corp Base | Ocean ...

Gordon Smith

ue, 09 Feb 2010 01:20:10 GM

We are most appreciative of the on-going support of the . US. Navy, and the . Congressional delegations. of . Hawaii. and New Jersey. Source: Ocean Power Technologies. Share/Bookmark.​ February 8th, 2010 | | 6 comments ...

Twenty of Bachmann's 47 missed votes coincide with media ...

Andy Birkey

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:15:26 GM

An analysis by the Minnesota Independent shows that Bachmann has missed more votes than any member of Minnesota's . congressional delegation. in the 111th Congress even after subtracting votes missed when Bachmann left to spend time with an ill . ... objected complaining that there was not a quorum and wanted a roll call vote this was a common tactic the GOP had used on other resolutions including Bachmann objecting to recognizing . Hawaii's. 50th anniversary as a state (oh, ...

He Hawai\'i Au| He Hawai'i Au blog, honoluluadvertiser.com ...

Trisha Kehaulani Watson

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:47:59 GM

Hawaii's congressional delegation. including gubernatorial candidate Neil Abercrombie seems not to have gotten the message, intending to push the Akaka Bill as soon as Congress finishes with health care. . ... I know there is a movement (no idea of the strength) to declare . Hawaii. a separate country from the . US. . Seems to be this bill will strengthen the connection between Hawaiian natives and the . US. government, thereby seemingly impeding any separatist movement. ...

Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act moving to Senate ...

Karin

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:45:00 GM

I am committed that before this bill is considered by the full Senate there will be a meaningful opportunity to address the state's concerns in concert with the Obama administration and the . Hawaii Congressional delegation. . ... I'm pleased that our Senators were able to move the bill through the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs today, which moves . us. that much closer to final passage, said Congressman Neil Abercrombie, the sponsor of the House of Representatives​ ...

Anyone for Honesty? How About Integrity? Rooted in Reason ...

grassroothawaii

ue, 09 Feb 2010 21:00:44 GM

The event was advertised as a joint . Congressional. hearing of the . U.S.. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and the . U.S.. House Committee on Natural Resources. However, the only Senators on the joint panel were . Hawaii's. two Senators Dan ... The only Representatives​ on the joint panel were . Hawaii's. two Representatives​ Neil Abercrombie and Patsy Mink, plus the Territorial . Delegate. from American Samoa, Eni Faleomavaega (who was, and is, beholden to the . Hawaii delegation. for ...

Swing State Project: SSP Daily Digest: 3/11 (Morning Edition)

DavidNYC

hu, 11 Mar 2010 12:58:00 GM

to progressives: Hanneman, like the ILWU and Sens. Dan Akaka and Dan Inouye, has backed Colleen Hanabusa over Ed Case for the HI-01 May special election. Rival Neil Abercrombie has stayed neutral, which looks like a big mistake, given how powerful the ILWU is in . Hawaii. . . ... Sitting on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and having grown up on the Upper West Side, the entire New York State . Congressional delegation. votes as if they represent the Wall Street Company Town. ...

Left Coast Rebel: Scott Brown for US Senate: Official Left Coast ...

Left Coast Rebel

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:36:00 GM

I perused a favorite blogger/activis​t MAinfo and I will say it officially, I am endorsing Scott Brown for the . US. Senate in the (not so) great state of Massachusetts. The specter of one man being elected to stop Obamacare, ... This is going to be a tough one, but we can help make it happen if we work hard enough. Perhaps Massachusetts will decide they could benefit from a little diversity in Washington. Right now the Massachusetts . Congressional delegation. is 100% Democrat. ...

Hawaii's top congressional porker resigns....state can't afford ...

Tracy

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:45:00 GM

His departure opens up the possibility that . Hawaii's. all-Democratic . congressional delegation. could be broken up for the first time since 1991. . Hawaii. state officials hope that the federal government may be able to help out: ...

Hawaii legislators believe establishing casinos on native Hawaiian ...

Ken Conklin

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:03:21 GM

This information should raise many doubts in the minds of . Congressional. Representatives​ and Senators who have been relying on assurances from the . Hawaii delegation. that the Akaka bill prohibits gambling by the Akaka tribe. ... Even the talk of the state allowing casinos on Hawaiian home lands may undercut years of assurances in Washington, D.C., by Inouye and . U.S.. Sen. Daniel Akaka that federal recognition for Native Hawaiians would not lead to gambling as it has on ...

Ka Huli Ao Law Fellow Goes to Washington D.C. | William S ...

smithhea

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:39:02 GM

HONOLULU, HAWAI'I - Coti-Lynne Haia, a 2007 graduate of the William S. Richardson School of Law, has been awarded a Post-J.D. Legislative Fellowship to work in . U.S.. Senator Daniel K. Inouye's office in Washington, D.C. The year-long fellowship, ... The purpose of the fellowship is to build capacity in the Hawaiian community by giving federal legislative experience to Law School graduates while at the same time providing assistance to Hawai'i's . Congressional delegation. . ...

8 Bloodthirsty Dictators Who Benefited From US Aid

nwoobserver

ue, 09 Feb 2010 22:05:41 GM

A . US congressional delegation. was told by inmates at San Miguel Prison that they had been tortured by the application of electric shock, simultaneous blows to the ears, cigarette burns, and simulated executions by firing squads. ...

Mcall.com: Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek Blog

John Micek

ue, 23 Feb 2010 14:01:56 GM

Pennsylvania and . Hawaii. are the only states that do not oversee health insurance prices charged to small businesses. On Monday, President Barack Obama proposed handing the regulatory power over to the federal government "to provide needed oversight ... Luckily, our pals at PA2010 were good enough to do Mouseketeer Roll Call, saving . us. time and effort. You can read about 'em here. The League Of Conservation Voters ... ... put its 2009 . Congressional. Report Card yesterday. ...

Shannon's letter to Congressional Delegation

Sooze

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:21:00 GM

All it would take to jump start this new industry is for our . congressional delegation. to ask President Obama to decommission Pohakuloa rather than having the NRC waste their time and budget on giving the Army a "license to posses" a ...

Hearing today brings fishing 'Who's Who' - GloucesterTimes.com ...

unknown

ue, 02 Mar 2010 10:51:00 GM

That hearing will be hosted by the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, led by . U.S. Delegate. Madeleine Z. Bordallo, D-Guam; it begins tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Washington, and can be seen and heard via Webcast from the House ... Also scheduled to appear along with . congressional. members of the subcommittee is Congressman Barney Frank, D-Newton, who emerged over the past year as the region's leading . congressional. challenger to federal fishery policies. ...