In the News
Across US, people protest end of Saturday mail
Times-Journal | March 27, 2013
Postal Service workers and customers gathered last weekend at sites across the country to protest the end of Saturday mail delivery.
Dozens of letter carriers were among more than 200 people who rallied Sunday on the New Haven Green in Connecticut to protest the proposed end of Saturday mail deliveries.
Department of Homeland Security Approves $10 Million in Security Funding
By Jessica Pallay | Shalom Life | March 22, 2013
The Jewish Federations of North America applauds yesterday’s Congressional approval of $10 million in new funding to nonprofits through the Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP).
US help for jailed Iran pastor 'woefully' inept, congressmen charge
Catholic News Agency | March 22, 2013
By Ellyn Ferguson | CQ Roll Call | March 22, 2013
If Congress wants to search for waste, fraud and abuse, it should look beyond federal nutrition programs to other government-backed programs such as crop insurance, a senior Democratic appropriator said Thursday.
U.S. avoids meat inspector furloughs, Congress approves funds
By Charles Abbott | Reuters | March 21, 2013
Congress approved US$55 million on Thursday to prevent the furlough of all U.S. meat inspectors this summer, a step that could have driven up meat prices and created spot shortages in grocery stores and restaurants.
Congress passes appropriations bill
By Jerry Hagstrom | Ag Week | March 21, 2013
WASHINGTON — Meat inspectors will stay on the job and farmers can sign up for the Conservation Stewardship Program under an appropriations bill that Congress passed before leaving for a two-week break.
Wolf: State Department’s handling of jailed pastor’s case ‘sends a dangerous message’
By Michal Conger | Washington Examiner | March 20, 2013
Rep. Frank Wolf and five other House members wrote a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry today expressing their disappointment in the State Department’s handling of the case of an American pastor imprisoned in Iran.
PC awarded $1.5 million grant
By Kellie Singleton | Franklin County Times | March 19, 2013
PHIL CAMPBELL – On Thursday, Congressman Robert Aderholt announced over $1.5 million in federal grants that have been approved to help the town of Phil Campbell in their ongoing tornado recovery efforts.
FSIS denies inspector furloughs meant to inflict pain
By Carol Ryan Dumas | Capital Press | March 19, 2013
A top USDA official has told Congress that the impending furlough of meat inspectors were not designed to maximize the pain caused by the budget sequestration.
A Roman holiday?
By Al Kamen | Washington Post | March 19, 2013
That delegation of lawmakers who went to the Vatican to welcome the new pope may not have traveled in the style to which members of Congress are accustomed — but at least they didn’t have to shell out for their own tickets.