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In Their Districts, Members Of Congress Demanded A Syria Vote
A quiet groundswell in the districts preceded the president’s reversal. Talk of impeachment.posted on September 1, 2013 at 5:24pm EDT
By Andrew Kaczynski
The 5 ways that Congress is splitting on Syria
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Updated: Aug 30, 2013 11:22 PM EDT
By Wes Mayberry | Times-Journal | August 20, 2013
Congressmen Robert Aderholt and Mo Brooks joined United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director Ronald W. Davis and local officials at Section Town Hall on Monday for the groundbreaking of the town's sewer project.
By Robert Palmer | Times-Daily | August 16, 2013
FLORENCE — Chinese businessman and entrepreneur Zhang Zhiting said Thursday his company and the University of North Alabama have planted a seed that will grow into a prosperous, healthy enterprise.
Most House Republicans heading home for the August recess would probably rather not talk about immigration policy. They also probably won’t have a choice.
With the Senate having passed bipartisan legislation a month ago that lays out a path to legal status for the country’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants, pressure has been building on House Republicans to take a stand for or against, or to find a compromise.
A partisan split on fiscal 2014 spending bills is setting off a scramble in both chambers to develop a stopgap measure to extend funding for the government, with Democrats and Republicans still undecided on how long to extend government programs and the scale of the spending guidelines.
Lease on Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39 may be near, Bolden says
By James Dean | Florida Today | August 1, 2013
A long-term lease of a mothballed Kennedy Space Center launch pad may still be near, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden suggested Wednesday.
At least one company and some members of Congress have asked NASA not to award a single company exclusive use of pad 39A, saying it should be made available to multiple launchers.
Local plant announces expansion, creation of 245 new jobs
By Jonathan Willis | Franklin County Times | August 1, 2013
Innovative Hearth Products, the parent company of the Russellville FMI plant officially announced Thursday that they will be expanding the local manufacturing plant and adding close to 250 new jobs.
A groundbreaking ceremony will be held at the plant on Lawrence Street, in the former H.D. Lee building, at 2 p.m. Friday.
Exploring the 'Dark Matter of Love'
By Wendy Mitchell | Screen Daily | July 31, 2013
The filmmaking team behind documentary The Dark Matter of Love has launched a campaign for the film to be used as an advocacy tool for the Russian children stuck in Putin’s US adoption ban.