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A group of business and governmental leaders got a civics lesson Friday — British style — from Stephen Metcalfe, a member of Parliament.
Metcalfe came to Gadsden with U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, who was hosting him as part of a State Department exchange program to give British MPs information about how the American political system and government works.
Only one member of Alabama's congressional delegation votes to defund NSA's collection of phone records
By Leada Gore | AL.com | July 25, 2013
The House of Representatives has turned back a measure that would have stopped the National Security Agency from collecting phone data from millions of Americans, with all but one member of the Alabama congressional delegation voting to allow the controversial program to continue.
Congressmen Register Concern Over Possible Exclusive Lease of Pad 39A
By Dan Leone | Space News | July 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — Two members of the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds NASA, including the chairman, are concerned that the agency might lease out an old space shuttle launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on an exclusive basis.
Who will launch from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A?
By James Dean | USA Today | July 19, 2013
Competing proposals from two billionaire-backed private space firms have complicated NASA's plan to lease a former Apollo and shuttle launch pad it no longer needs and can't afford to maintain.
U.S. Congressmen appreciate Azerbaijan's contribution to Europe's energy security
By Trend S. Ahmadova | Trend | July 19, 2013
Assembly of the Friends of Azerbaijan (AFAZ), operating in the U.S, held an event on "Southern Gas Corridor and its role in ensuring the energy security of Europe".
Madison County circuit judges won't preside over lawsuit against Circuit Clerk Jane Smith
By Paul Gattis | AL.com | July 17, 2013
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - A lawsuit filed by a Madison County woman against the county's circuit clerk won't be heard by a county judge.
The case will instead be handled by Bobby Aderholt of Winston County, a retired judge who is also the father of U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville.
Beating the feds: Cullman door makers take on bureaucrats
By Mary Orndorff Troyan | Florence Times Daily | July 15, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Owners of a small Alabama company could have thrown up their hands in defeat after learning that a federal rule on energy efficiency wouldn’t allow the automated door they invented for walk-in coolers.
Parrish mayor resigns in second term
By W. Brian Hale | Daily Mountain Eagle | July 13, 2013
NASA Told by House to Do More with Less
By Douglas Cobb | Guardian Express | July 12, 2013
NASA has been told by the House of Representatives to do more with less this past Wednesday, when the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee approved a fiscal year 2014 appropriations bill that would give NASA $16.6 billion.
House Committee Mark Up Gives FDA $100 Million Boost
By Jim Dickinson | Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry | July 12, 2013
A House Appropriations Committee mark up in June would give FDA almost $100 million more in fiscal year 2014 than the current sequester-imposed budget authority. Under the proposed legislation adopted by the committee, FDA’s appropriated funding would be about $22 million below the agency’s 2012 funding level of $2.507 billion.