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Sheffield receiving $2.6 million for tornado recovery
ABC WAAY 31 | April 4, 2013

SHEFFIELD - The U.S. Economic Development Administration is giving the city $2.6 million for recovery related to the April 2011 tornadoes.

Congressman Robert Aderholt announced in a news release Thursday that the money would be used for flooding infrastructure to protect Helen Keller Hospital and for creating areas for future economic development.

Paging All Young Artists — Congress Wants You
By Anjuli Sastry | ABC News | April 2, 2013

Freddie Lambright III didn’t expect the self-portrait he drew for his high school art class last year to be a prize winner, but the Congressional Art Competition thought differently and declared him a winner in its annual nationwide high school visual art competition.

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.