Keyword: proposal
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When the Texas Department of Transportation begins work on the I-69/Trans Texas Corridor, the U.S. 77 leg from Victoria to Brownsville will be developed first. Cameron County Commissioners revealed the information during Tuesday’s Cameron County Commissioners Court meeting. County officials received the news from the state’s Turnpike Authority Division on Monday. In a letter to Cameron County, Turnpike Authority Division Director Phillip E. Russell said, TXDOT has identified U.S. 77 as “high priority†and the “first near term facility to be developed under the I-69/TTC Comprehensive Development Agreement.†The U.S. 77 Highway runs from Victoria to Brownsville. Precinct 3 Commissioner...
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BALI, Indonesia - In an opening gambit, Japan has proposed that the Bali climate conference pursue a broad "least common denominator" approach to negotiating new controls on global-warming gases. Environmentalists couldn't think less of it. The proposal says nothing about making future targets for emission reductions legally binding — the principle underlying the current Kyoto Protocol. "Is Japan scrapping the Kyoto Protocol on its 10th birthday?" asked Japanese environmentalist Kyoko Kawasaka. A Canadian colleague spoke of a "plot" by Japan and the United States to block a new Kyoto-style global agreement. Japanese officials protest that they are simply trying to...
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Legislation to create regional presidential primaries won praise at a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing for aiming to fix an “arms race” of states striving to be first. But critics argued that regions wouldn’t do any better job than the current free-for-all, and warned a constitutional amendment might be necessary. Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.; and Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn.; sponsored the bill (S 1905) to create four regions taking turns with primaries in early March, April, May and June in 2012. The order would be determined by lottery and then rotated in future cycles. The Iowa...
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CAIRO, Egypt - Hamas rejected President Bush's proposal for a Mideast peace conference, denouncing it Monday as nothing but lies, while Syria said it fears the offer is "just words." Without cooperation from key Arab players, Bush's last major push for a Mideast breakthrough could falter. Washington's close Arab allies, including the region's traditional powerbrokers Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, welcomed Bush's proposal, but stressed the importance of making an Arab land-for-peace proposal first adopted in 2002 key to any talks. Israel's support was also qualified, with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokeswoman saying it was too early to talk about...
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SACRAMENTO — People who refuse to obtain health insurance could be tracked down by the state or a private contractor, enrolled in a plan and fined until they pay their premiums under one proposal Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration is considering as part of his vision for covering all Californians. The proposal, which administration aides said was one of many the governor was considering, was presented at a meeting Tuesday with representatives from insurers, hospitals, doctors, business groups and consumer advocates. It drew immediate criticism from critics of the central tenet of Schwarzenegger's healthcare approach, which is to require all Californians...
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WASHINGTON - The Bush administration floated elements of an immigration plan on Wednesday that would make it harder for millions of illegal immigrants to gain citizenship than under legislation passed by the Senate last year, according to officials in both parties. These officials said the administration also suggested barring future guest workers who enter the country legally from bringing family members with them ? a proposal unlikely to survive intact. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to discuss about elements of a plan that was not yet public. President Bush and Democratic leaders of...
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Proposal 06-1 is a "Proposed constitutional amendment to require that money held in conservation and recreation funds can only be used for their intended purposes". If you agree with this logic, vote "Yes". It should be a no-brainer. Proposal 06-2 is a "Proposal to amend the state constitution to ban affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment to groups or individuals based on their race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin for public employment, education or contracting purposes". If you believe that all people were created equal and should be treated fairly, based on their qualifications and their abilities, then...
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During the last California primary election I posted discussion threads for region relevant candidates and measures, called CA Freepers Voter Guides. http://www.freerepublic.com/~emat/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=Freepers%20Voter%20Guide These posts were well received by friends, family, and fellow Freepers, and they even received some modest media attention: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1653731/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1653731/posts?page=26#26 However, I noticed last time the resulting discussions would have worked better in a style similar to the state message boards (e.g.: http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/profiles?location=53 ), because with election information it is important to see the most up-to-date comments first, and Freepers need to be able to delete or amend their statements as they receive new information. However,...
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WASHINGTON - The White House said Monday it was revising its proposal for dealing with terrorism suspects as indications grew that President Bush's plan was meeting increased resistance among Republicans in both chambers of Congress. White House Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino said the administration was sending the new language in hopes of reaching an agreement. A revolt by GOP senators, who have written their own proposal giving terror detainees more rights than the administration wants, has embarrassed the White House at a time when Republicans want to use their security policies as a main platform in November's congressional elections....
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DETROIT - A ballot measure that would scrap many of Michigan's affirmative action programs is running about even in a new poll published Monday, with 41 percent of likely voters saying they would approve it and 43 percent opposed. Sixteen percent had yet to decide how they would vote on the Nov. 7 ballot proposal, called the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. Michigan took a prominent role in the national debate over affirmative action in 2003, when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld general affirmative action admissions policy at the University of Michigan Law School but struck down the university's undergraduate affirmative...
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WASHINGTON - Congress' standoff over immigration legislation flared into emotional rhetoric Wednesday over a House proposal to make English the nation's official language. A Hispanic lawmaker said that was "code for official discrimination." Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (news, bio, voting record), D-Texas, lashed out at Republicans during a House hearing on the proposal, saying the effort was designed by the House majority to "derail comprehensive immigration reform and fan the flames of anti-immigrant sentiment before the election." Hinojosa, who grew up in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, said he was among children who were spanked and punished for speaking Spanish in school....
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Couple survives, now looking for engagement ring ROME — The marriage proposal that ended with a plane crash began with the bride-to-be thinking she was going on a date to the movies. But Adam Sutton, 19, had other plans. He had convinced his high school sweetheart, Erika Brussee, 18, to take a chartered flight around the Rome area Friday. And Sutton's plan included having family members hold up a sign asking Brussee to marry him. "He convinced me that it was a last-minute thing, that his dad knew someone who could fly us around Rome," Brussee said. "I had no...
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"Never, My Love" Based on the performance by The Association"Murtha, Shut Up" Parody by Sarcastic Paranoid Murtha, Murtha, Murtha... What more can we say about you? What more should we say, really? Well, really, there's only one thing left to say: You ask us to frame up a timeTo cut and run for you;Murtha, shut up.Murtha, shut up. You schmooze the New York Traitor-Slimes,And slander our nation's troops.Murtha, shut up.Murtha, shut up. Saddam Hussein's your best friend,And Al Qaeda's terrorists depend on you!(Screw you!) Murtha, shut up.Murtha, shut up. Ev'ry time you shoot off your mouth,You find more holes in...
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A marriage-minded man ran naked through his Michigan neighborhood, trying to show his hesitant girlfriend that taking risks is important. However, he got more than he bargained for when he ended up being chased and shot at. Police in Ann Arbor, Mich., said it all started when the couple was discussing marriage Wednesday morning and the woman said she wasn't sure she was ready. Her boyfriend tried to make his point about taking risks by jumping out the window and running naked through the neighborhood. But after jumping out of the window and running across the...
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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran and the United States had a rare moment of agreement Tuesday, using similar language to describe "positive steps" toward an accord on a package of incentives aimed at persuading Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment. Diplomats said the incentives include a previously undisclosed offer of some U.S. nuclear technology on top of European help in building light-water nuclear reactors. Other incentives include allowing Iran to buy spare airplane parts and support for joining the World Trade Organization. Tehran is under intense international pressure to accept the deal in exchange for putting on hold a uranium enrichment program...
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Apple launched its latest flagship New York Apple retail store this month, and the moment became a scene for an unexpected wedding proposal. Apple offered time-lapse photography from the first 24-hours of the store opening. A love-struck bachelor called James saw the moment as a golden opportunity to propose marriage to his partner of four years, Uschi. He exploited the time-lapse sessions to hold a series of signs proposing marriage, signs which were soon spotted by eagle-eyed members of the Mac community. James explained: “The day before my proposal we went to the store opening where we queued for hours....
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Facing widespread criticism over secret and lucrative executive payouts, University of California President Robert Dynes is considering a reorganization plan that would hand over day-to-day administrative operations of the 10-campus system to someone else. He and UC Regent Chairman Gerry Parsky are in the early stages of crafting a proposal for restructuring the Office of the President, one that would augment Dynes' academic background with a chief operating officer's administrative skills. The chief operating officer could operate “not quite parallel” with Dynes, Parsky said yesterday. “Let's leave open the possibility that someone could be in charge of administrative matters and...
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GORMAN, Calif. — A coalition of environmental groups says it will withdraw its opposition to development of the sprawling Tejon Ranch if the builder agrees to set aside about 380 square miles in the Tehachapi Mountains as wilderness. The coalition hopes its offer persuades developers to scale back their plans on the 270,000-acre site and to more than double the amount of land to be preserved. The coalition now wants to save 245,000 acres — a swath of land bigger than Chicago and Philadelphia combined. Tejon Ranch officials dismissed the new proposal as unreasonable but left open the possibility for...
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Dems Ready Proposal on Code of Conduct By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent Sat Jan 14, 8:23 PM ET Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., emerges from the French Cafe' restaurant in Omaha's Old Market, following a news conference in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. Reid called for more ethics in Washington during a visit to Omaha, part of a tour that took him to rural, Republican-voting states this week. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) WASHINGTON - Democrats intend to unveil a sweeping plan this week to tighten Congress' code of conduct, officials said Saturday night, including a ban on lobbyists'...
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State wants more control of levee boards Jeremy Alford Daily Comet Capitol Correspondent October 28. 2005 12:00AM New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin testifies as Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco (on screen) listens via video teleconference in front of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure joint hearing on rebuilding New Orleans while on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 18, 2005. REUTERS/Larry Downing BATON ROUGE — Administrative officials are expected to push a set of proposals during the special session that convenes next Sunday to grant the state greater oversight of local levee boards. Gov. Kathleen Blanco announced her intentions this week as...
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