Posted on January 27, 2012
A recent Rasmussen Reports poll finds that 55 percent of likely U.S. voters favor President Obama’s proposal that wealthy Americans pay at least 30 percent of their income in federal taxes. But 30 percent seems to be about as far as they want to go. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey also finds that [...]
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Posted on January 26, 2012
A day after President Obama’s State of the Union Address, Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have posted a news release on their site criticizing him for his Jan. 18 decision to deny a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline. “Although President Obama stayed conspicuously silent about this shovel-ready project during his [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2012
By PHIL DRAKE HELENA – A staff attorney for a state committee which monitors the Commissioner of Political Practices has written a memo stating the panel, which meets Friday, should address two statutes that surfaced during the commissioner’s final days in office. David Niss, staff attorney for the State Administration and Veterans’ Affairs Interim Committee, [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2012
Journalist Bill Moyers weighs in on President Obama’s recent decision to deny the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, saying it was a “brave” move. He makes his remarks during a Jan. 20 appearance on the “Real Time with Bill Maher” show. The federal government rejected the Keystone XL pipeline on Jan. 18, saying it [...]
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Posted on January 24, 2012
Montana’s unemployment rate dropped another 0.3 percent to 6.8 percent in December, state Department of Labor and Industry (DOL) officials said Tuesday, adding it was the fourth month of deceases. The rate for the United States decreased by 0.2 percent in December and is now 8.5 percent. The unemployment rate drop is due to an [...]
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