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November 2, 2009 - 06:00 am
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Party of "No" (no leaders/no ideas/no morals) Blocks Obama's Department of Labor Appointee

By Tracy Kurowski

Party of "No" (no leaders/no ideas/no morals) Blocks Obama's Department of Labor Appointee

by Tracy Kurowski

Nine months has passed since the start of the Obama administration, and Republicans continue to block the appointment of M. Patricia Smith as Labor Department Solicitor, the nation’s top cop prosecuting labor law violations.

M. Patricia Smith was nominated for Labor Department Solicitor in the spring, and her confirmation hearing was held last May. Yet, after the Senate HELP Committee finally voted to approve her nomination on October 7, Republican Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming (the country’s least populous state) filed a procedural motion to put a hold on her nomination and delay the appointment.

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April 17, 2009 - 05:00 am
NEWS FEED: Blog for Iowa

Is Help On The Way For Iowa's Waterways?

By Trish Nelson

Is Help On The Way For Iowa's Waterways?

 Waste & Wastewater News 
The international news resource for industrial & municipal water professionals

Lisa Jackson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator, asserted at a forum for the PBS Frontline documentary Poisoned Waters, that new legislation is needed to strengthen EPA's authority to control pollution and protect local rivers, streams, and wetlands.

Jackson, speaking at the National Press Club, said that court decisions had left "murkiness" about EPA's authority to enforce some mandates of the Clean Water Act. She said EPA would seek new legislation to "clarify" its authority to take action on smaller waterways.

The two-hour documentary, to be aired on PBS on April 21, shows sobering evidence of America's failure over the past 35 years to contain water contamination from agricultural waste, stormwater run-off, and endocrine disrupters.

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