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Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.) emphasized Israel’s success as a democracy in the Middle East at an event in Emerson Hall last night, and stressed the importance of a continued relationship between Israel and the United States...
...cumulative consumer savings from the extra hour of sunshine will reach $4.4 billion, and the lowered energy use will eliminate the need to build more than three large electric power plants and prevent nearly 10.8 million metric tons of carbon emissions from contributing to global warming. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), who introduced the DST amendment with Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), says other benefits include reduced crime, fewer traffic fatalities, more recreation time and increased economic activity. "The entire population is active at 6 p.m. versus 6 a.m., and if we all have an extra hour before we turn...
...event came three days after Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-Mass.) reintroduced the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, which would lift the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy entirely...
...Martin T. Meehan (D-Mass.) reintroduced legislation yesterday that would lift the Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” ban on openly gay and bisexual military personnel. “Wasting taxpayer dollars by discharging competent service members under ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ doesn’t make sense,” Meehan, chairman of the House Armed Services Sub-Committee on Oversight and Investigations, said at a Washington, D. C., press conference yesterday...
...spoke before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in favor of granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco products. In his testimony, Connolly—who was recruited by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.) to speak yesterday—stated that tobacco companies had increased the levels of nicotine in tobacco products by 12 percent between 1997 and 2006. In written testimony presented yesterday, Connolly argued that tobacco companies are being aggressive in their attempts to continue to market and increase the addictive...