Gerson and Dionne Define the Year in Politics
Washington Post Columnists E.J. Dionne and Michael Gerson look back on what happened in politics in 2010 and look ahead to the dynamics in play for the new Congress.
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Bishops deny role in post election chaos
North Rift Bishops are defending themselves against reports that they financed militia during the post election violence. The clerics speaking in Eldoret are challenging those perpetuating the claims to give evidence
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2009 TN Bottle Bill Presentation in TNGA Senate ECT Committee (04/07), Part 1 of 2
The April 7, 2009 presentation of testimony in support of the Tennessee Beverage Container Recycling Act (a.k.a. “Tennessee Bottle Bill” then pending before the Tennessee General Assembly. The account of the TNGA Senate ECT committee as provided from Scenic Tennessee as follows:
April 7, 2009: The agenda is so lengthy in the Senate Environment, Conservation, and Tourism Committee hearing that by the time the bottle bill is up, they’ve just about run out of time.
Fortunately, the committee agrees to address the bill as far as it can in 15 minutes, and to put it at the top of its agenda the following week (April 14).
First, the committee adopts the amendment (see above). It then hears from four speakers who cannot return the following week:
Benefits to manufacturers: Peter Walters, vice president for purchasing and distribution, and Darrell Wineman, director of purchasing, Saint-Gobain Containers, Muncie, Indiana. Saint-Gobain (formerly the Ball glass jar people!) is the second-largest glass-container maker in the country and part of the largest glass company in the world.
Benefits to processors: Steve Russell, area manager, Strategic Materials, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri. SMI, the largest glass processor in North America, has a plant in Ashland City. Its operations include NexCycle, which operates redemption centers and services in California and New England.
Benefits to counties: Jai Templeton, Selmer, mayor of McNairy County.
Their testimony is fantastic. Mr. Walters says basically, “We used to oppose bottle bills. Now we love them.”
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State Senator retires after 38 years in politics
The Dean of the western New York delegation in Albany is closing the book on a chapter in his life that has spanned almost four decades.
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Election Challenge Lawsuit: Oral Arguments Part1
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Udall on Countdown: Majority Wants Senate Fixed
Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) talks about the growing momentum to reform the Senate on the first day of the 112th Congress.
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Best Texas Political Moments on Video 2010
December 2010, It’s time for our favorite moments captured on video in 2010…
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Post-election Tensions Rise in Ivory Coast
Ivorians unevenly followed a general strike aimed at pressuring their incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo to step down, largely sticking to the same fracture lines that marked the West African nation’s civil war eight years ago. (Dec. 27)
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Name calling leads to brawl on AL Senate floor
Which states came out on top with redistricting?