Category Archives: Recall

Senate passes $182B spending bill

By doris | Published: November 1, 2011

Full Story at  msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The Senate has approved must-do legislation to fund the day-to-day budgets of five Cabinet agencies, kick-starting long overdue work to add the details to budget limits agreed to by President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans this summer. The bipartisan 69-30 vote came on a $182 billion bundle of three [...]

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Recall election scheduled for city of Bell

By doris | Published: November 6, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com BELL, Calif. — The crowd outside Bell City Hall erupted in cheers when the City Council for the scandal-plagued Los Angeles suburb voted to hold a recall election, although many were not happy that they couldn’t watch the historic moment in person. Minutes earlier, police had cleared the City Council chambers [...]

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Oil inspectors took company gifts, watchdog group finds

By doris | Published: May 26, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Federal inspectors overseeing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico accepted meals and tickets to sporting events from companies they monitored, the Interior Department’s inspector general concluded in a report released Wednesday. In one case, an inspector in the Minerals Management Service office in Lake Charles, Louisiana, conducted [...]

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Army recalls 44,000 combat helmets

By doris | Published: May 15, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – The Army says it is recalling 44,000 advanced combat helmets that have been issued to soldiers worldwide because they do not meet military specifications. The Army said in a statement Friday that the risk to soldiers wearing the helmets is still being determined. New helmets are being issued to [...]

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