May 21, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
WASHINGTON The White House says President Barack Obama opposes a House bill that would speed approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. Continue Reading
April 10, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
WASHINGTON – The White House on Wednesday proposed a budget that would sharply trim the U.S. deficit over three years by forcing millionaires to pay more in taxes and enacting spending cuts that replace the “sequester” reductions that went into place last month.
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February 13, 2013 in The Daily Republic
WASHINGTON (AP) Prominent environmental leaders, including the head of the Sierra Club, were arrested Wednesday after tying themselves to the White House gate to protest the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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November 14, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
MITCHELL, S.D. Well, the name of the state is South Dakota.
Maybe that explains why some residents in the state have joined in a secession movement. But unlike the 11 southern states who tried to leave the union from 1860 to 1865, this secession isn’t about slavery, states’ rights or other issues that launched the Civil War. Continue Reading
June 15, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The department said Friday it will again review the northern route of the project from the Canadian border through Nebraska. TransCanada, the company behind the project, submitted a revised route in May to avoid Nebraska’s environmentally sensitive Sand Hills region. Earlier this year, the Obama administration rejected a permit for the original route. Continue Reading
April 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
A White House statement blamed the way the legislation would pay its $5.9 billion costs: by cutting a preventive health fund created under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law of 2010. Continue Reading
April 25, 2012 in The Daily Republic
Educator jokes with Obama about ‘bunny ears’ in photo.
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March 26, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
President Barack Obama is using privileged access to one of America’s greatest landmarks to reward his most generous financial supporters in ways that Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum can’t match: More than 60 of Obama’s biggest campaign donors have visited the White House more than once for meetings with top advisers, holiday parties or state dinners, a review by The Associated Press has found. Continue Reading
March 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
There’s something special for the Obamas and something special for the Camerons in the entertainment lineup and guest list for Wednesday’s state dinner for the British prime minister and his wife. Continue Reading
February 29, 2012 in The Daily Republic
SIOUX FALLS (AP) A Sisseton goose business is one of 71 honored at a White House event recognizing the success of manufacturing in rural America.
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