Representatives Spencer Bachus (R-AL) and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) have introduced legislation (HR 2204) entitled the "US Market Security Act of 1999" which would merely require that the names of foreign government-affiliated companies be provided quarterly to relevant Congressional committees.
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This warning was transmitted in not one but two letters from Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on August 3, 1999 and November 8, 1999.
Late yesterday, Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Jim Webb (D-VA) wrote a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), urging the use a pro forma session of Congress in order to offer a solution.
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The second proposal in Congress is a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and David Vitter (R-LA).
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) died Wednesday at a Cleveland hospital from a brain hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm.
Those who might be swayed by the CBO estimate include Rep. John Boccieri (D-OH), a so-called Blue Dog Democrat with more conservative leanings than the party mainstream.
"The health bill that will move forward today is actually a bill about life, " said Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), a staunch abortion opponent who became a big supporter of the bill.
It's almost like, oh, I'd rather not do that -- I want to start over again with you.
If we had to guess, we'd say that HBO's oh-so-friendly cable partners aren't going to be inclined to let such a solid idea actually happen.
Oh, we almost forgot -- they've boosted out the keyboard in favor of a more useful D-pad and A, B, X, Y button formation -- which is, needless to say, awesome for playing awesome games.
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The 29-year-old mayor described his village as close-knit and friendly, "the kind of place where you'd say, 'oh, it would never happen here'".
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