Frank's bill is still in its infant stages--no word yet on the administration's position. (The White House typically doesn't take a stance this early in the legislative game.) But if history is an indicator, anything that might impose more regulation on U.S. oil companies is not likely to go over well at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

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The first album will be a mixture of two or three hymns, as well as classical music including Ave Maria, and songs he described as "inspirational".

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There is even one at the Ace Hotel, but Portland hipsters boot up their laptops at the downtown location where the art and local flavor mix well with the excellent brew (128 SW 3rd Ave.).

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