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The US Will Set up Its First Gasoline Reserve, Creating 1m Barrels of Storage in Northeast
May 7, 2014The US will set up its first strategic gasoline reserve, creating 1 million barrels of storage in the Northeast to protect against storms like Hurricane Sandy, which wreaked havoc on fuel supplies in the region, officials said Friday. But ...
Tags: Gasoline, gasoline reserve
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FSIS Announce That It Had Found China's Poultry Slaughter System to Be Not Equivalent
Nov 12, 2013The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that it had found China's poultry slaughter system to be not equivalent and that the China-slaughtered poultry will not be imported into the ...
Tags: Poultry Slaughter System, Food
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The Senate Is Expected to Vote Next Week on an Immigration Bill
Jun 24, 2013The Senate is expected to vote next week on an immigration bill, and it is likely to pass after one last fight to give U.S. workers hiring preference over foreigners with H-1B visas. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Sherrod Brown ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Consumer Reports Calls CPSC on Linking to The Use of Defective off-Brand Batteries
Jun 23, 2013It's rare for a cell phone to explode or seriously overheat—but if it does, it can cause a fire or leave serious burns. Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, today joined a call by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), to have ...
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At That Point,H-1B Critic Grassley Found No Need for Niceties
Jun 3, 2013With his H-1B fight over and lost to the tech industry, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) lashed out in the minutes before the Senate Judiciary Committee's final vote on the controversial immigration bill late last month. It was late in the ...
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CFIUS Has Given Its Approval for SoftBank to Acquire a Majority Stake in Sprint Nextel
May 29, 2013Government panel the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has given its approval for Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel in a $20 billion deal. CFIUS "found that there are ...
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The Tech Industry Had Won
May 28, 2013With the H-1B fight over and lost, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) lashed out, almost flailing in the minutes before the Senate Judiciary Committee's final vote Tuesday. The tech industry had won. It was getting late in the day and the ...
Tags: Stinky Onion, Computer Products, H-1B
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High-Tech's Leading Has Bought Himself Some Time to Try Get The Immigration Bill
May 20, 2013High-tech's leading advocate in the immigration bill fight, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), has bought himself some time, perhaps until Tuesday, to try get the immigration bill changed to the liking of the tech industry. Negotiations are ...
Tags: Computer Products, H-1B Politics
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Senate Judiciary Committee Rejected The Idea on Tuesday of Requiring All H-1B Employers
May 17, 2013WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the idea on Tuesday of requiring all H-1B employers to make a "good faith" effort in hiring U.S. workers before taking on an H-1b worker. The good faith amendment to the comprehensive ...
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Comprehensive Immigration Bill Is Expected to Include an H-1B Cap Hike and a Higher Fee
Mar 22, 2013The U.S. Senate's comprehensive immigration bill is expected to include an H-1B cap hike and a higher fee structure aimed at offshore outsourcers. Work on the bill is continuing, and a snapshot of its various components were shared by ...
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The Senators Described The Framework as a Starting Point for Immigration Reform Bill
Jan 28, 2013The group of U.S. Senators who are leading an effort to develop a bipartisan comprehensive immigration bill want it to include a so-called STEM visa. The bipartisan group of eight senators Monday released the framework for an immigration ...
Tags: Framework, bipartisan group, H-1B program
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D-NY Introduce His Own STEM Visa Bill to Challenge a Similar Republican Bill in The House.
Dec 31, 2012Computerworld - U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who is chair of the Senate's Immigration, Refugees and Border Security subcommittee, is introducing his own STEM visa bill to challenge a similar Republican bill in the House. Schumer's ...
Tags: Chuck Schumer, green cards, Republican bill in the House, IT industry
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A Republican-Led Effort to Issue up to 55,000 STEM Visas a Year to Students
Dec 25, 2012A Republican-led effort to issue up to 55,000 STEM visas a year to students who earn advanced degrees at U.S. universities was defeated Thursday in a House vote. Because the bill was brought up on the suspension calendar, it needed a ...
Tags: Republican, STEM Visa, Bill, U.S.universitie