FDA Finds Salmonella In Chicken Feed

August 27th, 2010 Los Angeles Times By: P.J. Huffstutter Food and Drug Administration officials said Thursday their investigators had homed in on chicken feed as a likely major contributor to the salmonella contamination that triggered a nationwide egg recall and potentially caused nearly 1,500 cases of illness. Feed found at Wright County Egg in Iowa tested

Nearly Half of United States Considering Arizona-Style Immigration Legislation

Fred Lucas | Twenty-two states are now in the process of drafting or seeking to pass legislation similar to Arizona’s law against illegal immigration.

New Financial Regulation Law Exempt From Public Disclosure

July 29, 2010 FOX Business By: Dunstan Prial So much for transparency. Under a little-noticed provision of the recently passed financial-reform legislation, the Securities and Exchange Commission no longer has to comply with virtually all requests for information releases from the public, including those filed under the Freedom of Information Act. The law, signed last week by President Obama, exempts

White House Backs Bill to Collect Employee Pay Information from Businesses

CNSNews | The Obama administration is backing legislation that includes regulations requiring U.S. businesses to provide to the government data about employee pay as it relates to the sex, race and national origin of employees.

Cap-and-Trade Will Be Part of Senate Climate Change Bill

Patricia Murphy | Harry Reid confirmed that the Senate will soon debate a bill to reduce pollution and that the legislation will include a scaled back version House-passed language to reduce carbon output.

US scores dead last in global health survey

(NaturalNews) The Commonwealth Fund recently released a report that places the U.S. last among six other developed countries in terms of quality of health care. According to the report, U.S. health care costs are roughly twice as much as they are in other countries, but the care is not as good or as efficient. The report includes comparisons between the U.S. health care system and those of Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the U.K. However the criteria used by the foundation to assess and score the countries is based more on differing health care philosophies among nations rather than actual quality of care. In fact, all the other nations included in the survey have “universal health insurance”, which is noted in the report as being one of the biggest differences. It does mention, however, that the “health reform legislation” recently passed in the U.S. will help to bump it up some in the foundation’s view. The report does highlight the fact that health spending…

Obama pushes immigration reform, seeks broad support

July 2, 2010 Reuters By: Jeff Mason WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama renewed his push for U.S. immigration reform on Thursday, reaching out to Hispanic voters despite minimal chances that Congress will pass such legislation this year. In a broad speech that did not break new policy ground, Obama, a Democrat, called for Republican support to pass a law

Joe Lieberman: From American Idol Finalist to TYRANNYsaurus Rex

Eric Blair | All of Lieberman’s recently proposed legislation appears to have been lifted from the pages of Brave New World and 1984 respectively.

Mendoza Legislation AB2072 Nudges California Back to Eugenics

Edwin Black | Mendoza’s legislation calls for every newborn to be tested.

New Bill Gives Obama ‘Kill Switch’ To Shut Down The Internet

Paul Joseph Watson | Government would have “absolute power” to seize control of the world wide web under Lieberman legislation.

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