Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has faced questions on immigration and taxation. John McCormack, using Romney’s words, notes distinctions between capital gains, corporate, and dividend taxes.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/26/145895343/weekly-standard-i-want-to-help-the-99-percent?ft=1&f=1057
Bishop, Timothy H. Blackburn, Marsha Blumenauer, Earl Blunt, Roy Boccieri, John A.
Caroline Baum, Bloomberg
Long and variable lags. That’s all I could think of yesterday when I read the Federal Reserve statement and learned that economic conditions “are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate at least through late 2014.”My first instinct was to mark the date on my household calendar, but I couldn’t find one that goes out that far!
Hastings, Doc Heinrich, Martin Heller, Dean Hensarling, Jeb Herger, Wally
Community opposition helped sink plans for a nuclear waste repository in Nevada’s Yucca Mountain. Meanwhile, thousands of tons of radioactive waste are piling up at temporary storage sites around the country. As the U.S. once again looks for a new permanent storage site, an expert panel says local buy in will be key.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/26/145912986/panel-charts-path-to-new-home-for-nuclear-waste?ft=1&f=1007
Capito, Shelley Moore Capps, Lois Capuano, Michael E. Cardoza, Dennis A. Carnahan, Russ
As science advances, it becomes more abstract and distant from people’s everyday reality. How do we bridge the gap so that society as a whole can engage in the questions of the day, from global warming to the debate on evolution?
Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/01/25/145706267/why-should-you-care-about-science?ft=1&f=1057
Clay, Wm. Lacy Cleaver, Emanuel Clyburn, James E. Coble, Howard Coffman, Mike
In his State of the Union address, President Obama talked about bringing jobs back to the U.S. Oregon shoe maker Keen is doing its part. The company opened its first American factory in 2010, and while it still produces most of its shoes in Asia, Keen’s CEO says manufacturing in the U.S. has been a “giant leap” for the company.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/25/145702121/shoe-company-practices-insourcing-for-the-sole?ft=1&f=1003
Higgins, Brian Hill, Baron P. Himes, James A. Hinchey, Maurice D. Hinojosa, Rubén
Some emerging democracies in North Africa are looking to Turkey as a potential model. But critics say the country is jailing “unfriendly” journalists and using the slow-moving justice system to stifle dissent.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/26/145844105/for-turkish-journalists-arrest-is-a-real-danger?ft=1&f=1004
Clarke, Yvette D. Clay, Wm. Lacy Cleaver, Emanuel Clyburn, James E. Coble, Howard
NASA ended the U.S. shuttle program in 2011, leaving roughly 9,000 workers at the Kennedy Space Center without jobs. Many in Cape Canaveral hope the private space industry will blossom, and lead the way back into space, and back to work.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/25/145847977/the-next-frontier-for-floridas-space-coast?ft=1&f=1003
Chandler, Ben Childers, Travis W. Christensen, Donna M. Chu, Judy Clarke, Yvette D.
The most powerful solar storm to blast the Earth since 2005 reminds us that our modern society, with its dependance on electronics in the sky and on the ground, is vulnerable to a type of weather we rarely think about: space weather.
Baca, Joe Bachmann, Michele Bachus, Spencer Baird, Brian Baldwin, Tammy
