AP – The Obama administration proposed new rules Monday to help military families care for service members when they are injured or called to active duty on short notice.
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Plan would help military families take leave
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Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder vowed to put his full weight behind a proposed new bridge linking Detroit and Canada, the U.S. border crossing with the most cargo shipments, setting up a legislative battle with members of his own party.
AP – The Obama administration’s proposed new rules for protecting clean water and wildlife on the United States’ nearly 200 million acres of national forests goes against the president’s pledge to let science be the guide, conservation groups and two former Clinton administration officials said Monday.
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Critics say Obama abandons science in forest rule
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The Obama administration on Wednesday proposed new regulations that could accelerate the U.S. shift toward natural gas, by requiring coal-burning and oil-fired power plants to reduce their emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants.
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EPA Rule Targets Mercury Pollution
AP – Striving to gain the upper hand on a crucial political issue, President Barack Obama is faulting Republicans for refusing to help him turn around the sluggish economy or support some proposed new tax breaks for businesses that the GOP has backed in the past.
