washingtonpost.com - AlaskaAlaskaGOP Boosts Business- May 6, 2005 Fortune 500 companies that invested millions of dollars in electing Republicans are emerging as the earliest beneficiaries of a government controlled by President Bush and the largest GOP House and Senate majority in a half century.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3796-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... FCC Head Downplays Regulation- May 6, 2005 Cable companies worried about a regulatory clampdown on their industry got good news Wednesday when they met the new Federal Communications Commission chairman.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28496-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... Rep. Barton Faces Energy Challenge- May 6, 2005 Rep. Joe Barton has evolved over the past 20 years from a maverick conservative willing to cast lonely, defiant votes into a central political figure who cuts deals and raises millions of dollars for his colleagues and who marshaled a small army of lobbyists to secure for himself a powerful chairmanship.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51236-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Where Eagles Dare- May 6, 2005 In the Town of Homer, handouts are turning a proud symbol into a pest.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21930-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... House Committee Backs Drilling in Alaska- May 6, 2005 A House panel is endorsing drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, advancing a key element of the Bush administration's energy plan.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51215-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Mapping America's Epic Conquests- May 6, 2005 They set out in tiny ships or on horseback, looking for gold and glory. What they found was a new land -- with adventure, courage, politics, greed, cruelty and treachery along the way.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57650-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... House and Senate Panels Tackle Energy Measures- May 6, 2005 The House Energy and Commerce Committee plowed through numerous proposed amendments yesterday while trying to draft an energy bill that can attract widespread support, after repeated failures by Congress to pass legislation embracing Bush administration energy initiatives.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48027-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Senate Rejects GOP Budget Cuts- May 6, 2005 The Senate last night dealt a slap to President Bush and the Republican leadership, approving a 2006 budget that would gut much of the GOP's deficit-reduction efforts by restoring requested cuts to Medicaid, education, community development and other programs.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44042-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Nominee Backs a Review of NASA's Hubble Decision- May 6, 2005 Michael D. Griffin, President Bush's nominee to become the new NASA administrator, told senators at his confirmation hearing yesterday that he would reassess the agency's decision to cancel a space shuttle mission to service the aging Hubble Space Telescope.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47810-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Alaskan Wolf Pack Loses a Member- May 6, 2005 SEATTLE, April 20 -- An Alaskan wolf -- a black male that led the world's longest-studied, most-photographed family of wolves -- was killed last weekend by a hunter outside Denali National Park.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6018-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... |