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o On July 1, 2008, the interest rate was cut from 6.8% to 6.0%;
On Sunday, Mayor Jill Techel took Sen. Barbara Boxer, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena), county Supervisors Keith Caldwell and Brad Wagenknecht, and Col. William J. Leady and Col. Michael Wehr of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a tour of the project area, highlighting what differentiates Napa's flood-control efforts from others around the country.
The California Association of Health Facilities (CAHF) today praised Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Napa) for his support of the bipartisan letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), as the federal health agency considers a proposal that would cut Medicare reimbursement to skilled nursing facilities immediately by 12.8 percent for fiscal year 2012.
Speaking at the end of the talk he had, on Wednesday morning, with Foreign Minister Mohamed Mouldi Kefi, the US official said he was "very proud of the accomplishment of this people who belongs to a fantastic country."
Introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives, HR 1161, sponsored by Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), would legislate for you what wine you can purchase. The bill is ironically dubbed the “CARE Act,” when it is clear that all the supporters behind the bill “care” about is protecting their monopoly, maintaining their stranglehold on the marketplace, and limiting your choice in what wine you can purchase.
In 2008, the Government Accountability Office reported that many of the developing nations that receive e-waste from the United States do not have the capacity or facilities to safely recycle and dispose of these used electronics.
Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) on Friday introduced H.R. 2286, the Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2011, bipartisan legislation that would ensure all renewable energy sources are able to compete in the growing market for renewable and alternative energy fuels.
Under current tax law, some renewable energy technologies are only eligible for part of an existing federal tax credit for the development of alternative energy sources.
Thompson's bill would level the playing field by extending the full tax credit amount to qualifying renewable energy technologies.