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How effective are Washington lobbyists at dismantling environmental regulation? listen
06/27/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: environment, regulations, NRDC, Congress, lobbyists
Washington lobbyists are affecting regulatory legislation “in a huge way.” That’s the take of Bob Deans, associate director of communications for NRDC Action Fund.
His new book is called Reckless. The Political Assault on the American Environment.
Yesterday we aired the first half of our interview with Deans. In this second half, Deans speaks about lobbyists and about the Republican Pa...
Be the first to commentThe Endangered Species Act: Under attack? listen
09/30/11 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: endangered species, environment, Congress
For many years the Endangered Species act has saved hundreds of species from becoming extinct. Now 13 different legislative proposals are pending in Congress that could put the Endangered Species Act at risk.
For nearly 40 years the Endangered Species Act has worked to protect endangered species. The act protects 107 endangered species in Florida alone. But some members of Congress are attempting to weaken the Endangered Species Act. Robert Dewey, vice president for government relations f...
1 commentsIn speech to Congress, Netanyahu says Palestinian refugees can't return home listen
05/24/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palestine, Israel, Barack Obama, Congress, Benjamin Netanyahu, AIPAC
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress today. Many of his positions on an eventual Palestinian state are in opposition to those laid out last week by President Barack Obama. Netanyahu reiterated Israel would not use its pre-1967 borders as a starting point in negotiations. In 1967 Israel seized the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem during the six-day war. But Netanyahu said Israel would not give back any part of Jerusalem and would maintai...
1 commentsLeague of Conservation Voters releases environmental scorecard for Congress on spending measure listen
03/18/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: environment, budget, Congress, Kathy Castor, Bill Young, appropriations, EPA, water, Gus Bilirakis, Vern Buchanan, Richard Nugent
The League of Conservation Voters has released a special edition of its environmental scorecard for Congress on an appropriations measure with two dozen amendments. Alex Taurel is a legislative representative at the League of Conservation Voters.
Be the first to comment"The national environmental scorecard, which the League of Conservation Voters puts out annually, it's been the nationally accepted yardstick to rate members of Congress on environmental, pu...
Law professors maintain the new health care reform law is Constitutional listen
01/18/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: health care reform, health care, Constitution, law, Congress
House Republicans took up their effort to repeal the health care reform law this afternoon. They plan to vote on repeal tomorrow. Even if it passes, it is likely to die in the Senate. An AP/GfK poll released yesterday found that only about a quarter of Americans support repeal of the law.
In addition to the attempt by conservatives in Congress to repeal the law, many states are challenging its constitutionality in court.
In a conference call with reporters today, The Center for American...
Be the first to commentCongressman Bill Young Speaks at Suncoast Tiger Bay and Hints at Plans for Re-election listen
01/25/10 Concetta DeLucoWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Young, 10th District, Pinellas County, Congress, healthcare reform
At the Suncoast Tiger Bay Club meeting this morning, US member of Congress Bill Young discussed a variety of contemporary issues and hinted at the possibility of his run for re-election against State Senator Charlie Justice.
At least a hundred Tiger Bay Club members packed in the room at the Hilton in Largo to hear Bill Young speak. Young, a Republican, represents Florida’s 10th District, parts of Pinellas County. He has held his seat in US House of Representatives for 40 years and is a f...
Be the first to commentHistoric Climate Change bill comes before the House listen
06/26/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Congress, climate change, environment
At some point in the next hour, The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a historic climate change bill, and its passage remains uncertain at this time.
Politico.com reported today that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the bill’s sponsors are working the floor furiously, twisting arms to squeeze ‘some last minute yes votes out of undecided members’.
The goal of the bill, sponsored by Democrats Ed Markey and Henry Waxman, is to limit pollution by capping greenhouse gas emi...
Be the first to commentCongressman Meek on AIG bonuses: "It sickens me" listen
03/16/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kendrick Meek, Congress, economy
Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are blasting bailed out insurance giant AIG over the $165 million in bonuses for executives announced this weekend. Those are the same executives whose record losses forced the company to request government assistance in the first place.
Miami area Democratic Congressman Kendrick Meek says Congress needs to act soon to address the taxpayer funds going to AIG – which now amounts to $170 billion.
Meek is running for the Democratic nomination ...
Be the first to commentKendrick Meek on torture and federal bailout
01/15/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kendrick Meek, Congress, economy
Earlier this week, Miami area Congressman Kendrick Meek became the first Democrat to officially enter the race for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez next year.
WMNF spoke with him today to talk about his candidacy, and asked about a couple of major issues pending in Congress such as what he made of the blockbuster revelations in Wednesday’s Washington Post. Susan Crawford, the senior official for the Pentagon’s military commissions, claimed that interrogators tortured a ...
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