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PRESIDENT SIGNS CASTLE'S NATIONAL PARKS QUARTER PROGRAM INTO LAW
Dec 23, 2008
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Today, President
George W. Bush signed H.R. 6184, the America’s Beautiful National Parks
Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008, into law. This bill,
which was introduced in May of 2008 by Delaware Congressman Mike
Castle, establishes a program in which the reverse side of quarters
will have des...
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OBAMA SHOULD ACT TO OVERTURN STEM CELL RESTRICTIONS BY EXECUTIVE ORDER
Dec 22, 2008
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U.S. Reps. Michael N. Castle (R-DE) and Diana DeGette (D-CO), chief
architects of legislation expanding stem cell research, led a
bipartisan group of legislators today in sending a letter
to President-Elect Barack Obama urging him to immediately remove
existing federal barriers to embryonic stem...
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CASTLE SUPPORTS DECISION TO GRANT CONDITIONAL LOANS TO AUTO INDUSTRY
Dec 19, 2008
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Today, Delaware Congressman Mike Castle, senior member on the House
Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement in
response President George Bush's announcement that the federal
government will grant loans to the struggling American auto
manufacturers. Funds for the loans ...
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Those in Need Should be Our Focus this Holiday
Dec 19, 2008
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Most Delawareans will spend
more time at their places of worship, bundle up with family for Holiday
parades, purchase presents for their loved ones and plan holiday
parties to visit with friends and family. The holidays remind us to
focus on the ones w...
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Obama taps Duncan for Education chief (the News Journal)
Dec 17, 2008
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By JENNIFER PRICE
In choosing Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, to be the next
U.S. secretary of education, President-elect Barack Obama selected a
school reformer and charter school advocate who has a history of
rankling parents and teachers unions.
With Vice President-elect Joe ...
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Obama's Transportation pick spans aisle (USA Today)
Dec 17, 2008
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By Kathy Kiely,
President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to add to his
Cabinet a Republican with a long history of building bridges across
party lines.
Two Democratic sources briefed on the selection said Wednesday that
retiring Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., has accepted Obama's offer to be...
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LaHood Pick for Transportation Has Stakeholders Buzzing (Congressional Quarterly)
Dec 17, 2008
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By Colby Itkowitz and Kathryn A. Wolfe, CQ Staff
Transportation stakeholders were caught off guard Wednesday by news that retiring Rep.
Ray LaHood of Illinois, a centrist Republican who held a seat on the
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the 1990s, will be
the nex...
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State leaders cling to hope that GM will find use for Boxwood Road plant (The News Journal)
Dec 17, 2008
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By ERIC RUTH
The three-month lifeline President George W. Bush tossed Friday to
General Motors and Chrysler comes as a relief to struggling Delaware
auto dealers, but does little to brighten the horizon for thousands of
workers in Newark and at Boxwood Road near Newport.
Chrysler shut down ...
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Statement of Congressman Michael N. Castle on the Nomination of Ray LaHood as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Dec 17, 2008
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"I have worked closely with Ray LaHood for many years in
the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a pragmatist who places
politics on the back burner in order to get things done. Ray will be an
asset to the incoming administration with his ability to work on the
issues that matter. Transpo...
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State leaders promote foreclosure relief resources (The Dover Post/The State News)
Dec 16, 2008
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With home foreclosures on the rise state officials are making a serious
effort to inform Delawareans of the resources and programs available to
keep them from losing their homes.
Lt. Gov. John Carney hosted a Relief Pitchers forum at Delaware
Technical & Community Colleg...
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