http://lawmakers.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for lawmakers en Thu, 03 May 2007 05:15:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1720062 unknown@Netscape.com The state House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to require all hospitals to offer rape victims emergency contraception, over objections from Catholic leaders who say it infringes on their religious rights. Thu, 03 May 2007 05:15:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1720062Conn.lawmakersPassplanbpillNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1704029 unknown@Netscape.com A senior Australian government lawmaker has created a furor by telling a magazine that a female politician did not deserve a leadership role because she had decided against having children. Wed, 02 May 2007 09:28:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1704029lawmakerscommentsonwomencreatestirNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1108646 unknown@Netscape.com Demand for healthier sunflower oil for potato chip frying is spurring a debate about whether millions of blackbirds should die to make it easier to raise the crop. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:48:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1108646NDlawmakersconsiderBlackbirdkillsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/658420 unknown@Netscape.com Most members of Congress are distant from the experience of earning minimum wage or having kids in a rundown school. But when it comes to health care, they bring their own aches and pains to the table. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:09:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/658420lawmakersBringAchespainsdebateNews http://web2announcer.com/go/612090 unknown@Netscape.com Some U.S. Senate Republicans voiced reservations on Thursday about a bill designed to stop drug makers from striking deals to restrict the introduction of cheaper generic drugs. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:39:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/612090lawmakersBalkatbillpatentdrugsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/309308 unknown@Netscape.com A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a revised energy bill Wednesday designed to "lead the world into an economy beyond oil." Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:05:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/309308PoliticshouselawmakersIntroduceenergybillEconomybeyondoilNews http://web2announcer.com/go/132263 unknown@Netscape.com While Democrats celebrated the election of the House's first female speaker, another milestone passed more quietly: The 110th Congress includes more Jewish lawmakers than any other in history, and all but four are Democrats. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:57:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/132263morejewishlawmakersdemocratscongressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/79674 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush pushed for renewal of the No Child Left Behind education law Monday in a meeting with congressional leaders but was noncommittal on their request for more money to help schools meet the law's requirements. Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:21:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/79674PoliticsbushlawmakerseducationbillNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1731 unknown@Netscape.com Republican lawmakers will spend their month-long vacation trying to dispel criticism of a "do-nothing" U.S. Congress, ease concerns about the Iraq war and persuade unhappy voters to re-elect them in November. "For this summer vacation, re-election is job one," said Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political science professor who tr Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:46:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1731Politicsrepublicanvacationlawmakersmonth-longNews http://web2announcer.com/go/452 unknown@Netscape.com Sen. Mel Martinez was almost giddy Tuesday over the report that Cuban President Fidel Castro has ceded power temporarily while he undergoes surgery Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:43:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/452PoliticscastrocubasenatorlawmakersNews