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Bankrate.com

04/21/2011 Nativegrl77

Home equity loan rates for April 21, 2011 | 2011-04-21

Here are the average home equity rates from Bankrate‘s weekly survey of large banks and thrifts.

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/home-equity/national-home-equity-loan-rates-for-april-21-2011.aspx?ec_id=brmint_newsalert_20110421

CD rates for April 21, 2011 | 2011-04-21

Here are the average CD rates from Bankrate’s weekly survey of large banks and thrifts.

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/cd/national-cd-rates-for-april-21-2011.aspx?ec_id=brmint_newsalert_20110421

Credit card interest rates for April 21, 2011 | 2011-04-21

Here are the average credit card rates from Bankrate’s weekly survey of large banks and thrifts. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/national-credit-card-rates-for-april-21-2011.aspx?ec_id=brmint_newsalert_20110421

National mortgage rates for April 21, 2011 | 2011-04-21

See rates from our survey of CDs, mortgages, home equity products, auto loans and credit cards. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/mortgages/interest-rate-roundup-for-april-21-2011.aspx?ec_id=brmint_newsalert_20110421

Auto loan rates for April 21, 2011 | 2011-04-21

Here are the average auto loan rates from Bankrate’s weekly survey of large banks and thrifts. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/auto/national-auto-loan-rates-for-april-21-2011.aspx?ec_id=brmint_newsalert_20110421

Is it ever OK to tap your 401(k)? | 2011-04-21

Only in very specific and highly limited situations should you consider tapping retirement savings early. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/debt/rarely-is-it-ok-to-raid-your-401-k.aspx?ec_id=brmint_newsalert_20110421

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2012 … a message from Barack

04/12/2011 Nativegrl77

We filed papers to launch our 2012 campaign. REPOST

We’re doing this now because the politics we believe in does not start with expensive TV ads or extravaganzas, but with you — with people organizing block-by-block, talking to neighbors, co-workers, and friends. And that kind of campaign takes time to build.

So even though I’m focused on the job you elected me to do, and the race may not reach full speed for a year or more, the work of laying the foundation for our campaign must start today.

We’ve always known that lasting change wouldn’t come quickly or easily. It never does. But as my administration and folks across the country fight to protect the progress we’ve made — and make more — we also need to begin mobilizing for 2012, long before the time comes for me to begin campaigning in earnest.

As we take this step, I’d like to share a video that features some folks like you who are helping to lead the way on this journey.

In the coming days, supporters like you will begin forging a new organization that we’ll build together in cities and towns across the country. And I’ll need you to help shape our plan as we create a campaign that’s farther reaching, more focused, and more innovative than anything we’ve built before.

We’ll start by doing something unprecedented: coordinating millions of one-on-one conversations between supporters across every single state, reconnecting old friends, inspiring new ones to join the cause, and readying ourselves for next year’s fight.

This will be my final campaign, at least as a candidate. But the cause of making a lasting difference for our families, our communities, and our country has never been about one person. And it will succeed only if we work together.

There will be much more to come as the race unfolds. Today, simply let us know you’re in to help us begin, and then spread the word:

Thank you,

Barack

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Congress: The Budget! -the Republican led House -the Senate

04/11/2011 Nativegrl77

April 12, 2011:The Senate will next convene at 10:00 a.m.

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to a period of morning business until 11:00 a.m., with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each, with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees.

At 11:00 a.m. the Senate will consider the nomination of Vincent Briccetti, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York; and John Kronstadt, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California. There will be 1 hour for debate on the nominations, with the time equally divided. Upon the use or yielding back of time, the Briccetti nomination will be confirmed by consent, and there will be a roll call vote at approximately 12:00 noon on the Kronstadt nomination.

The Senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus meetings.

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The next meeting is scheduled for 11:00 p.m. on April 11, 2011.

LEGISLATIVE DAY OF APRIL 11, 2011

112TH CONGRESS – FIRST SESSION

1:46 A.M. –

The Speaker announced that the House do now adjourn pursuant to a previous special order. The next meeting is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on April 12, 2011.

1:45 A.M. –

The House convened, returning from a recess continuing the legislative day of April 11.

11:04 P.M. –

The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is subject to the call of the Chair.

11:03 P.M. –

Mr. Amash filed a report from the Committee on The Budget on H. Con. Res. 34.

11:02 P.M. –

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The Chair designated Mr. Amash to lead the Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.

11:00 P.M. –

Today’s prayer was offered by the House Chaplain, Rev. Daniel Coughlin.

The Speaker designated the Honorable Kevin Yoder to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.

The House convened, starting a new legislative day.

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Bankrate.com

03/24/2011 Nativegrl77

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Auto loan rates for March 24, 2011 | 2011-03-24

Here are the average auto loan rates from Bankrate‘s weekly survey of large banks and thrifts. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/auto/national-auto-loan-rates-for-march-24-2011.aspx?ec_id=brmint_newsalert_20110324

CD rates for March 24, 2011 | 2011-03-24

Here are the average CD rates from Bankrate’s weekly survey of large banks and thrifts. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/cd/national-cd-rates-for-march-24-2011.aspx?ec_id=brmint_newsalert_20110324

National mortgage rates for March 24, 2011 | 2011-03-24

See rates from our survey of CDs, mortgages, home equity products, auto loans and credit cards. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/mortgages/interest-rate-roundup-for-march-24-2011.aspx?ec_id=brmint_newsalert_20110324

Credit card interest rates for March 24, 2011 | 2011-03-24

Home equity loan rates for March 24, 2011 | 2011-03-24

Here are the average home equity rates from Bankrate’s weekly survey of large banks and thrifts. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/home-equity/national-home-equity-loan-rates-for-march-24-2011.aspx?ec_id=brmint_newsalert_20110324

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AFSCME

03/21/2011 Nativegrl77 2 Comments

Featured Action

A Day To Stand In Solidarity – April 4 Nationwide Actions

On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. He had gone there to stand with AFSCME sanitation workers demanding their dream: The right to bargain collectively for a voice at work and a better life. Join us to make April 4, 2011 a day to stand in solidarity with working people in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and dozens of other states where right-wing corporate politicians are trying to take away the rights Dr. King gave his life for. It’s a day to say, “We are one.” Check out our We Are One video and go to http://www.we-r-1.org for more details.

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Standing Up For Public Service

Public service workers from coast to coast are facing attacks against their jobs, their salaries, their pensions and their basic rights as workers. View our Standing Up For Public Service website to find out how AFSCME members are fighting back.

Wisconsin: photos, videos, and recent news

Ohio: photos, videos, and recent news

Indiana: photos and news

Michigan, Florida, New York and across the nation: photos, videos, events, our blog, and news clips

Greenline, the AFSCME Blog

Iowa House Leadership Afraid to Talk to Citizens

In a show of solidarity with Iowa working families, former Speaker Pat Murphy (D-Dubuque) blasted Iowa’s Republican House Leadership Friday after they shut down the Capitol switchboard.

In Ohio, State of the Worker Address

Workers across Ohio delivered the State of the Worker Address, a rebuttal to Gov. John Kasich’s first State of the State Address.

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire’s 100-Year Anniversary Reminds Us Why Unions Are Necessary

AFSCME reflects on another historic moment in labor history, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City.

Thousands Turn Out For “We Are Indiana” Rally Supporting Unions

Legislation that could roll back private-sector union rights and limit collective bargaining rights for teachers sparked a massive rally at the state Capitol in Indianapolis.

Origins of the So-Called Pension Crisis

Noted economist Dean Baker has written what could be best described as the definitive explanation of the state of public-sector pension plans.

AFSCME Across the Nation

AFSCME Activists Nationwide Support Wisconsin Public Service Workers

OH: Workers Protest Plan to End Collective Bargaining

NY: In this New Video, AFSCME Members Speak Out for a “Better New York for All”

WI: AFSCME Members Lobby Lawmakers to Preserve Rights

AFSCME News

McEntee: Governor Walker Is “Tearing Wisconsin Apart”

Statement of AFSCME President McEntee in response to Gov. Walker’s anti-union rights bill that was rammed through the state senate.

AFSCME Calls on Speaker Boehner to Stop Using Violent Metaphors and Demonizing Public Employees

Citing a recent interview given by House Speaker John Boehner, AFSCME Pres. McEntee called on the Speaker to stop using violent metaphors and demonizing public employees.