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Senate HCR…Watch the process for yourself…Saturday 11/20


Sen. Majority Ldr announces health care debate and vote

Sen. Majority Ldr announces health care debate and vote

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Sen. Majority Ldr. Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that on Friday and Saturday the Senate will debate health care reform. At 8pm on Saturday there will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the bill. Sixty votes are needed to invoke cloture. If cloture passes, debate on the bill and amendments will take place after the holiday recess.
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Green Inc.


First posted 11/15/2009
By  TODD WOODY nyt
for complete articles go to:    www.greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
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Dow Chemical has unveiled a new solar shingle that can be nailed to a roof like its asphalt predecessor — but which generates electricity. Test marketing is to begin in 2010.Dow designed the shingles, which will initially be manufactured at the company’s Midland, Mich., facility. Global Solar of Tucson, Ariz., is supplying the thin-film solar cells.
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A Santa Monica, Calif., company called SolarReserve has taken a step toward making that a reality, filing an application with California regulators to build a 150-megawatt solar farm that will store seven hours’ worth of the sun’s energy in the form of molten salt.
 The Rice Solar Energy Project, to be built in the Sonoran Desert east of Palm Springs, will “generate steady and uninterrupted power during hours of peak electricity demand,” according to SolarReserve’s license application.
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Lou Dobbs … leaves CNN


Lou Dobbs to Depart CNN
By BRIAN STELTER AND BILL CARTER
for the complete article go to: mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com

Lou Dobbs at the anchor desk at CNN’s New York studio in 2006. Robert Caplin for The New York Times Lou Dobbs at the anchor desk at CNN’s New York studio in 2006.

Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views made him a TV lightning rod, plans to announce Wednesday that he is leaving the network, two network employees said.

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Democratic Senators…will you vote against the People? UPDATE:in NOV. there were over 90,000 now 125,00 Please sign the Petition and make it 150,000


http://bit.ly/4prRHb <—————–  to sign Petition

“Any Democratic senators — including Joe Lieberman — who support a Republican attempt to block a vote on health care reform should be stripped of their leadership titles. Americans deserve a clean up-or-down vote on health care reform that includes a public option.”

Over 90,000 signatures and growing… Update…@ 125,000 now, sign the Petition and make it 150,000

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HR 3548 … President Obama signs Bill


Obama Signs Homebuyer, Jobless Bill Assistance

The Senate approved it unanimously on Wednesday, The House vote 403-12

Posted on 11/6/2009

President Barack Obama signs a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment benefits to the longtime jobless who have been left behind as the economy veers toward recovery.