Print Kerry Picket Follow Read Full Bio Gi-Normous Goldfish On The Loose In Lake Tahoe 22 Feb 2013 Boehner Idle as GOP Calls for Select Committees on Benghazi House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has not yet acted on calls from within his own party to form select committees to uncover more information on the attack which killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya in 2012. 21 Feb 2013 Benghazi Survivors Remain Gagged by Federal Law Many continue to ask why the media and lawmakers have not spoken to or brought forth those who survived the deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi last September. The truth of the matter is the Americans who survived that attack cannot legally reveal to members of the press or most lawmakers that they were even witnesses to the attack in Benghazi. 20 Feb 2013 Government Study Slams FDA Ban on BPA in Food Containers An Environmental Protection Agency-supported study reveals last summer's Food and Drug Administration ban on sippy cups, baby bottles, and canned foods infused with the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) appears to have been an overreaction. 19 Feb 2013 Feds Exempt from Unpaid Intern Lawsuits Spurred by DOL Regulations In 2010, the Department of Labor (DOL) put forth new regulations to specify how a private sector business could determine if it was mandated to pay an intern a salary. Under the Fair Labor Standards Acts (FLSA), the term “employ” is broadly defined and includes such phrases as “suffer or permit to work.” 19 Feb 2013 EEOC Threatens Lawsuits for Hiring 'Discrimination' over Criminal Records President Barack Obama's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced last April that the "Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions" would be updated so an employer's use of an "individual’s criminal history in making employment decisions may, in some instances, violate the prohibition against employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." 18 Feb 2013 Sessions: Jack Lew 'Complicit' in Violation of Medicare Law The office of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), ranking member of the senate budget committee, sent out a statement claiming that Jack Lew, former White House Chief of Staff and current Treasury Secretary nominee, is "complicit in" violating the law that is "aimed at saving medicare." 16 Feb 2013 Gun Companies Refuse Sales to State Governments with Strict Gun Laws Six U.S. gun companies have announced plans to stop selling any of their products to any government agency in states that severely limit the rights of private gun ownership. 15 Feb 2013 Hagel Nomination Blocked 14 Feb 2013 Obama Calls For More Gun Control Measures--Makes No Mention Of L.A. Shooter 12 Feb 2013 Previous 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next
Boehner Idle as GOP Calls for Select Committees on Benghazi House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has not yet acted on calls from within his own party to form select committees to uncover more information on the attack which killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya in 2012. 21 Feb 2013
Benghazi Survivors Remain Gagged by Federal Law Many continue to ask why the media and lawmakers have not spoken to or brought forth those who survived the deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi last September. The truth of the matter is the Americans who survived that attack cannot legally reveal to members of the press or most lawmakers that they were even witnesses to the attack in Benghazi. 20 Feb 2013
Government Study Slams FDA Ban on BPA in Food Containers An Environmental Protection Agency-supported study reveals last summer's Food and Drug Administration ban on sippy cups, baby bottles, and canned foods infused with the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) appears to have been an overreaction. 19 Feb 2013
Feds Exempt from Unpaid Intern Lawsuits Spurred by DOL Regulations In 2010, the Department of Labor (DOL) put forth new regulations to specify how a private sector business could determine if it was mandated to pay an intern a salary. Under the Fair Labor Standards Acts (FLSA), the term “employ” is broadly defined and includes such phrases as “suffer or permit to work.” 19 Feb 2013
EEOC Threatens Lawsuits for Hiring 'Discrimination' over Criminal Records President Barack Obama's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced last April that the "Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions" would be updated so an employer's use of an "individual’s criminal history in making employment decisions may, in some instances, violate the prohibition against employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." 18 Feb 2013
Sessions: Jack Lew 'Complicit' in Violation of Medicare Law The office of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), ranking member of the senate budget committee, sent out a statement claiming that Jack Lew, former White House Chief of Staff and current Treasury Secretary nominee, is "complicit in" violating the law that is "aimed at saving medicare." 16 Feb 2013
Gun Companies Refuse Sales to State Governments with Strict Gun Laws Six U.S. gun companies have announced plans to stop selling any of their products to any government agency in states that severely limit the rights of private gun ownership. 15 Feb 2013
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