In the News
April 21, 2016
By: Fatima Hussein, Cincinnati Enquirer
April 21, 2016
A West Chester widow stood in front of a sea of gray-haired retirees, mostly men, some with walkers and others wheeling oxygen tanks, who traveled across the country to demand what was promised to them.
Prepared to rally against what could be the biggest cut to the largest multi-employer pension fund in U.S. history, retired Teamsters exited bus after bus that pulled up to Capitol Hill's Western Lawn on a warm Thursday morning.
April 20, 2016
By: Christa Marshall, Tiffany Stecker and George Cahlink, E&E Publishing
April 20, 2016
The House Appropriations Committee approved an energy and water spending bill yesterday by voice vote after a meeting that erupted into a tense debate about the Flint, Mich., water crisis.
The $37.4 billion energy and water measure would slash efficiency and renewable research programs below the White House request, increase fossil fuel spending and provide a funding boost for the controversial
April 20, 2016
By: Horsetalk
April 20, 2016
A key provision which keeps the horse slaughter industry from operating in the United States has been supported by the powerful House Appropriations Committee.
The committee this week voted to adopt an amendment to the agriculture appropriations bill that would bar spending by the US Department of Agriculture to inspect horse slaughterhouses.
Such inspections are legally required in the US for horse abattoirs to process
April 20, 2016
By: Mark Drajem, Bloomberg
April 20, 2016
Inside the Beltway
House Appropriations Advances $37.4b Energy-Water Spending Bill The House Appropriations Committee approved its $37.4 billion energy and water spending bill, while foreshadowing the fights to come on emergency funding and pumping water in California’s Central Valley. None of the Democratic amendments offered were adopted. One, brought up by Rep. Marcy Kaptur, would strike policy riders related to the Clean Water Act.
April 19, 2016
By: Humane Society
April 19, 2016
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted to adopt an amendment to prevent the slaughter of horses for human consumption on U.S. soil. The amendment to the agriculture appropriations bill that bars spending by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to inspect horse slaughterhouses was offered by Reps. Sam Farr, D – Calif., and Charlie Dent, R – Pa., and passed by a vote of 25-23.
April 18, 2016
By: Catherine Boudreau, Politico
April 18, 2016
GIPSA: THE STORY CONTINUES: It wouldn't be appropriations season without the prospect of controversial provisions, known as "riders," being attached to spending legislation. Sources tell Pro Ag they are looking for Rep.
April 14, 2016
By: PR Newswire
April 14, 2016
Thousands of Teamster retirees from across the country joined together at a rally at the U.S. Capitol today to protest the proposed cuts to their pensions by the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund (CSPF).
April 14, 2016
By: David M.
April 14, 2016
By: Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer
April 14, 2016
Thousands of retired truckers hit Capitol Hill on Thursday to ask Congress to rescind a law that might reduce their pensions by as much as 70 percent.
The participants in a troubled 400,000-member multi-employer pension fund called Teamsters' Central States Fund were there to protest a 2014 provision they say will impose financial hardships on retirees, such as bankruptcies, lost houses and the inability to buy medicines.
April 14, 2016
By: David Patch, Toledo Blade
April 14, 2016
The Ohio Air National Guard base at Toledo Express Airport is one of 18 facilities nationwide that the Air Force will consider for either of two planned F-35A Joint Strike Fighter jet bases within the National Guard system, military officials announced.
“That the 180th is among a select group of Air National Guard units from across the nation being considered to support this critical future mission and operate the next generation of fighter