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Erika Bolstad
Senate Republicans celebrate drilling in ANWR
Senate Republicans, continuing a national GOP push to hammer Democrats on gasoline prices, unveiled a domestic oil exploration plan Thursday that includes a call for opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. | 05/01/08 21:07:30 By - Erika Bolstad
Ida. reps want potatoes back in WIC
Idaho's congressional delegation is fighting a U.S. Department of Agriculture decision that prohibits poor women from buying potatoes with the money they get each month to buy nutritious food. | 04/30/08 16:33:00 By - Erika Bolstad
Young defends secret highway earmark
Rep. Don Young for the first time offered a public explanation Wednesday for a secret transportation earmark that so angered fellow lawmakers that they called on the Justice Department to investigate it. | 04/30/08 16:34:15 By - Erika Bolstad
How Alaska congressman got involved in Florida road dispute
WASHINGTON — Last week, the U.S. Senate voted to ask the Justice Department to look into what happened in 2005 when Alaska's sole congressman earmarked $10 million in unasked-for money to study a highway interchange in southwest Florida. | 04/21/08 04:31:28 By - Erika Bolstad
Senate wants to know why Alaska rep pushed Fla. earmark
The Senate on Thursday took the rare move of asking the Justice Department to investigate an Alaska congressman's earmark for a Florida highway project, a matter that threatens to become the "bridge to nowhere" of 2008 and could endanger the veteran Rep. Don Young's political future. | 04/17/08 18:35:00 By - Erika Bolstad
Senate seeks investigation into Florida earmark
If federal investigators haven't already gotten the message, the Senate made it clear Wednesday: It wants an inquiry into Rep. Don Young's 2005 earmark for the now-infamous Coconut Road interchange in southwest Florida. | 04/16/08 13:28:00 By - Erika Bolstad
Idaho lt. governor leads in money race to replace Craig
WASHINGTON — Lt. Gov. Jim Risch has raised nearly $1 million so far in his bid to replace Larry Craig in the U.S. Senate, a fundraising firestorm that could spark the most expensive election season in Idaho history. | 04/15/08 19:41:22 By - Erika Bolstad
GOP senators unveil earmark overhaul proposal
Republican senators unveiled an earmark revision plan Thursday as part of an effort to counter their reputations as pork-happy spenders who ran up a deficit while in power and lost the public's trust in their fiscal oversight. | 04/03/08 18:35:00 By - Erika Bolstad
Bill would require VA to offer sexual assault counseling
A bipartisan group of seven U.S. senators proposed legislation Wednesday that would improve health care for female soldiers returning from duty in Iraq and require the Veteran Administration's mental health staff to be trained to counsel victims of sexual assault. | 04/02/08 18:40:00 By - Erika Bolstad
Interior secretary skips hearing to explain polar bear delay
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne was a no-show Wednesday in front of a Senate committee seeking an explanation for why his agency has been slow to decide whether to list polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. | 04/02/08 16:35:00 By - Erika Bolstad
Oil execs: We're not to blame for high gasoline prices
The nation's top oil executives on Tuesday refused to take the blame for skyrocketing oil prices and instead urged Congress to open up previously off-limits areas such as Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for exploration. | 04/01/08 20:55:21 By - Erika Bolstad
Senate panel seeks explanation for delay on polar bear listing
A Senate committee will ask Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to explain why, nearly three months after his deadline, he still hasn't announced whether polar bears will be listed as a threatened species. | 03/20/08 18:05:00 By - Erika Bolstad
Alaska senators make another push for oil drilling in ANWR
Their proposal would allow drilling if the price of oil hits $125 a barrel. But environmentalists, who've long fought oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, have few fears that the bill will pass. | 03/13/08 19:57:29 By - Erika Bolstad
With Craig on way out, Idaho's other senator takes the lead
Since his 1998 election, Sen. Mike Crapo has always been No. 2 to Sen. Larry Craig. Now with Craig on his way out, Crapo has moved into a more senior role. | 03/03/08 14:29:14 By - Erika Bolstad
Alaska delegation promises to publicize every earmark
Alaska's delegation of two senators and a representative joins perhaps 100 other members of Congress in agreeing to detail every earmark they request. | 03/02/08 18:55:40 By - Erika Bolstad
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