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Northern Wis. paper mill gets biorefinery grant
A northern Wisconsin paper mill has won a $30 million federal grant to help construct and operate a biorefinery to make ethanol and biodiesel from wood products.
House Democrats suspend spending bills
Sidestepping battles with Republicans over offshore oil drilling and pork barrel projects, Democrats controlling the House have called a halt to efforts to pass the 12 annual bills that fund Cabinet agency budgets.
Politicians still ignoring the entitlement tsunami
W hen is Congress going to get serious? After an acrimonious exchange in the House Appropriations Committee last week, an amendment to set up a bipartisan Securing America’s Future Economy Commission to deal with runaway entitlement spending was defeated by just one vote. |
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