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发帖数: 19713 | 1 Mexican Legal Group Urges President to Sign ENDA Stopgap
By Michelle Garcia
THOMAS SAENZ MALDEF X390 (.GOV) | ADVOCATE.COM
Thomas Saenz
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund became the first non
-LGBT organization to join a movement urging President Obama to sign an
executive order that would require federal contractors to have LGBT-
inclusive nondiscrimination policies.
The Chicago Phoenix reports that MALDEF president Thomas Saenz called on
President Obama to embrace the "We ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 608 | 2 The US House of Representatives passess 228-201 a stopgap funding plan with
health care delay1 Oct @ 00:47:09 AM GMT
Sounds a Shutdown is coming... |
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发帖数: 2273 | 3 It's only fitting that House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) would close
the year with one more act of brinksmanship. Boehner announced Sunday that
he opposed the bipartisan deal in the Senate on a stopgap extension of soon-
to-expire payroll tax cuts, unemployment benefits and Medicare payment rates
for physicians — a deal that he reportedly urged his caucus to accept,
only to have other members of his leadership team oppose it. The Senate
proposal was far from perfect, but it gave the House G... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1830 | 4 https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/22/government-shutdown-deal-liberals-
angry-357268
Liberals livid after deal to end shutdown
Activist groups were angry at how the negotiations turned out, with some
calling it '#SchumerSellout.'
By ELANA SCHOR 01/22/2018 02:09 PM EST Updated 01/22/2018 04:21 PM EST
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Liberal activists are furious with Democratic senators after most of them
agreed to reopen the federal government without a firm path to shielding
young immigr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 622 | 5 律师所刚刚通报的：
United States
Federal Budget Debate Could Lead to Government Shutdown and Suspension or
Delay of Immigration Services
September 27, 2016
Executive Summary
If Congress does not pass a budget agreement or a stopgap measure by
September 30, Department of Labor immigration operations would be suspended
and USCIS petition processing could be delayed. Congress continues to debate
whether to reauthorize E-Verify, the EB-5 Regional Center program and other
programs, which could expire unless r... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 901 | 6 WASHINGTON – With the clock ticking to a partial government shutdown at
midnight, the top Democrat in the Senate said Friday that the White House
and Republicans have agreed on a spending cut of $38 billion but a that
fight over federal dollars for Planned Parenthood is blocking a deal.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters he was cautiously
optimistic after late night talks at the White House, but the budget dispute
also has become a moving target. Reid said that in addition to agree... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4825 | 7 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/23/world/asia/23tombs.html?_r=1&
China Curbs Fancy Tombs That Irk Poor
Sim Chi Yin for The New York Times
A large and ostentatious tomb in the Chinese city of Chengdu includes three
split levels and two flights of stairs. More Photos »
By SHARON LaFRANIERE
Published: April 22, 2011
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发帖数: 20343 | 8 美国的电影rating system， 尽管没有政府卷入，但就跟黑帮自己定规矩一样。 所有
黑帮成员必须遵守。 如果黑帮自己不定规矩，政府就会卷入。
History
[edit]Replacement of Hays Code
Jack Valenti, who had become president of the MPAA in May 1966, deemed the
Hays Code – in place since 1930 and rigorously enforced since July 1, 1934
– as hopelessly out of date and no longer appropriate for the current film
and cultural environment. He felt compelled to take this position by the
release of major studio films such as The Pawnbroker (1965), Blow-Up (1966),
and Who's A... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 9 Obstacle to Senate vote: Ted Cruz
By: Manu Raju and Burgess Everett
September 26, 2013 04:08 PM EDT
A growing number of Republicans and Democrats want the Senate to finish a
stopgap spending bill Thursday to lessen the chances of a government
shutdown next week.
But there’s a big hurdle in the way: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
Several sources in both parties say Cruz refuses to allow the Senate to vote
Thursday, a decision frustrating lawmakers who worry that delaying a vote
will make it impossible ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9616 | 10 Layoffs Continue as NASA Slows Constellation Spending
http://www.spacenews.com/article/layoffs-continue-nasa-slows-co
Layoffs Continue as NASA Slows Constellation Spending
By Amy Klamper | Oct. 7, 2010
NASA expects to complete work on the A-3 engine test stand at Stennis Space
Center in Mississippi, but the agency is not planning to spend Constellation
funds to do it. Credit: NASA/Stennis Space Center photo
WASHINGTON — NASA has advised contractors to anticipate reduced spending on
the Moon-boun... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 11 Congressional budget conferees on Monday failed to meet a deadline set by
appropriators for a top-line budget number.
The blown deadline raises the odds that Congress will need at least a
stopgap spending bill to keep the government running after Jan. 15.
Appropriators had called on the House-Senate conference to get a deal by Dec
. 2 to ensure they had time to complete detailed spending bills, but the
informal deadline was never endorsed by the leaders of the conference.
Sources say a small bud... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6568 | 12 用胶带来修泄露的核废料罐，来节约经费。
我开始好奇为什么日车便宜了。连人命关天的核电站都能这么省钱，还有什么是不能省
的？
‘Duct tape, wire nets’ were used to mend Fukushima water tanks - worker
http://rt.com/news/fukushima-radiation-water-leak-186/
As TEPCO began preparations for the cleaning of the drainage system with
tons of leaked radioactive water at the Fukushima power plant,a former
employee reveals the reason for so many leaks was cost cutting measures such
as using duct tape,Asahi reported.
Yoshitatsu Uechi, auto mechanic and tour-bus driver, wo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11530 | 13 Trump expected to end "Dreamers" program
1693 Comment Share Tweet Stumble Email
Last Updated Sep 1, 2017 3:59 PM EDT
President Trump is expected to announce Tuesday that he has decided to end
the 2012 program implemented by President Obama that has deferred
deportations for people who came to the U.S. undocumented as children, CBS
News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett reports.
Earlier Friday, during the signing of a proclamation for a day of prayer for
victims of Hurricane H... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1709 | 14 Rush Limbaugh before top of the hour break: "The president got word to me
20 minutes ago that if it comes back to him without money, if whatever
happens in the House and Senate comes back to him with no allocation of $5
billion for the wall than he's going to veto it."
https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/1075830515222093826?ref_src=twsrc
%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1075830515222093826&ref_url=https%3A
%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fnews%2F2018-12-20%2Ftrump-throws-stopgap-bill-
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发帖数: 19713 | 15 Bill Could Add More Benefits for Same-Sex Military Partners
A new bill with 40 co-sponsors in the House could add some more benefits to
military LGBT partners and families.
BY MICHELLE GARCIA FEBRUARY 14 2013 6:58 PM ET
Congress has introduced a bill to further extend the rights for same-sex
partners of people in the military and their families.
The Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act, re-introduced with about 40 co-
sponsors as of Thursday, would allow the Department of Defense and
Department ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 16 The End of the Euro?
by Bruce Thornton (Research Fellow and W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-
Campbell National Fellow, 2009–10, 2010–11)
Good riddance to a bad idea.
The champions of the European Union once touted it as a “bold new
experiment in living” and “the best hope in an insecure age.” But these
days “fear is coursing through the corridors of Brussels,” as the B.B.C.
reported in September. Such fear is justified, for the nations of Europe are
struggling with fiscal problems that challe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 17 看两党提出的budget,一个提出要深入改革medicare和medicaid,10年后彻底解决政府
deficit的问题. 一个就是靠加税过日子,什么时候能解决政府deficit的问题? 不知道
． 明显的就是kick the can down the street.
明显的共和党比民主党目光要远大的多.民主党就是得过且过,到最后就是象希腊那样想
过也过不了.
Opening Budget Bids Set Parties' Battle Lines
By JANET HOOK And KRISTINA PETERSON
Congress opens a new chapter in the budget debate this week with the
introduction of dueling blueprints from two lawmakers who illustrate their
parties' vastly different approaches to the role of government.
Sen. Patty Murray (D., Wash... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 18 谁信ted cruz,谁傻比！
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he will not allow another
government shutdown as part of a strategy to repeal ObamaCare.
McConnell (Ky.) told The Hill in an interview Thursday afternoon that his
party learned a painful political lesson over the past 16 days as its
approval rating dropped while the government was shuttered.
He said there’s no reason to go through the political ringer again in
January, when the stopgap Congress passed late Wednesday expires.
“One of m... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 19 谁信ted cruz,谁傻比！
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he will not allow another
government shutdown as part of a strategy to repeal ObamaCare.
McConnell (Ky.) told The Hill in an interview Thursday afternoon that his
party learned a painful political lesson over the past 16 days as its
approval rating dropped while the government was shuttered.
He said there’s no reason to go through the political ringer again in
January, when the stopgap Congress passed late Wednesday expires.
“One of m... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 20 An unnamed senator inadvertently broke a glass elephant belonging to Sen.
Susan Collins (R-Maine) in the midst of using a "talking stick" during
bipartisan shutdown talks in her office, CNN reported on Monday.
Another senator present at the meeting told CNN that Collins presented the
stick to the group to prevent interruptions during negotiations. Only the
lawmaker holding the stick would be allowed to talk.
The senator told CNN that another lawmaker who was speaking with the stick
was interrupt... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3038 | 21 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: magicfinger2 (Royale with cheese), 信区: Military
标 题: 看看敬业认真的日本人是怎样封闭核污染水的吧
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Jan 6 12:09:02 2014, 美东)
用胶带来修泄露的核废料罐，来节约经费。
我开始好奇为什么日车便宜了。连人命关天的核电站都能这么省钱，还有什么是不能省
的？
‘Duct tape, wire nets’ were used to mend Fukushima water tanks - worker
http://rt.com/news/fukushima-radiation-water-leak-186/
As TEPCO began preparations for the cleaning of the drainage system with
tons of leaked radioactive water at the Fukushima power plant,a former
employee reveal... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 22 50万也就是杯水车薪。美国国会太搞了。
NSF is spending 500,000 dollars per year on refreshments at meetings, even
though attendees are already compensated for food and other expenses,
Inspector General Allison Lerner said.
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars have been
wasted on everything from doughnuts to rockets, auditors told Congress
Thursday as budget-minded lawmakers prepared to slash science funding.
For example, hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent each month on a
NASA... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 24 non defense一共要加63 billions.给nih 2 billions应该没问题。
Trump又可以开始他新一轮的行为艺术了，FY2019 budget.
Under the proposed deal, the Senate would approve as early as Wednesday a
stopgap measure to keep the government open for six weeks. The legislation
would also include budgetary ceilings for defense and nondefense spending
that reflect the Schumer-McConnell agreement.
Defense spending would be raised more than nondefense spending, breaking the
dollar-for-dollar link that Democrats have insisted upon. Lawmakers s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 841 | 25 又是一个stopgap，不会拖到9月份吧。13年那次关门，把grant review程序搞得一团糟
。最近很多panel要开会，希望别再出问题。
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发帖数: 1972 | 26 The euro crisis is a direct consequence of the crash of 2008. When Lehman
Brothers failed, the entire financial system started to collapse and had to
be put on artificial life support. This took the form of substituting the
sovereign credit of governments for the bank and other credit that had
collapsed. At a memorable meeting of European finance ministers in November
2008, they guaranteed that no other financial institutions that are
important to the workings of the financial system would be al... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1710 | 27 shut down coming
debt ceiling next |
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发帖数: 12114 | 28 time for O8 to backoff.
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发帖数: 9084 | 30 摆地铺总会很爽，直到发现哪次地铺下面还有18层地下室... |
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发帖数: 608 | 33 ReutersPolitics: U.S. Senate kills House amendments delaying Obamacare,
sends debate back to the House
你 m 还有几个回合?
议员们通宵达旦废寝忘食啊 |
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发帖数: 9649 | 34 估计能折腾到最后一分钟。搞政治的就是爱折腾。
还有大家都是睡过午觉才开始的。 LOL
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联邦政府倒底会不会缺钱运作而关门，将在30日午夜分晓。接招的参院却不慌不忙要到
30日下午2时才开会投票重新审议众院附加「延后欧记健保一年及取消医疗器材税」条
款的临时政府开支法案，届时距政府关门危机只剩最后关键10小时，如果共和党掌握的
众院继续不认输就范，联邦政府即将关门。 |
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发帖数: 4984 | 39 MD， 每个议员打一支甲基安非他明，那玩样比咖啡强100倍。 |
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发帖数: 5600 | 40 Obama won't back off. Let the government be shut down and see how long GOP
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发帖数: 1842 | 41 Boehner says US on a 'path' to default because Obama won't negotiate
By Vicki Needham - 10/06/13 11:55 AM ET
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Sunday that the United States is hurtling
toward a default because of the White House's refusal to negotiate on a deb
t ceiling increase.
Boehner said "that's the path we're on" as long as President Obama refuses t
o sit down with congressional leaders and have a conversation about how to r
eopen the government and avoid a potentially catastrophic defaul... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1842 | 42 Boehner rejects Obama's offer for short-term debt, shutdown deal
By Russell Berman, Erik Wasson and Justin Sink - 10/08/13 07:03 PM ET
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday rejected President Obama’s offer t
o negotiate a long-term fiscal deal in exchange for temporary measures to en
d the government shutdown and lift the debt ceiling.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Obama said that if House Republica
ns re-opened the government and lifted the nation’s borrowing authority –
even for... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2431 | 43 from wsj today:
Stopgap Fix
Ends Impasse
On Budget
A budget deadlock that had raised the risk of a federal government shutdown
was broken Monday, as the Senate approved a short-term funding measure and t
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发帖数: 240 | 44 钻风发疯了，连New York Times的链接也删。
点评：
Now, both parties wrote this legislation, and year and a half ago, Democrats
passed the Dream Act in the House, but Republicans walked away from it. It
got 55 votes in the Senate, but Republicans blocked it.
(1)脏水向，共和党的头上泼去！
Now, let’s be clear. This is not amnesty. This is not immunity. This is not
a path to citizenship. It’s not a permanent fix. This is a temporary,
stopgap measure that lets us focus our resources wisely while giving a
degree of relief and hope ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1111 | 45 By HOWARD BECK
The next inevitable phase of the Jeremy Lin story is under way, in which
reasonable doubts and manufactured controversy replace the initial burst of
elation. This is where the mythology fades and the fundamental work for the
Knicks begins.
This is the point when Lin must make the most critical adjustment: from
instant celebrity to enduring basketball star.
Since the Lin-fueled seven-game winning streak that saved the season, the
Knicks have lost four of seven games, while Lin has ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5876 | 46 另外, 台湾版至少有2个sub-versions. 早期的uni-directional graphite和后期的
braided version.
wilson官方解释"the uni-directional graphite ProStaffs were a stopgap measure
. Within 4 months of the St. Vincent factory closing, we went through 12 -
15 iterations of braided construction. Shortly thereafter, we were up and
running with braided construction ProStaffs from Taiwan. We feel we have the
closest layup to the old St. Vincent frames and most players who've played
with both agree. There will always be a few, like P... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 47 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: brihand (brihand), 信区: USANews
标 题: 加强纪律性:只有拿了玻璃大象，才能发言
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Jan 22 17:07:25 2018, 美东)
An unnamed senator inadvertently broke a glass elephant belonging to Sen.
Susan Collins (R-Maine) in the midst of using a "talking stick" during
bipartisan shutdown talks in her office, CNN reported on Monday.
Another senator present at the meeting told CNN that Collins presented the
stick to the group to prevent interruptions during negotiations. Only the
lawmaker ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19049 | 48 AN ORISON OF SONMI~451
On behalf of my ministry, thank you for agreeing to this final interview.
Please remember, this
isn’t an interrogation, or a trial. Your version of the truth is the only
one that matters.
TRUTH IS SINGULAR. ITS “VERSIONS” ARE MISTRUTHS.
… Good. Ordinarily, I begin by asking prisoners to recall their earliest
memories to provide a
context for corpocratic historians of the future. Fabricants have no
earliest memories,
Archivist. One twenty-four-hour cycle in Papa Song’s is i... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 32405 | 49 Cruyff’s cardiac problems forced him to give up cigarettes but, sucking furiously on lollipops, he oversaw the emergence of a team that encapsulated his vision. Bar?a won the league in 1990–91 and went on to win it in each of the next three seasons as well. Even more importantly, in 1992 the Dream Team, as it became known, became the first Barcelona side to win the European Cup. Stoichkov happily played wide in that line-up, usually on the left but occasionally on the right; Laudrup by then was ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 635 | 50 node看过一点，没有感觉，不好判断。node能火几年要看javascript是否能够保持主流
？这个又取决于Google对javascript的态度，前景也不是很明朗。
javascript是个烂语言，其实大家已经埋怨很久了，coffeescript是个stopgap，还不
如一步到位上Clojure/
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