http://www.mail.com/people/107730-thomas-udall.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/107730-thomas-udall.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101150-senate-panel-approves-weapons-syrian-rebels.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the first time lawmakers have endorsed the aggressive U.S. military step of arming the opposition in the 2-year-old civil war. With a degree of trepidation, the Foreign Relations Committee voted 15-3 for a bill that would pr... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:24:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101150-senate-panel-approves-weapons-syrian-rebels.html 2013-05-21T21:24:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087620-senate-votes-to-extend-federal-water-projects-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday put aside its partisan differences to extend the federal government's main water resources law, which promotes investment in port improvements, flood protection, dam and levee projects and environmental restoration. The smooth passage of the Water Resources Development Act on a 83-14 vote was in sharp contrast to ... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:23:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087620-senate-votes-to-extend-federal-water-projects-law.html 2013-05-15T16:23:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1937570-feds-to-ship-wash-radioactive-waste-to-nm.html RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Removing radioactive waste from underground tanks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site has proven to be technologically vexing for years, and recent word that six tanks are leaking has only added pressure to the efforts to empty them. A proposal to ship some of that waste to New Mexico to ultimately stem the leaks earned a... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:31:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1937570-feds-to-ship-wash-radioactive-waste-to-nm.html 2013-03-07T18:31:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847482-health-answers-sought-burned-off-war-garbage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — J.D. Williams didn't think much about the smoke cloud that often shrouded his air base in Iraq. Not when it covered everything he owned with black soot or when his wheezing and coughing made it difficult to sleep at night. "We just went about our business because there was a war going on," said Williams, a retired chief warrant officer w... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847482-health-answers-sought-burned-off-war-garbage.html 2013-01-26T13:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844102-senate-oks-modest-restrictions-filibusters.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The tradition-laden Senate voted Thursday to modestly curb filibusters, using a bipartisan consensus rare in today's hyper-partisan climate to make it a bit harder but not impossible for outnumbered senators to sink bills and nominations. The rules changes would reduce yet not eliminate the number of times opponents — usually minority-pa... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844102-senate-oks-modest-restrictions-filibusters.html 2013-01-25T03:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1790314-bipartisan-senators-propose-curbing-filibusters.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators proposed Friday to clamp modest limits on filibusters, hoping to head off a bitter partisan fight over the issue when the new Congress convenes next week and approves its rules. Led by Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and John McCain, R-Ariz., the group proposed limiting the use of filibusters, the procedural del... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1790314-bipartisan-senators-propose-curbing-filibusters.html 2012-12-28T21:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1761450-lawmakers-seek-to-rekindle-mining-reform-efforts.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — While the U.S. government reaps billions of dollars in royalties each year from fossil fuels extracted from federal lands and waters, it does not collect any such royalties from gold, uranium or other metals mined from the same places, congressional auditors reported Wednesday. The federal government doesn't even know how much these s... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1761450-lawmakers-seek-to-rekindle-mining-reform-efforts.html 2012-12-12T16:27:00Z