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Congressional Study Finds Inconsistency in Nuclear Safety Enforcement
Oct 17 2013 // The number of safety violations at U.S. nuclear power plants varies dramatically from region to region, pointing to inconsistent enforcement in an industry now operating mostly beyond its original 40-year licenses,...
Mass. Congressional Delegation Seeks Delay of Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
Sep 27 2013 // Massachusetts’ congressional delegation is urging fellow lawmakers in Washington to delay implementation of the Biggert-Waters National Flood Insurance Reform Act provisions. The Massachusetts lawmakers said this...
West Virginia Senator Manchin Bucks Democrats, Backs Health Mandate Delay
Sep 27 2013 // U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia broke ranks with fellow Democrats and said he’d support a stopgap spending plan that delays the individual mandate in President Barack Obama’s health-care...
Georgia’s Kingston Brought His CPCU to House, Now Eyes Senate
Sep 23 2013 // Jack Kingston is U.S. Representative for the First Congressional District of Georgia, which encompasses 17 counties in Southeast Georgia including the entirety of the state’s coastline. He has represented the...
Obama Administration Offers Healthcare Law Security Measures
Sep 19 2013 // The Obama administration will announce measures to reassure Americans about the privacy and security of the information they submit when they sign up for insurance under President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare...
Ex-Republican Crist Expected to Run For Governor in Florida as Democrat
Sep 17 2013 // Charlie Crist hopes that the hug that hurt him becomes the hug that now heals him. Democratic President Barack Obama embraced Crist, then Florida’s Republican governor, at a 2009 rally. Republican Marco Rubio used...
Obama Administration Bashes Florida for Blocking Health Insurance Navigators
Sep 13 2013 // Florida was strongly criticized by the federal government on Thursday for barring outreach workers, known as “navigators,” from county health departments when they start enrolling people next month for...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Shealy is Sole Woman in South Carolina Senate
Sep 11 2013 // Katrina Frye Shealy was the only woman in her insurance agency for years. It turns out that that was useful experience for her political career. Today Shealy is the sole woman in the South Carolina Senate. Sen. Katrina...
California Senate Oks Limits On Workers’ Comp For Pro Athletes
Sep 9 2013 // The state Senate has approved a bill to prevent professional athletes who spent most of their careers with teams in other states from filing workers’ compensation claims in California. AB1309, by Democratic...
Obamacare Supporters Decry Republicans’ Moves on Health Navigators
Sep 3 2013 // Supporters of the U.S. health-care overhaul are criticizing a House panel’s scrutiny of nonprofit groups set to help enroll people in new insurance plans, saying it’s part of a Republican effort to impede the...
Republicans Question Privacy Protections with Health Insurance Navigators
Aug 21 2013 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott has joined other Republicans lawmakers around the country in questioning privacy issues surrounding the navigators hired to walk people through their health insurance options under the Affordable...
Republican Sen. McConnell Calls for Delay in Obamacare Insurance Exchanges
Aug 13 2013 // Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday called on the Obama administration to delay the Oct. 1 opening of exchanges where uninsured Americans will be able to buy health insurance until the U.S. government can...
Senate Bill on Chemical Safety Runs Into Roadbloack
Aug 1 2013 // A bipartisan measure on federal toxic chemical standards would undercut state efforts, the head of a Senate committee said in comments that may imperil a compromise to overhaul U.S. consumer-safety regulations. Senator...
Senate Bill Gives Federal Reserve Flexibility on Systemically Important Insurers
Jul 26 2013 // A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is introducing legislation that would give the Federal Reserve more flexibility in regulating systemically important insurance companies such as American International Group Inc. The...
Flood Insurance an Issue in Louisiana’s U.S. Senate Race
Jul 24 2013 // U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and her Senate race challenger, U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, are jockeying for credit and prominence on a high-profile problem for many Louisiana residents: the skyrocketing cost of flood insurance...
Oklahoma Senate Chief Endorses Lawsuit Reform Special Session
Jul 22 2013 // Senate President Pro Tem Brian Bingman said he supports the idea of a special session to resurrect a lawsuit reform bill struck down by the Oklahoma Supreme Court, and Gov. Mary Fallin said she’s discussing the idea...
Insurers, Republicans Part Ways Over Global Warming
Jul 19 2013 // The U.S. insurance industry told Senators that a surge in weather-related catastrophes has forced billions of dollars in payouts, offering an assessment at odds with Republicans who have expressed doubt about global...
Obama Administration Under Fire for Delay on Chemical Plant Safety
Jul 16 2013 // The Obama administration’s lack of action to impose recommended changes to make refineries, chemical factories and sugar plants safer is set to get a public rebuke from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board. The independent...
House Passes Republican Farm Bill Without Food Stamps
Jul 11 2013 // House Republicans passed a five-year U.S. farm-policy bill that retains subsidies to farmers and strips out food-stamp spending, costing it Democratic support. The plan was approved today 216-208, with no Democrats in...
Bipartisan Senate Megabank Bill Would Split Banking from Insurance, Other Risks
Jul 11 2013 // A small bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced legislation that would break up Wall Street’s megabanks by separating traditional banking activity from riskier financial services. The bill, called...
