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Is Bush going to sign the 700-mile border fence bill (the Secure Fence Act), passed with great fanfare by Congress a little over a week ago? According to an AP story from Friday: President Bush has not yet signed the Secure Fence Act That signing ceremony he held last Wednesday in Arizona, it turns out, was only for a Homeland Security appropriations bill that included "$1.2 billion for border fencing." It wasn't the Secure Fence Act. We're approaching pocket veto territory here, aren't we? Under the Constitution Bush has 10 days to sign the bill into law--a deadline that would seem to be rapidly approaching.** ... [Thanks to reader M.M.] P.S.: If I were paranoid, I would notice that even though WaPo and other MSM outlets have reported that Bush "has indicated that he will sign" the bill, he hasn't really.
The lies
He hit out at Labour for repeatedly dragging CPS into the mess, while making it clear that Alexander had sent him a letter to his Jersey address thanking him for the money. In the light of such revelations, McCabe's insistence that Alexander, or anyone else, was only aware last week that the Green cash had come from him personally is open to question. A document created on Brian Ashcroft's computer suggests otherwise. (Incidentally, the same list reveals a separate donation from a "PG other" for £995. The "banking section" column, however, states: "NO/REMOVE.") This is not the only "donor switching" row evident on the secret Labour list. According to the Ashcroft document, one of the names in the "donor" section is Moir Lockhead, the chief executive of transport giant First Group, who was said to have contributed £995.
Feds open criminal investigation of Port of Seattle
The U.S. Attorney for Western Washington is conducting a criminal investigation of the Port of Seattle based on a state performance audit of construction management which found the port wasted $97.2 million during contracts active from 2004 to 2007. .
Siperian Expands Partnership Network to Help Companies Gain Master ...
SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Siperian, Inc. -- developers of a leading master data management (MDM) platform -- today announced that the Company has established key partnerships with many of the industry's most popular data management technology and data service providers. Through these new relationships, Siperian is now delivering added pre-built integration capabilities to Siperian MDM Hub. Siperian enables its customers to leverage their existing investments and eliminate the need to manually integrate various data management technologies to improve their return on investment. This approach results in significantly faster time-to-value by providing an alternative solution for companies that are constrained by a single vendor offering a loosely integrated set of technologies.
AXA Equitable Makes it Easier to Stop Ignoring Life Insurance
NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To make the purchase of life insurance easier and more convenient, AXA Equitable introduced today in approved states a simplified issue underwriting process for its Return of Premium Term (ROP Term(SM)) life insurance on policy face amounts from $100,000 to $249,999. "ROP Term with Simplified Issue makes buying life insurance easier and more convenient," said Claude Methot, Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer, who made today's announcement. "There are no needles. No samples. No lengthy applications and complicated underwriting questionnaires. No paramed exams. No waiting for attending physician statements from your doctor." Instead, applying for ROP Term(SM) with Simplified Issue involves a painless, self-administered oral swab, a private 15 to 20 minute telephone interview, and a short application.
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