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Downwinders, advocates decry impasse that let compensation program lapse
Santa Fe New Mexican· 41 minutes agoAdvocates for New Mexico downwinders and former uranium miners minced no words this week about House leadership not holding a vote to extend a law that provides compensation to people sickened ...
RECA set to expire Friday after Congress fails to renew it
KY3 Springfield· 15 hours agoThe Radiation Exposure Compensation Act or RECA is set to expire Friday after Congress failed to...
Bill to Compensate Radiation Fallout Victims of Atom Bomb Tests Allowed to Expire
Military.com via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoCiting concerns that the bill would be too costly, House Speaker Mike Johnson adjourned the House...
The political odd couple that’s bucking Mike Johnson
Politico· 1 day agoAnd it runs up against a hard deadline tomorrow. Two Missouri lawmakers, Democratic Rep. Cori Bush and GOP Sen. Josh Hawley, are at odds on almost everything ...
U.S. Fund for Nuclear Radiation Victims Set to Expire Amid Impasse in Congress
New York Times· 9 hours agoLawmakers are looking for a way to extend the program to compensate victims of government-caused...
MSNBC's Joy Reid calls Missouri a 'slave state' with women the property of their husbands and the...
Fox News· 18 hours agoMSNBC host Joy Reid declared the state of Missouri a "slave state" for women on Wednesday. Reid made...
Here Are the 38 Senate Republicans Who Just Blocked the Right to Contraception Act
Jezebel· 2 days agoOn Wednesday, Senate Republicans blocked a bill to enshrine a right to obtain and provide the full...
Class-action suit filed in Stoddard County against Tyson Foods
Standard Democrat· 23 hours agoTyson had announced in August 2023 that the Dexter plant, along with another plant located in Noel, would shut down. Following the shock of the announcement, Missouri Attorney General Andrew ...
Hawley, Schmitt urge swift action as deadline looms for RECA bill
KTVI via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe Senate has approved legislation to expand RECA, though efforts have stalled in the House....
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst promises to oppose Democratic legislation because of Trump verdict
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 3 days agoVance and Rubio are among those reportedly in contention for Trump's VP pick, and Scott is running...