Two U.S. Senators announced joint hearings and the attorneys general of nine states from the Northeast stated they would challenge any attempt by the Bush administration to relax Clean Air Act rules for older coal-fired power plants.
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Whirlpool Corp. is voluntarily recalling about 1,800,000 Whirlpool, KitchenAid, and Kenmore brand "over the range" microwave-hood combinations.
Preliminary testing done on the Hart Senate Office Building, which had to be fumigated a second time to eliminate anthrax spores, shows that the offices are anthrax-free.
Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. of Federal District Court has overturned an executive order issued by President George W. Bush, ruling that the president used federal procurement regulations illegally to displace federal labor laws.
The father of a 9-year-old girl who attends Washington Elementary School is suing the Romeo (MI) Community School District, citing black mold as the cause for his daughter’s illness.
President George W. Bush met with Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to get “independent advice and counsel about the state of our economy,” said the president, who also met with his team of economic advisors.
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) has informed the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) that it opposes imposition of tariffs and quotas on imported steel.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and New York City have announced a five-year plan to preserve affordable housing for 1,500 families that “have fallen prey to unscrupulous lenders and nonprofit organizations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.”
In a speech at the Center for National Policy, Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) said that the way the United States has won the “economic battle” in the past “is by keeping our fiscal house in order.”