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OWH: Recall hearing may go two days
Submitted by Nebraska Democrats on 10 December 2010 - 2:48pm
A Dec. 20 court hearing to challenge a recall election for Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle could spill over into two days and will include live witness testimony.
Suttle's attorney, Vince Powers, said Friday that Douglas County District Judge Peter Bataillon has set aside Dec. 21, in addition to Dec. 20, for the hearing in case more time is needed to hear from witnesses.
Powers said he plans to put a handwriting expert on the stand, who will testify that in some cases, the same person signed different names to the petitions.
"She's finding lots of issues," Powers said.
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Do you know if your name appears on the Omaha recall petition?
Submitted by Nebraska Democrats on 10 December 2010 - 2:45pm
Please take a moment to check and see if your name is fraudulently listed as a signer of the Omaha Mayoral recall petition.
If you or someone you know DID NOT sign the petition and the name appears in the database, please contact Forward Omaha at 933-0422 immediately.
http://dataomaha.com/suttle-recall-petition#database-of-petition-signatures
KETV: Recall Opponents Use Handwriting Expert
Submitted by Nebraska Democrats on 10 December 2010 - 2:42pm
OMAHA, Neb. -- A group fighting an effort to recall Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle is taking new steps to find evidence of fraud in recall petition forms ahead of a court hearing later this month.
The Election Commission still has not officially notified the mayor that the petition signatures have been certified.
The opposition group Forward Omaha is bringing in a handwriting expert to try to find more signatures they believe are invalid and can serve as evidence of fraud.
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KTCH: Nebraska Democratic Party Accuses Bruning Of Violating Federal Election Laws
Submitted by Nebraska Democrats on 7 December 2010 - 3:34pm
LINCOLN-- The Nebraska Democratic Party is accusing Nebraska Attorney general Jon Bruning of violating federal election laws. A news release from the Nebraska democratic Party says that Bruning has transferred nearly 700 thousand dollars from his last Senate race, raising more funds and recruiting volunteers for his current campaign to unseat Senator Ben Nelson.
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KTCH: Nebraska Democratic Party Accuses Bruning Of Violating Federal Election Laws
Grand Island Independent: Nelson, Johanns urging extension of ethanol tax incentive
Submitted by Nebraska Democrats on 6 December 2010 - 12:38pm
U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., are among a bipartisan group of senators urging lawmakers to extend an ethanol tax credit program, along with tariff provisions concerning ethanol.
The bipartisan coalition is being led by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. Members of the coalition sent a letter to the Senate leadership Tuesday urging the extension of the tax credit.
Earlier this year, Conrad and Grassley introduced a bill to extend through 2015 the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit, or VEETC, which is also known as the blenders' credit; the small ethanol producer tax credit; the cellulosic producer tax credit; and the ethanol import tariff.
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Grand Island Independent: Nelson, Johanns urging extension of ethanol tax incentive
OWH: Nelson seeks military honesty in policy
Submitted by Nebraska Democrats on 3 December 2010 - 11:01am
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., got right to the point Thursday during the first of two days of hearings on the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, the military's top uniformed officer who chairs the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee to testify about a Pentagon study that found most troops are OK with repealing the policy.
Nelson, a member of the committee, said those in uniform now are expected not to lie, but aren't allowed to tell the truth about their sexuality.
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OWH: Nelson: Focus on jobs, taxes, debt
Submitted by Nebraska Democrats on 1 December 2010 - 1:50pm
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson has put job creation, extension of tax cuts and reduction of the federal deficit at the top of his congressional Christmas list.
The Nebraska Democrat told reporters Wednesday that those are his priorities for the lame-duck session. He says non-partisanship will be crucial to making progress on those goals and that "failure is not an option."
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Yahoo/AP: Citing deficit, Obama freezing federal worker pay
Submitted by Nebraska Democrats on 29 November 2010 - 11:44am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama announced a two-year pay freeze for federal employees Monday, and warned the American public that the move is the first of many difficult decisions that must be made to reduce the nation's mounting deficits.
"The hard truth is that getting this deficit under control is going to require some broad sacrifice, and that sacrifice must be shared by the employees of the federal government," Obama said.
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MSNBC: U.S. stimulus gave large jobs boost, CBO says
Submitted by Nebraska Democrats on 29 November 2010 - 11:37am
WASHINGTON -- The massive U.S. stimulus package, widely viewed by voters to be ineffective, put 1.4 million to 3.6 million people to work between July and September, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act also boosted national output by between 1.4 percent and 4.1 percent during that period, CBO said in its latest estimate.
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Mayor’s Office Responds to Recall Announcement
Submitted by Nebraska Democrats on 19 November 2010 - 4:23pm
November 19, 2010--Aida Amoura, Communications Director for Mayor Jim Suttle, responded to an announcement today that the committee to recall Mayor Suttle turned signatures into the Election Commissioner's office.
"Mayor Suttle has balanced the city's budget in spite of major financial challenges, he has made City services more efficient and cost-effective, restored the city's AAA bond rating saving taxpayers millions of dollars and is actively working to recruit businesses and jobs to Omaha. The Mayor has spent the last 18 months in office looking for solutions to the problems our city is facing. It's unfortunate that petition organizers without facts, a solution or a plan for resolving challenges the citizens of our city are up against during these tough economic times can be heard so loudly."
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