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Watchdog blasts Obama loan relief plan
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and a government watchdog on Thursday strongly criticized the Obama administration’s loan assistance effort, saying officials rushed the program’s creation last year and set up hundreds of thousands of homeowners for failure.
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Students plan silent protest to fix immigration system
Students at three San Mateo high schools may be extra quiet today, even silent. Latino students at Aragon, San Mateo and Hillsdale high schools are joining together for Dia de Silencio, or Day of Silence, in support of immigration reform by Congress.
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Rep. Speier introduces SF Bay restoration bill
Congresswoman Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, introduced an historic bill to fund efforts for restoring the San Francisco Bay.
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Speier has billion dollar plan to restore wetlands
Rep. Jackie Speier announced Friday she is authoring a bill to restore wetlands areas around San Francisco Bay.
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Speier Announces $1 Billion-Bill To Restore SF Bay
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough, was in South San Francisco Friday to announce the introduction of a bill to the U.S. Congress that would spend $1 billion to restore and clean up the San Francisco Bay.
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The Bay Institute Applauds Congresswoman Jackie Speier and Cosponsors of San Francisco Bay Improvement Act of 2010 …
The Bay Institute applauds the introduction of H.R. 5061, The San Francisco Bay Improvement Act of 2010, a landmark $1 billion restoration bill authored by Congresswoman Jackie Speier.
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