Feinstein supports the fuel economy standards changed, creating congress's first act on global warming, the over 7,000,000 acres of California Desert being declared a reserve, and CALFED. ... The many acres of California Desert protection are currently considered the biggest reserve ever proclaimed in the history of the U.S. ... The Lake Tahoe Reservation has also been declared to "Preserv[e] and restor[e] this treasured natural resource by authorizing $300 million in federal funds over 10 years to match investments by the States of California and Nevada and local authorities"...

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At Tea Party gatherings, many advocate doing away with the Federal Reserve, the federal income tax, countless agencies, bailouts, and stimulus packages. ... They remedy the problems caused by the recession with secession, tax boycotts, states nullifying federal laws, and citizen militias. ...

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As the August 2nd deadline looms closer, the House hit another roadblock on the road to increase the federal debt limit. ... The members of the negotiations were hoping that this week's accelerated schedule of meetings could end in a budget breakthrough where members of both parties would back the push for an increase in the federal debt ceiling in the coming months (Hulse). ... Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke fear that if the August 2nd deadline is not met with an increase in the nation's debt ceiling, the U.S. could possibly default...

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It was over two hundred years ago that the Democratic Party's founding fathers decided that a stable government must be built. In 1792 Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic Party, and he was the first democratic president of the United States in 1800. Jefferson served two terms, and James Madison...

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Now with no national bank, Jackson attempted to invest the funds he withdrew from banks into smaller institutions and with the sudden realization that paper money and banknotes were no longer backed by the federal government's gold and silver reserves, inflation and debt grew rapidly. ...

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The party also promotes environmentally responsible exploration and development of oil and gas reserves on federally owned land, including the Coastal Plain of Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge (ANWAR). 2The north coast region of the Arctic National Wildlife Refugee lies along the same geologic structures that produced the fabulous oil strikes of Prudhoe Bay in Alaska. ...

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