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Geotimes August 2004 Megan Sever	A Loophole Threatens Yucca Mountain The House of Representatives recently passed its version of the energy and water bill, providing $749 million less than the Department of Energy says is necessary to push forward with the nation's nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, threatening to delay the projedt indefinitely.
Geotimes August 2004 Naomi Lubick	New Explanations for Western Drought Arizona Wildfires Four separate fires raged across Arizona at the end of June and the beginning of July. The potential for fires across the West this summer was normal to above normal, exacerbated by the region's ongoing drought.
Geotimes August 2004 Sherwood Boehlert	Making an Impact on the Hill At a time of increased spending on defense and homeland security, the prospects for a significant increase in the National Science Foundation budget are dim.
Geotimes August 2004 Emily Lehr Wallace	Budget Procrastination If the average American were aware enough of the budget process to be outraged by this governance via procrastination, perhaps the Congress would get the message and perform one of their central duties in an efficient and timely manner.
BusinessWeek August 9, 2004 Joyce Barnathan	Inside The Great Thaw The education of Ronald Reagan is one of many absorbing recollections in Jack F. Matlock Jr.'s book, Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended.
BusinessWeek August 9, 2004 Stan Crock	Taiwan: Uncle Sam Wants You To Buy Arms The complex diplomatic dance involving Washington, Taipei, and Beijing gets trickier by the day. The tension will rise this fall when Taiwan's legislature votes on arms-purchase legislation.
Science News July 31, 2004 Janet Raloff	Better Labeling of Major Food Allergens Having cleared both houses, a recent bill intended to reduce consumers' confusion over which goods contain proteins from the eight most common foods causing allergies, is expected to garner a presidential signature in the near future.
InternetNews July 30, 2004 Roy Mark	Pulver Slams Senate VoIP Vote Internet telephony pioneer says bill could lead to access taxes on interactive online gamers.
BusinessWeek August 9, 2004 Amy Borrus	At The SEC, The Agony Of Compromise Chairman Donaldson is finding a deal on proxy reform elusive in an election year. Yet, despite competing pressures, his resolve shows no sign of waning.
ifeminists July 28, 2004 Wendy McElroy	AIDS Efforts Undermined by U.N. Politics Politics lies at the root of the U.N.'s constant bashing of American policies. In the shifting vista of AIDS politics, where even the figures are blurring, the U.S. is correct and prudent to withhold its support.
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