ANALYSIS: Frustrated small business owners among single-payer's biggest fans

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Small business owners among most enthusiastic about single-payer plan

Excerpts from this story referencing "manufacturing":

"… regulations and consumer protections.Steil, president and owner of a small manufacturing company in Bucks County, Pa., told me he grew increasingly frustrated abou …"

Activist asbestos inspector faces threats, industry backlash

By Jim Morris and Marcelo Soares

Official endures threats, ostracism – and now a lawsuit for activism

Excerpts from this story referencing "manufacturing":

"… cism, and other hardships during her quarter-century fight against mining, manufacturing, and shipping interests in Brazil, the world’s third-largest asbestos pr …"

Fact Watch: Playing politics with gasoline prices; both parties make questionable claims

By FactCheck.Org

Democrats and Republicans both demagogue the gasoline price issue

Excerpts from this story referencing "manufacturing":

"… a more sinister air to what is probably standard business practice across manufacturing," Kloza told us in an interview.But Kloza also said that refineries are mo …"

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The politics of energy: Oil and gas

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, December 15, 2003 — The sweeping energy bill now pending in Congress offers a geyser of new tax breaks and other government good

Excerpts from this story referencing "manufacturing":

"… ves. One of the most likely new businesses for such companies would be the manufacturing of ethanol, which had its own huge set of tax breaks and other incentives …"

The ‘clean coal’ lobbying blitz

By Marianne Lavelle

They’ve brought coal above ground. They’ve put the black rock on billboards in the swing states, and they’ve splashed it on full-page ads i

Excerpts from this story referencing "manufacturing":

"… an Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a collection of 48 mining, rail, manufacturing, and power-generating companies with an annual budget of more than $45 mil …"

Haphazard firefighting might have sunk BP oil rig

By Aaron Mehta and John Solomon

The Coast Guard has gathered evidence it failed to follow its own firefighting policy during the Deepwater Horizon disaster and is investiga

Excerpts from this story referencing "manufacturing":

"… such a severe explosion.Benton Baugh, president of the oil engineering and manufacturing firm Radoil Inc., said it is possible that the seals that protect the rig …"

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John Boehner: A pro-business agenda

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Caitlin Ginley

A pro-business agenda

Excerpts from this story referencing "manufacturing":

"… ng opponent of anti-tobacco legislation as well. While Ohio has no tobacco manufacturing facilities, the most recent data available showed the Buckeye State was ho …"

"… ccording to NAM, Boehner has a 98 percent voting record in support of manufacturing. Since 2008, Gates has been vice president of government affairs for Altri …"

Developers in the driver's seat on transportation

By Matthew Lewis

Unfocused transport policy leaves real estate industry eager to give Congress directions

Excerpts from this story referencing "manufacturing":

"… lobby and its range of construction, engineering, auto, railroad, retail, manufacturing and other interests. Since 2005, for example, the PACs of 19 unions l …"

History repeat?

By Peter H. Stone

The killing spree by an Arizona man wielding a semiautomatic pistol with a high-capacity magazine raises the prospect of a fresh debate on w

Excerpts from this story referencing "manufacturing":

"… would renew and strengthen the provision in the expired ban that bars the manufacturing and sale of high-capacity magazines. McCarthy’s husband was killed and h …"

Senior Democrat demands better security, U.S.-only production of e-passports

By John Solomon

A senior Senate Democrat today demanded that the government move all production of America's electronic passport into the United States and

Excerpts from this story referencing "manufacturing":

"… a's electronic passport into the United States and enhance security of the manufacturing supply chain after e-Passport problems were uncovered in a joint investiga …"

"… ips which are now being manufactured outside the U.S. — to United States manufacturing and production facilities,” Schumer wrote GPO’s top official, Public P …"

"… ed to develop proper security procedures and monitoring for the e-passport manufacturing supply chain that spans some 60 vendors across the globe, the joint invest …"

"… oted by the Center and ABC News said the vulnerabilities in the e-Passport manufacturing chain left open the possibility that terrorists or other bad actors could …"

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