Republicans counter that federal money should not be used to cover bad decisions by states, including bailing out pension funds or compensating for a shrinking tax base, as high taxes and regulations drive companies to pro-business states.
Representatives from China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Nepal, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Egypt, the United States and Australia as well as ASEAN-China Center and Asian Development Bank participated in the forum.
Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, the ranking Republican, called him a “fraudster, cheat, convicted felon and, in two months, a federal inmate”.
Republican Senator Rand Paul, objecting to deficit spending in the bill, engaged in a nine-hour, on-again, off-again protest and floor speech late on Thursday that delayed passage of the deal past the midnight hour, when funding for the government officially ran out. Paul had harsh words for his own party.
Ren Hua, former deputy chairwoman of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/ce.cn]
Responding to both questions, Ma said the flight was part of the PLA's scheduled exercise this year.
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Removes “better deal” fears. I was at first taken aback when I saw all books (including the one I had in hand) apparently at full, publishers’ list price. Until I saw the signs and scanners which assured me that whatever the price was on Amazon.com now would be the price I would pay in store. (Yes, I double-checked on my smartphone.) Since Amazon is constantly adjusting online prices, that provided both reassurance and a good reason to not have to sticker and re-sticker price tags on inventory.
Renowned as a worldwide fashion icon, famed French designer Hubert de Givenchy died March 10 at his home outside Paris. He was 91.
Researchers exposed a total of 3,000 rats and mice in two studies to different levels of RFR for up to two years. Exposure levels ranged from low power to high power.
Residents near Lunang had made their living exclusively by growing highland barley, digging mushrooms and tending yaks - that is, until Phuntsok, 71, opened his home for travelers to stay in 1998, introducing a new source of income to the once-poor village.