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- December 16, 2009 | from 2TheAdvocate.com Landrieu supports health-care bill In a critical move for passage of the U.S. Senate health-care overhaul, Louisiana U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said Tuesday that she will support the bill.
- December 09, 2009 | from The Advocate A measure of the men We have trouble understanding why there is not more of an outcry against the aspersions by prominent Republican commentators Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh about U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.
- December 07, 2009 | from Politico Natural Gas: Cheap, Clean Energy that's Made in America This week, the world will be watching America's participation in the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. As our nation works to reduce climate-altering emissions and plans for a low-carbon energy future, many Americans may be surprised to learn that a key piece of the puzzle -- a clean, reliable and readily available energy source -- is right here under our feet: natural gas.
- November 22, 2009 | from The Daily Reveille Landrieu votes in favor of heath care Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu has emerged as an influential moderate in the national debate over health care reform -- a fact made evident Saturday evening as political observers closely watched Landrieu's cloture vote.
- November 15, 2009 | from HOUMA Geothermal energy emering as another alternative A process that relies on heated, pressurized water to create significant amounts of energy from either natural or manufactured sources continues to gain momentum in south Louisiana. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana, is among the lawmakers pushing the issue in Washington for the Bayou State.
- November 14, 2009 | from American Chronicle Landrieu Cosponsors Bill to Bolster Reservist Employers and Military Families United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., cosponsored a bill introduced by Senator John Kerry, D-Mass., to extend through next year a tax credit for small businesses that pay the salary differential to reservist employees called up for active duty.
- November 13, 2009 | from WAPT.com FDA Backs Off Oyster Plan The Food and Drug Administration -- under pressure from politicians and the shellfishing industry -- said it will reconsider its plan to halt distribution and consumption of untreated oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico during the warmest months of the year.
- October 29, 2009 | from The Daily Comet Landrieu pushes for increased domestic oil and gas production "I am an unabashed advocate for more domestic drilling of oil and gas, not because I think it solves all of our nation's problems, but because I think the American people have a right to benefit from resources that they own."
- October 29, 2009 | from The Daily Comet Landrieu vows to fight proposed ban on untreated oysters "While the FDA's goal of protecting consumers from oyster-related illnesses is necessary, this regulation is not the appropriate response. The FDA's plan would severely burden Louisiana's oyster industry, putting independent fishermen and mom-and-pop oyster dealers out of business at a time when our economy is facing many challenges," Landrieu said in a news release.
- August 27, 2009 | from The News Star Landrieu recalls Kennedy's concern in time of Katrina U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy was the first of her colleagues to contact her when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.
