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HB 6477 Will Shield Consumers against Power of Attorney Abuses SPRINGFIELD, Ill., July 23 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Governor Quinn signed into law House Bill 6477 – a piece of legislation that will create urgently needed protections for thousands of individuals, particularly older adults, who fall victim each year to financial abuse or exploitation at the hands of individuals entrusted with making financial decisions as powers of attorney.

When the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court next Tuesday there is a possibility she will not get much, if any, GOP support.

President Barack Obama greets supporters at a fundraiser event for Democratic Senator Harry Reid in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2010. Photograph: Louie Traub/EPA Barring a last-minute miracle, or a dubious White House “end run” around Congress, the Obama administration won’t be able to pass comprehensive immigration reform in 2010

Reconstruction of earthquake ravaged buildings has virtually ground to a halt as aid is stalled. Photograph: Peter Beaumont for the Observer The reconstruction of Haiti has virtually ground to a halt, six months after a devastating earthquake killed 230,000 people and made 1.5 million more homeless in the most impoverished country in the Americas. Despite pledges of $5.3bn from the international community over the next two years to rebuild Haiti’s ruined infrastructure, only a tiny fraction has so far been delivered, as aid agencies and donor countries complain that Haiti’s government has not provided the necessary blueprint for recovery

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Craning their necks and clapping to Appalachian music, West Virginians bid farewell Friday to Robert C.

Group Dwindles Still Seeking Veteran Status Recognition WASHINGTON, July 4 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — The Hoffman Island Radio Association (HIRA), World War II sea-going Merchant Marine radio operators (“Sparks”), announced today that it has voted to disband because of deaths and increasing incapacitating illnesses of its aging members.

WASHINGTON, June 21 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — United States Senators Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and John F.

Peter Robinson, a former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan and now a fellow at the Hoover Institution, writes in the Wall Street Journal that his old boss would have disapproved of Arizona Sen. John McCain’s May political ad, where the senator says it’s time to “complete the danged fence” on the border.

Peter Robinson, a former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan and now a fellow at the Hoover Institution, writes in the Wall Street Journal that his old boss would have disapproved of Arizona Sen. John McCain’s May political ad, where the senator says it’s time to “complete the danged fence” on the border. In the ad, McCain, who is facing a primary challenge from former Rep.

Mexico City, Mexico (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) — Mexican authorities have suspended their investigation into the disappearance of a former presidential candidate after his family asked authorities to stand back from the case, the attorney general’s office announced Saturday. Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, 69, a former senator and close ally of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, disappeared a week ago near his ranch in the state of Queretaro in central Mexico. Blood and other signs of a struggle were found inside, police said.