U.S. Sen. Mark Begich yesterday released the following statement after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced the 30-day public comment period has started for the revised Exploration Plan submitted by Shell for a multi-year exploration drilling program in the Chukchi Sea, beginning in July 2012.
Senator: “Party Lines Are Not Brick Walls,†Joins Colorado’s Udall in Effort WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Murkowski today joined her colleague Senator Mark Udall of Colorado in suggesting that bipartisan seating at the president’s State of the Union address become a permanent practice. The Senators pioneered the concept last year and today circulated a letter […]
Rick Santorum's strong showing in the Iowa caucuses has vaulted him from obscurity to presidential contender. Just a few months ago, Santorum barely merited a mention as Republican voters fell in and out of love with Rick Perry, Herman Cain and New Gingrich.
PASADENA, Calif. — NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the biggest maneuver planned for the mission's journey between Earth and Mars.