Viewpoints: The time is ripe to eliminate large subsidies for ethanol

07/14/11 The U.S. Senate recently voted 73-27 in favor of an amendment by Sen. Dianne Feinstein , D-Calif., to eliminate the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit, or VEETC, and repeal the import tariff on foreign ethanol. The amendment was identical to the Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act, which was introduced by Sen. Tom Coburn , R-Okla., and Feinstein in May.

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CA man charged with making threats against Boxer

07/19/11 SAN RAFAEL - A San Rafael man is set to be arraigned on charges that he made death threats against Sen. Barbara Boxer.

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National briefs (7/20/11)

07/19/11 WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama endorsed a new bill by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act, another step in what the president has termed his "evolving" views on same-sex marriage.

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