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- Republicans Only Pay Lip Service To Our Troops 17 May 2008 14:37 GMT
... Service To Our Troops Last month, the Senate passed a measure which will provide monthly ... slave laborers. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), himself a WWII veteran ... troops and their families, only seven Republican Senators felt the need to ease the incredible ...
- Farm bill seen helping local agriculture 17 May 2008 13:19 GMT
... majority needed to override a veto. The Senate on Thursday voted 81-15, a day after the ... House approved it with 318 "yes" votes. Sen. Daniel Inouye said the addition of macadamia ... industry," he said in a statement. Sen. Daniel Akaka said the bill would enable continued investment ...
- Lawmakers to examine e-mail from VA employee in Texas 16 May 2008 23:53 GMT
... Lawmakers to examine e-mail from VA employee in ... that have a lower disability payout. Hawaii Senator Daniel Akaka has asked the VA's Inspector General to ...
- Obama Demands VA Investigation Into PTSD Diagnoses 16 May 2008 21:36 GMT
... (The Politico) Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is demanding an investigation ... Obama, who is a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, also wrote a letter to ... wrote a letter to committee chairman Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) asking him to look into the ...
- Don't Free Hawaii! 16 May 2008 21:08 GMT
... one black, one white. In Hawaii, U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka (D) has been pushing a proposal that ... last fall by a landslide, and the Senate is likely to vote on the legislation ...
- Hawaii senator seeks suicide info on veterans 16 May 2008 19:52 GMT
... HONOLULU (AP) _ U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka has asked Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake ... on veterans' suicides. As chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, Akaka is empowered to ...
- Clinton's hopes fading 16 May 2008 09:32 GMT
... N.Y. senator's best chance to slow Obama's march to ... delegates from the remaining primaries are included. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's best chance to slow ... six-term congressman who is running for the Senate, said the time has come for a ...
- Political Tittle-tattle: News and Entertainment from Hawaii's Political Arena - Nov. 29, 2007 16 May 2008 04:58 GMT
... Focuses on Indian Trips to Hawaii U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-New Mexico, recently asked for ... has a good chance of passing the Senate too. Although President George Bush announced he ... Akaka Bill is named for Hawaii’s U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka. The bottom line is that ...
- Veterans Business Resource Centers Get Critical Funding 15 May 2008 22:29 GMT
... brink of closing due to insufficient funding. Senator Kit Bond (R-Mo.) offered the amendment, which ... Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) who all ... for another letter of rejection." SOURCE U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Copyright ...
- Akaka Uses Oversight Authority to Formally Request Suicide Data from Department of Veteran Affairs 15 May 2008 20:56 GMT
... 9:20:11 AM WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) invoked his oversight ... past three years As Chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Akaka is empowered by ... Van Dyke is a spokesperson for U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka HawaiiReporter.com reports the real news, ...
- DHS faces human capital challenges 15 May 2008 18:14 GMT
... Security Department’s acting deputy secretary told a Senate committee May 14 that the department's highest human ... Senate approval. At the hearing, Schneider thanked Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), chairman of the committee’s Oversight of ...
- Senator demands exact numbers on vet suicides 15 May 2008 17:15 GMT
... Senator demands exact numbers on vet suicides By ... exact numbers of suicides among veterans, the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee has formally requested exact ... formally requested exact data. In a letter, Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, chairman of the committee, ...
- Akaka sets meetings on altering federal pay 15 May 2008 11:46 GMT
... meetings on altering federal pay A U.S. Senate subcommittee has scheduled public hearings in Hawaii later ... in Honolulu. The subcommittee chairman is U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka. Specialists from relevant agencies and committees will ...
- Akaka subcommittee to meet in Hawaii 15 May 2008 01:50 GMT
... HONOLULU — A subcommittee chaired by Sen. Daniel Akaka is coming to Hawaii to talk about ... Alaska and the U.S. territories. ADVERTISEMENT The Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal ...
- Too Little, Too Late for Hillary 14 May 2008 22:51 GMT
... Despite a Clinton win in West Virginia, Senator Barack Obama leads in the race for ... of Maine, Dolly Strazar of Hawaii, Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii and Keith Roark of Idaho ...
- VA's Medical and Prosthetic Research Program Should Get Considerable Boost in Funding 14 May 2008 19:12 GMT
... Get Considerable Boost in Funding By U.S. Senators Daniel Akaka and Larry Craig, 6/6/2007 2:51:18 PM WASHINGTON, ... Veterans Affairs, Committee on Appropriations United States Senate, Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Johnson and ...
- Hawaii's Bishop Estate and all Its Royal Ties 14 May 2008 17:49 GMT
... Hawaii’s Bishop Estate and all Its Royal Ties ... that target native Hawaiians for assistance. Enter Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI), a product of the Kamehameha School ...
- Hawaii Moves Toward Second 'Ethnic' Government 14 May 2008 17:49 GMT
... NEWSMAX.COM - In a move that critics call ... named for its primary author, Hawaii Democrat Sen. Daniel Akaka — say it would give native Hawaiians ...
- Senators say whether they'd agree to be vice president 14 May 2008 12:56 GMT
... The Hill asked all 97 senators who are not running for president the ... cite these responses, cite The Hill newspaper.] Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) “No. I think there ... the world, representing Montana in the U.S. Senate. It doesn’t get any better than that.” ...
- Condit resurfaces in magazine; denies 'relationship' with intern 14 May 2008 12:56 GMT
... more to Gary Condit.” Get out of Sen. Byrd’s way, please Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), ... (D-W.Va.), the all-knowing eldest member of the Senate, made quite a scene last week as ... Landrieu, D-La.); Jesse Broder Van Dyke (Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii); Ashley Glacel (the Aging Committee); Joanna ...
- Hawaii Senators Urge President to Sign Bill for Hawaii's Uninsured Children 14 May 2008 12:56 GMT
... Hawaii Senators Urge President to Sign Bill for Hawaii’s ... back to President Bush for his consideration. Sen. Akaka said: “President Bush should not oppose ...
- Castro's Resignation Provides Opportunity to Change Policy of Isolation and Estrangement 14 May 2008 12:56 GMT
... Change Policy of Isolation and Estrangement BiPartisan Senate Group Urges New U.S. Policy Toward Cuba By U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, 2/28/2008 12:50:24 PM WASHINGTON, D.C. ... (D-HI) today joined 23 Republican and Democratic Senators in signing a letter to Secretary of ...
- Akaka's Plea to President: Address Plans for Iraq, America's Veterans, Global Warming and Education 14 May 2008 12:56 GMT
... Akaka's Plea to President: Address Plans for Iraq, ... Veterans, Global Warming and Education By U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka, 1/23/2007 2:49:48 PM I look forward to ...
- Stevens Introduces Pay Equity Bill for Federal Employees in Alaska 14 May 2008 04:48 GMT
... WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Senator Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) today introduced legislation that would convert federal employees in Alaska and Hawaii from ...
- 33 Senators Call for FAA Action Regarding Inadequate Staffing of Technicians 13 May 2008 22:56 GMT
... 13th, 2008 11:25 AM PDT > 33 Senators Call for FAA Action Regarding Inadequate Staffing ... On Friday, 33 members of the U.S. Senate sent a letter to Federal Aviation Administration ... the FAA to immediately rectify this situation.” Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) took the lead on ...
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