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Terry's pipeline bill pares oversight
Saturday February 4, 2012; By Joseph Morton
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
WASHINGTON — A bill sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., to force approval of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline would cut key federal agencies out of the review process, officials from those agencies testified Friday on Capitol Hill.
Terry's legislation would shift authority over the pipeline away from President Barack Obama and the U.S. State Department and give it to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The bill also would require the commission to approve the pipeline permit within 30 days.
TERRY CAMPAIGN RAISES $792,000 FOR 2012 RACE
February 2, 2012
U.S. Rep. Lee Terry’s campaign has raised $791,575 in 2011 and enters the election year with
$435,959 in cash on hand.
Terry’s campaign filed a report recently with the Federal Election Commission reporting the
totals. For the final quarter of the year, Terry’s campaign raised $236,249.
Report bolsters efforts to let Congress OK pipeline
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
By Joseph Morton; WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
WASHINGTON — Republicans on Capitol Hill are looking for the best way to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, armed with a new report that says they have the authority to do it.
During a congressional hearing last week, Assistant Secretary of State Kerri-Ann Jones testified that a proposal by Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., raises "serious questions about existing legal authorities" and runs up against foreign policy and national security issues that would be best left up to the State Department.
Nebraska Republicans Endorse Terry
Monday, January 23st, 2011
U.S. Rep. Lee Terry was overwhelmingly endorsed for another term in Congress by the Republican party's official governing body last Saturday at a meeting in Omaha.
Who’s the real Conservative in the NE2 congressional race?
Saturday January 21st, 2011
The respected conservative grassroots organization Americans for Prosperity recently released their 2011 ratings of Congress. They gave Lee Terry an “A” for his votes to reduce spending and slim down government. This was the highest rating among the state’s delegation.
GOP lawmakers ready pipeline options
Published Saturday January 14, 2011: By Joseph Morton, WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
WASHINGTON — Republicans on Capitol Hill are already planning their next move in case President Barack Obama rejects a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, as many observers expect him to do soon. Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., a leading pipeline supporter, said he and other top GOP members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee plan to discuss legislative options Tuesday when they return from their holiday recess.
“A” RATING FOR LEE TERRY BY AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
Wednesday January 11th, 2012
Americans For Prosperity, a premier conservative grassroots organization with 1.8 million
members nationally, has given U.S. Rep. Lee Terry an “A” rating for his votes in 2011 to cut
spending and reduce the size and scope of the federal government.
TERRY RECEIVES NATIONAL ACCLAIM FOR LEADERSHIP ON EXPEDITING THE NEEDED KEYSTONE PIPELINE
Tuesday January 3rd, 2012
U.S. Rep. Lee Terry has appeared a half dozen times on national FOX News recently to discuss
his proposal to expedite the permitting of the needed Keystone XL Pipeline. Terry’s proposal was included in end-of-the-year legislation to extend the payroll tax reduction. The Keystone provision requires the federal government to make a decision on the pipeline
within 60 days in late February.
GOP plan would allow rerouting
Published Tuesday, December 13, 2011: By Joseph Morton, WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
WASHINGTON — A Republican proposal to speed construction of the Keystone XL pipeline would preserve ongoing efforts to route it around Nebraska's environmentally sensitive Sand Hills.
GOP lawmakers have tucked the pipeline hurry-up into a broader piece of legislation that includes extension of a payroll tax cut, saying the country needs the pipeline jobs immediately.
HILL-TERRY LAW WILL SAVE NATION FROM IMPORTING 1.1 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
A law authored by former U.S. Rep. Baron Hill of Indiana and U.S. Rep. Lee Terry in 2007 to increase the fuel efficiency of cars, small trucks and SUVs will ultimately save the nation from importing 1.1 million barrels of oil per day while also decreasing the carbon footprint from vehicle emissions by hundreds of metric tons a year.
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Terry touts cybersecurity plan
Published Thursday, October 6, 2011: By Joseph Morton, WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
WASHINGTON — Rep. Lee Terry and other House Republicans unveiled proposals Wednesday for defending the country's critical infrastructure that rely on a mix of voluntary standards, incentives, limited regulation and public awareness campaigns.
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Terry Votes 157 Times to Cut Spending by Trillions of Dollars
Friday, August 12, 2011
Vote tally records from the U.S. House Clerk’s office show U.S. Rep. Lee Terry has voted 157 times over the past two and a half years to cut federal spending by trillions of dollars. The votes include proposals to reduce federal programs by five, ten, 25 percent or more.
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Seniors healthier as a result of prescription drug coverage
Thursday, August 11, 2011
A recent Harvard study credits the Medicare Part D program with keeping seniors healthier and saving $12 billion a year in avoided medical costs.
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Study: Medicare drug plan saves hospital costs
Published Tuesday, July 26, 2011: By Carla Johnson, AP Medical Writer
CHICAGO (AP) - A new study suggests that Medicare's 5-year-old prescription drug plan is keeping seniors out of hospitals and nursing homes, saving the federal program an estimated $12 billion a year in those costs.
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House Passes Terry Proposals
Monday, August 8, 2011
U.S. Rep. Lee Terry is meeting with success, again, in gaining passage of his legislation in the House.
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Lee Terry prevails with quicker Keystone XL plan
Published Tuesday, July 26, 2011: By Art Hovey, LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
The House of Representatives voted 279-147 on Tuesday to require State Department action on the Keystone XL pipeline by Nov. 1.
Terry, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wants something more than promises from the State Department that it will act on a Keystone XL permit by the end of the year.
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Flood-in-progress rule may go
Published Monday, July 18, 2011: By Joseph Morton, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill lawmakers are weighing a financial rescue for people along the Missouri River whose flood insurance policies, though valid, were essentially voided by FEMA.
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Terry targeted Independents
Published Thursday, November 4, 2010: By Paul Goodsell, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
Republican Lee Terry's runaway re-election victory might have been helped somewhat by low turnout in Democratic parts of the 2nd Congressional District.
But turnout wasn't the whole story. Terry also won his seventh term over Democrat Tom White partly because of an aggressive effort to target independent voters in the eastern part of Omaha.
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