WASHINGTON, D.C. -A U.S. senator says he’s grateful the federal government has decided it can help at least some of the homeowners who’ve been hard hit because of tainted drywall. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson previously had asked U.S. Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) Secretary Shaun Donovan to let communities and homeowners know whether federal block grant monies could be used to help remediate homes with problem drywall. The answer that came: temporary relief is available to make home repairs affordable for at-risk borrowers.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson brought his Senate colleague Barbara Boxer, above, to the visit the Everglades two years ago. More recently she headed a panel that passed Nelson’s legislation aimed at curbing invasive species in the ‘Glades.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- A key Senate panel has approved Sen. Bill Nelson’s bill to ban nine giant constrictor snakes, sending a strong signal that more may be done to safeguard U.S. wildlife and natural resources. The measure would make it illegal for people to import or engage in the interstate trade of nine dangerous snakes, including Burmese pythons, anacondas and the boa constrictor.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s office announced that congressional budget negotiators agreed to spend $40 million to help jumpstart a rail system that will serve commuters in Central Florida. And there’s a smaller amount for planning for light rail in Tampa, $1.7 million; and, $4 million for expansion of Metrorail in Miami.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -A deal in which drugmakers promised to pay $80 billion over 10 years toward health care reform will only cost the industry about one-fourth of that amount, a Wall Street firm’s recent insider report says. That’s why U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has introduced an amendment to the Senate health care bill that would break the $80 billion deal the pharmaceutical industry worked out with the White House and Senate leaders. The amendment would force the drug industry to give up extra profits worth about $106 billion.
Following the publication of a new report on the future of NASA, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson says President Obama has assured him the space program will gets what it needs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The only serving U.S. senator to have flown in space today called on President Obama to use $3 billion of unspent stimulus money to help prevent the continued shrinking of America’s space program. Florida Democrat Bill Nelson delivered an impassioned speech on the Senate floor – coming just days before a special commission reviewing NASA and the nation’s space program is expected to deliver its final report to Obama.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The debate over Medicare Advantage misses a key point. It's not so much the extras, such as gym memberships, vision and dental care, that drew more than 10 million seniors to the plans. It's the affordable deductibles, co-pays and other such out-of-pocket expenses.
Batista and Levinson missing abroad, senator aids families
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Lourdes Batista, above, and Christine Levinson, right, both had their husbands go missing in foreign lands. While the circumstances of their spouses' disappearances are different, they are both getting help from U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.
