Fred Upton

The high cost of tailpipe emissions

2013-04-01 11:33:00

It isn't hard to recognize an example of false economy in the average household budget. The vegetable gardener who spends $500 on supplies to produce $12 in produce, the inexpensive home repair that falls apart in a month or the avid shopper who saves...

Baltimore biodiesel fraud cases draws congressional interest

2012-02-16 22:45:00

A federal investigation of fraud in the renewable fuels industry in Baltimore and Texas�has drawn congressional interest, with Republican leaders of a House panel expressing concern that the Environmental Protection Agency's handling of the cases could...

Solemn vote ends 'year of agony'

1999-02-13 00:00:00

Suspenseful it was not. And yet, when Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist called for the verdict in President Clinton's impeachment trial, he suddenly placed the weight of history on 100 sets of shoulders in the hushed Senate chamber. "Senators, how say...

Upton, NRC to visit Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Monday

2013-05-13 03:08:00

VAN BUREN COUNTY --� Michigan Congressman Fred Upton, R- St. Joseph, along with a commissioner from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will head to southwest Michigan today, to get a first-hand look at the troubled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Van...

Walorski joins fellow Republicans, votes in favor of overtime bill

2013-05-10 13:26:00

U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski voted this week in favor of a bill that would allow private-sector employees to trade overtime pay for paid time off at the same rate of 1.5 hours per hour of overtime worked. The bill passed by a vote of 223-204 with mostly...

St. Joseph Harbor to get US funding for dredging

2013-03-16 10:12:00

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Fred Upton says emergency federal funding will be used to dredge St. Joseph Harbor for the second straight year. The St. Joseph Republican made the announcement Friday. The dredging is necessary because of Lake...

Walorski discusses debt ceiling, federal pay

2013-01-24 16:40:00

MISHAWAKA -- Newly elected U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski spoke to The Tribune on Thursday about her vote to suspend the federal debt ceiling, federal pay and other fiscal issues facing the 113th Congress. Along with 86 Democrats and 199 Republicans,...

Talk of GOP primaries follows 'fiscal cliff' vote

2013-01-05 09:33:00

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in Congress who took the politically risky step of voting to raise taxes now find themselves trying to fend off potential primary challenges next year from angry conservatives. These lawmakers wasted little time...

Scaling the fiscal cliff

2012-11-29 00:00:00

The optimism expressed early in the week on both sides of Washington’s political aisle for a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, lamentably, has waned. If last November’s failure of the “supercommittee” to reach a grand...

BioWatch documents demanded

2012-11-15 00:00:00

WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Department and other federal officials responsible for BioWatch, the nationwide system for detecting deadly biological attacks, have withheld key documents sought by a congressional committee, according to the panel's...

Fiscal cliff looms for Congress

2012-11-26 17:25:00

As most Americans shift into holiday mode, members of Congress are going back to work this week. They have some important work to finish before the end of the year. The fiscal cliff -- a $600 billion combination of tax hikes and spending cuts -- is...

FDA seeks more authority amid meningitis outbreak

2012-11-15 06:44:00

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration asked Congress Wednesday for more authority to police pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak, even as lawmakers questioned why the agency didn't do more with...

South Bend Tribune/JAMES BROSHER Christina Herman, left, hugs her father, Gordon Oeming, after reading a poem about his service during the Vietnam War on Saturday, July 21, 2012, at Silverbrook Manor in Niles, Mich.

2012-12-25 00:00:00

South Bend Tribune/JAMES BROSHER Christina Herman, left, hugs her father, Gordon Oeming, after reading a poem about his service during the Vietnam War on Saturday, July 21, 2012, at Silverbrook Manor in Niles.

2012-12-24 00:00:00

South Bend Tribune/JAMES BROSHER Christina Herman, left, hugs her father, Gordon Oeming, after reading a poem about his service during the Vietnam War on Saturday, July 21, 2012, at Silverbrook Manor in Niles.

2012-12-24 00:00:00