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Matheson to speak at WGU ceremonies (Deseret Morning News)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:07:55 GMT

Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, will be addressing graduates of Western Governors University this morning at Abravanel Hall.

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Matheson pushes water study (Deseret Morning News)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:04:43 GMT

While expressing worry that a water crisis could be looming from drought and population growth, a House committee passed Wednesday a bill by Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, to create new federal research programs on how to expand water supplies.

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Matheson's bill seeks to increase water supplies, improve conservation technology (Deseret Morning News)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:55:24 GMT

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nuclear waste storage is Yucca (The Third Avenue)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:26:00 GMT

On the heals of news that the proposed nuclear waste storage site Yucca Mountain--90 miles from Las Vegas--will cost $20 billion more than expected, Rep. Jim Matheson reiterates his proposal. Yucca site is seeking a license to store some 77,000 tons of the radioactive leftovers. Between 87 percent and 95 percent of that waste would travel through Utah en route to the southern Nevada facility,...

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Western Governors University: Congressman Jim Matheson to Speak at Western Governors University Summer Commencement (Market Wire)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:35:00 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (MARKET WIRE) U.S. Representative Jim Matheson (D-Utah) will deliver the commencement speech at the summer graduation ceremony for Western Governors University (WGU) on Saturday, July 19th, 2008 in Salt Lake City. Degrees will be awarded to 642 graduates from 48 states. WGU is awarding 401 undergraduate degrees and 241 graduate degrees.

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Matheson: Cut oil speculation loophole (Salt Lake Tribune)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:32:38 GMT

WASHINGTON - Rep. Jim Matheson on Wednesday led off a series of congressional hearings taking a deep look at soaring energy prices and how to keep Americans from spending a fortune when they fill up at the gas station.

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Matheson seeks an end to oil-price manipulation (Deseret Morning News)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:49:30 GMT

As the U.S. House Agriculture Committee considers ways to fight high oil prices, Rep. Jim Matheson on Wednesday asked the committee members to support a middle-ground bill he introduced to close loopholes that he says allow speculators to unfairly manipulate prices.

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Wild Ride (Kukla's Korner)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:50:33 GMT

from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal via the National Post, Unrestricted free agency is a wild ride. It’s like having a shopping cart and a time limit to careen down the supermarket aisles and stuff whatever items catch your eye as the clock ticks - the only downside is whatever you grab you pay for, and often your head should take precedent over your eyeballs. Ask the Los Angeles Kings...

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Today's Polls: 50-State Strategy Unlikely to Pay Dividends in Utah (The Plank)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:41:00 GMT

Utah pollster Dan Jones has a pretty strong reputation -- but being a pollster in Utah would seem to be the equivalent of being the Maytag Repairman. With the exception of the UT-2 congressional district, which Democrat Jim Matheson has somehow managed to win four times, rarely are federal elections in Utah close, and this year would appear to be no exception. According to Jones' latest poll...

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Matheson bill goes after the oil speculators (Salt Lake Tribune)

webmaster@sltrib.com (The Salt Lake Tribune) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:49:04 GMT

COLOR MUG TK~NMATHEWSWASHINGTON - Rep. Jim Matheson is targeting oil speculators and opportunists as gas prices hit records highs. The Utah Democrat, along with Rep.

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Constituent Slams Congressman Over Video Game Law (GamePolitics.com)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:25:22 GMT

As GamePolitics has previously reported , Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT) is co-sponsor of HR 5990, the Video Games Rating Enforcement Act. The measure, currently before Congress, would require game retailers to check the ID of M-rated game buyers. In today's Salt Lake Tribune , a letter written by an apparent constituent refers to the Congressman as "Silent Jim" and mocks the introduction of the...

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Parents Television Council Backs Congressmen's Video Game Ratings Enforcement Act (GamePolitics.com)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:30:55 GMT

Watchdog group the Parents Television Council has issued an "action alert" urging parents to rally behind HR5990, the proposed Video Games Rating Enforcement Act . The bill, introduced in Congress last month by Reps. Lee Terry (R-NE) and Jim Matheson (D-UT), would require game retailers to check IDs of mature-rated game buyers and would also mandate that information detailing the ESRB rating...

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Utah Superdelegates Back Obama (Red Orbit )

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:00:15 GMT

By Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune Jun. 6--WASHINGTON -- All of Utah's superdelegates now back Barack Obama for president after the last two holdouts -- Jim Matheson and Helen Langan -- endorsed the presumptive Democratic nominee Wednesday. Rep.

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Utah superdelegates back Obama (Salt Lake Tribune)

mcanham@sltrib.com (Matt Canham / The Salt Lake Tribune) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:55:22 GMT

WASHINGTON - All of Utah's superdelegates now back Barack Obama for president after the last two holdouts - Jim Matheson and Helen Langan - endorsed the presumptive Democratic nominee Wednesday.

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Matheson backs Obama (Salt Lake Tribune)

mcanham@sltrib.com (Matt Canham / The Salt Lake Tribune) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:00:11 GMT

Posted: 11:58 AM- Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, is no longer undecided. Matheson, one of six superdelegates from Utah, endorsed presumptive nominee Barack Obama on Thursday in a one sentence statement released by his office.

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The Salt Lake Tribune Rebecca Walsh Column: Rebecca Walsh: Jim, Time to Pick a Candidate (Red Orbit )

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:00:17 GMT

By Rebecca Walsh, The Salt Lake Tribune Jun. 5--What's Jim Matheson waiting for? He still doesn't want to pick between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. When Utah Democrats cast their ballots for Obama on Super Tuesday, he was mum.

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WALSH: Matheson needs to make up his mind (Salt Lake Tribune)

walsh@sltrib.com (Rebecca Walsh / Tribune Columnist) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:42:56 GMT

Posted: 3:41 PM- What's Jim Matheson waiting for? He still doesn't want to pick between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

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Matheson fears UK radioactive waste coming to Utah (Deseret Morning News)

Wed, 28 May 2008 18:40:03 GMT

A recent published report on the possibility of exporting radioactive waste from the UK to Utah is reinforcing Rep. Jim Matheson's fear that more and more European countries, which already includes Italy, will want to pawn their nuclear waste off on the United States.

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McClellan Whacks Bush, White House (One Utah)

Wed, 28 May 2008 12:10:34 GMT

By now, of course, all but the inexplicable few understand that Bush and his cronies are gigantic liars. Perhaps more egregious is the complicity of so many right-wing Senators and members of Congress. I don't exclude democrats either. Our very own Jim Matheson played along as well. Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes [...]

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Congressman Jim Matheson, "It's called Hard Work" (The Utah Amicus)

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:56:00 GMT

Utah's 2nd District Congressman Jim Matheson Nomination Address Utah State Democratic Convention, 2008

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