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Pres. Bush submits $3 trillion budget. See what it contains.
Feb. 5, 2008 - Budget of the United States Government -Fiscal Year 2009 The Budget Documents Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009 contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President?s budget and management priorities, and budget overviews organized by agency...

FY 2009 Budget and Tax Documents
FY 2009 Budget General Explanations of the FY 2009 Budget ("Bluebook") Treasury Department Press Release FY 2009 Budget Tax Proposals FY 2009 Budget-in-Brief FY 2009 IRS Budget FY 2009 Tax Expenditure Budget FY 2009 Tax Receipts FY 2009 White House...

Senate Hearing on FDA's 2009 Budget
The Senate Appropriations Committee is holding a hearing today on the FDA's fiscal year 2009 budget...

FY 2009 U.S. Budget - Mapped by State
The Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2009 is now available online. You can view the state-by-state budget information here.

House Passes Budget Conference Report
By a vote of 214-210, the House has just passed the final agreement on the fiscal year 2009 budget (S...

US Fiscal 2009 Proposed Budget Shows IP Enforcement A Priority
By Liza Porteus Viana The United States Patent and Trademark Office got a slight financial boost in President Bush's proposed $3 trillion fiscal 2009 budget released Monday, while agencies such as the State Department and International Trade Commission also were funded for various intellectual property and copyright enforcement programmes...

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

Can my employer threaten me with termination if I don't seek a transfer to another department?
In many jurisdictions, employees are "at will". This means that their employmen...

How to learn content of deceased parent's will?
go to the court house where your father died or the county he lived in. It is pu...

How can I prove my wife only married me to get a green card?
The problem with an annulment is that they are hard to get-- they are not someth...

Can I be held responsible for paying child support if I signed a birth certificate of a child that was not mine (am not the biological father)?
Get yourself some legal counsil straigth away. Explain you situation to him/her ...

Jail Funds
Santa Clara must pay $1.5 million settlement for improper fiscal management.

82 Year Old
Awarded $6 Million in SJS Lawsuit

Chicago Golf Course
101 Year Old Owner Must Get $25 Million for Property

Settlement
Travis County TX offers 72-year old woman $40k to settle taser suit

Fatal Drug Bust
City of Louisville awards family a $250,000 wrongful death settlement after a police officer shot a 19-year-old boy.

Child Abuse Settlement
The mother of 6-year-old Brandon Ford has accepted a $1.5 million settlement in a lawsuit that claimed the boy was severely brain damaged while in foster care...