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		<title>More Evidence of the Harm of the EPA&#8217;s Regulations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we see more news of the devastating impact of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) overreaching Utility MACT regulations. FirstEnergy<a href="http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/23969/23969" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
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		<title>House Subcommittee Examines EPA’s Costly Utility MACT Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing about the impact of the<a href="http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/house-subcommittee-examines-epa%e2%80%99s-costly-utility-mact-rule/23967" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
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		<title>FAA Reauthorization Bill Ready for Final Passage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Senate passed a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration bill by a vote of 75-20. The bill<a href="http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/faa-reauthorization-bill-ready-for-final-passage/23963" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Manufacturing Job Openings Increase in December</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that manufacturing hiring was<a href="http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/manufacturing-job-openings-increase-in-december/23953" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Making It Easier to Make It in America&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Manufacturing is a hot topic in around the country – as evidenced by some of the Super Bowl ads that<a href="http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/making-it-easier-to-make-it-in-america/23941" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Bayer Corporation Opens Electric Vehicle Charging Station</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Furthering its commitment to sustainability, NAM member Bayer Corporation last week opened an electric vehicle charging station for employees at<a href="http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/bayer-corporation-opens-electric-vehicle-charging-station/23933" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
		<link>http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/bayer-corporation-opens-electric-vehicle-charging-station/23933</link>
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		<title>Dispatch from the Front: The Week of February 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama highlights science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education tomorrow as part of the White House Science Fair. On<a href="http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/dispatch-from-the-front-the-week-of-february-6/23924" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
		<link>http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/dispatch-from-the-front-the-week-of-february-6/23924</link>
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		<title>Monday Economic Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is my commentary for the Monday Economic Report. The U.S. economy picked up some steam in the past couple of<a href="http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/monday-economic-report-3/23921" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
		<link>http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/monday-economic-report-3/23921</link>
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		<title>Bonus Depreciation Thwarts Partisanship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday more than 100 associations, representing a cross section of industries on the front line trying to grow and create<a href="http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/bonus-depreciation-thwarts-partisanship/23919" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
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		<title>I.R.S. Moves Forward with New Tax on Medical Device Manufacturers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although one might think that it was near impossible, the U.S. tax code just got worse for manufacturers of medical<a href="http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/i-r-s-slaps-new-tax-on-medical-device-manufacturers/23917" class="searchmore">Read the Rest...</a><div class="clr"></div>]]></description>
		<link>http://shopfloor.org/2012/02/i-r-s-slaps-new-tax-on-medical-device-manufacturers/23917</link>
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