Diana Engstrom of Chicago, right, and Natalia Goukassian of Daytona Beach, Fla., middle, arrive in Washington D.C. The women’s American husbands died before two full years of marriage, and the U.S. is seeking to deport them under what many call the widow penalty. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, left, and Rep. Jim McGovern ( D-MA ) have introduced legislation to end what they consider to be unfair treatment of hundreds of widows and widowers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has received the first test results on Chinese-made drywall found in an unknown number of Florida homes. The results show the defective drywall contains three materials not found in drywall made in the U.S., including sulfur. The Environmental Protection Agency says more testing is needed to see whether the drywall is causing health problems and the corrosion of metal fixtures inside homes. FULL STORY »
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, front center, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., left, and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, right, tour the Florida Everglades in an airboat Thursday, May 28, 2009.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Barack Obama today revamped the chief body charged with protecting American consumers, the move coming less than a month after Sen. Bill Nelson called for new leadership at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. FULL STORY »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Cyber-invaders thought to be somewhere in China have recently hacked into the computer network in U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s office. Senate security is investigating.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As more and more stories surface about misuse of the billions of taxpayer dollars the government has pumped into banks and Wall Street behemoths, a group of key U.S. senators is pushing new legislation that would establish clear guidelines and provide the public with the first details on how the money is being spent. FULL STORY »
Obama, Nelson talking shop
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Sen. Nelson shares a moment with Barack Obama while the two were
in Florida just before the history-making presidential election.
