A gigantic resort proposed for far north Queensland does not need federal environmental assessment, its backers have argued, even though it includes two casinos, eight accommodation towers, a golf course and a 33-hectare lake filled via a 2.2km pipeline from the Great Barrier Reef.
The sponsors will try to attach these amendments to the five-year $40 billion Water Resources Development bill, itself overdue even though it includes several important provisions.
That little drubbing aside, up next is a set of Thanksgiving Day games that Peter King of SI.com calls the best ever — even though it includes Miami and Dallas — and features the battle of the Harbaughs.
Even though it includes such attractions as the Art Institute of Chicago and Symphony Center, South Michigan Avenue has traditionally been something of a dead zone in terms of retailing and tourism.
They include many of the 52 Blue Dogs, the conservative Democrats who are uncomfortable with the scope and expense of the health care legislation, even though it includes offsetting savings in Medicare payments to hospitals, insurers and drug companies.
By a 6-to-3 vote, the court ruled that the Medicaid law pre-empts a North Carolina law that, in effect, puts a lien on a beneficiary's property by automatically seizing one-third of an insurance settlement even though it includes payment for pain and suffering.
