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MMS rubber-stamped BP's worst-case blowout scenario and BOMERE has rubber-stamped Shell's worst-case blowout scenario even though it is based on the best conditions in the Arctic Ocean.
Subhankar Banerjee: BPing the Arctic, Again -- Fast-Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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Last year Rolling Stone reported on what BP had put in their exploration plan application for Deepwater Horizon that MMS had rubber-stamped, BP claims that a spill is 'unlikely' and states that it anticipates 'no adverse impacts' to endangered wildlife or fisheries.
Subhankar Banerjee: BPing the Arctic, Again -- Fast-Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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Republicans have rubber-stamped the desire of the Koch Brothers and their godshead Scott Walker to cripple Wisconsin's middle class and lower benefits and wages for every single wage-earner in our state.
Happy Hour Roundup 2011
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All other letters were rubber-stamped by Mr. Blake, who, also, in shorthand, in the course of the hour, put down the indicated answers to many letters and received the formula designations of reply to many other letters.
CHAPTER IV 2010
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"Under a unified-party government, if the president proposes legislation, it will likely be rubber-stamped by Congress, thereby stimulating the economy, increasing output, and raising corporate earnings and propelling shares higher."
Contrary to Popular Belief, Gridlock Often Hurts Stocks Steven Russolillo 2010
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Now we have foreclosure factories where many of the people who are supposed to ensure the process is fair and legal simply rubber-stamped the paperwork that led to kicking homeowners to the curb.
Want to fix the mortgage mess? Companies must recognize individual problems. Michelle Singletary 2010
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Some judges have said they will reopen foreclosure cases that were rubber-stamped.
Pelosi calls for federal inquiry on mortgage lenders Brady Dennis 2010
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Some judges have said they will reopen foreclosure cases that were rubber-stamped.
Pelosi, lawmakers call for federal probe on mortgage lenders Brady Dennis 2010
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Now we have foreclosure factories where many of the people who are supposed to ensure the process is fair and legal simply rubber-stamped the paperwork that led to kicking homeowners to the curb.
Want to fix the mortgage mess? Companies must recognize individual problems. Michelle Singletary 2010
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They argued that Mr. Spratt rubber-stamped Pelosi priorities by backing signature efforts on health care, stimulus spending and cap-and-trade.
U.S. House Budget Chairman Spratt Loses in South Carolina Maya Jackson Randall 2010
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