On July 1st in U S Political History
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On July 1st in 2007 Former Gov. Mitt Romney’s compulsory health plan for Massachusetts went into force.
On July 1st in 2009 A US federal “cash for clunkers” scheme went into effect providing incentives for car buyers.
On July 1st in 2010 President Obama signed into law new sanctions on Iran that, for the first time, will bar from the American market foreign companies that work with Iranian businesses charged with aiding Tehran’s nuclear program.
On July 1st in 2010 US government mortgage agency Freddie Mac said that the average fixed-rate for a 30-year mortgage fell this week to 4.58%. This was the lowest since Freddie Mac started keeping track of mortgage rates in 1971.
On July 1st in 2011 Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed a bill mandating paid sick leave for workers beginning in 2012.
On July 1st in 2011 A US federal judge blocked Kansas from enforcing new abortion regulations that would have prevented two of the state’s three abortion providers from continuing to terminate pregnancies.
On July 1st in 2011 Minnesota's state government began a broad shut down going into the July 4 holiday after Democratic Governor Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders failed to reach a budget deal.
On July 1st in 2011 Hundreds of barrels of crude oil spilled into Montana's Yellowstone River after an Exxon Mobil pipeline beneath the riverbed ruptured, sending a plume 25 miles downstream and forcing temporary evacuations. An estimated 42,000 gallons of oil leaked from the pipeline.
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