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...rent control debate divided the Senate along partisan lines, with Republican leaders heading a vocal effort to amend, delay and finally reject the petitions...
...anew global trade accorduntil next year in order to take into account the impact of this month's elections. "I believe it would be a mistake to ignore this political sea change by ramming the GATT through Congress next week without much debate and with no opportunity to amend," Byrd said today. "These are matters that concern every American and should not be decided hurriedly, under the cloud of a lame-duck session." Under the fast-track rules for trade agreements -- which apply until the end of the year -- Senate debate is limited to 20 hours and the pact must...
Councillor Jonathan S. Myers, who abstained, tried to amend the compromise plan to include a "set-aside" clause that would allow large property owners to decontrol two-thirds of their units in exchange for designating one third for low- and moderate-income tenants...
...House and Senate to reform the 1872 Mining Act, which has allowed mining companies to take title to land for as little as $2.50 an acre and mine billions of dollars' worth of gold, silver and other minerals without paying royalties. Environmentalists and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt vowed to amend the mining law to ensure pollution control and a decent royalty for taxpayers. But that effort failed under pressure from the mining industry and its allies among Western lawmakers...
...proposal is approved, the council will petition the state legislature to amend the current statute, which only removes convicted felons from office once they've been sentenced to prison terms...