Word: banning
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...District of Columbia, where one of his major rulings was to strike down an affirmative-action hiring plan for fire fighters. George Bush named him U.S. Solicitor General, the government's lawyer in Supreme Court cases, a role in which he argued in favor of a flag-burning ban. In 1990 Starr was on Bush's short list for the Supreme Court. Starr has argued against President Clinton's request for temporary immunity from the Paula Jones sexual-harassment lawsuit. Starr told TIME, "The President cannot violate the law as a citizen and then say with impunity, 'Wait until...
...actually become a law, sources tell TIME Washington Correspondent Julie Johnson. Today, Clinton portrayed the bill as a memorial to high-profile crime victims like Polly Klass, the child kidnapped and murdered last year in Northern California. His chief of staff, Leon Panetta, insisted that an assault weapons ban was a key part of any crime plan. Yet, the House Democratic Leadership is busy working on a compromise that could dilute this specific provision to appease the conservatives, Johnson says. Provided Clinton has not drawn a line in the sand, expect a new crime bill on the House floor...
Keller also said that many of Harvard's rentswould not be affected by a rent control ban, sincemany of them are already close to the marketprice...
Question Nine, which could ban rent control across the state, would result in a financial gain for the University if it passed, as HRE would be able to charge higher rents and would have greater freedom with its properties...
...they will go back to a conference committee . . . make some changes and send it back" to the floor, he says. But when it does resurface, it's likely to be in a form dictated by conservatives, Barrett says. This means that many social programs will be axed and the ban on assault weapons may be weakened...