Word: bans
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Seeking to distance himself from conservatives in his own party, Lugar also endorsed NAFTA, increased funding for education and a ban on assault weapons
...specific exemption for those provided on the "basis of personal friendship" is attracting a lot of attention. At first it looks as if the new rules could break the back of the political culture. The owner of Le Mistral restaurant, just blocks from the Capitol, says the ban is "catastrophic." The venerable Occidental Grill is considering a $19.95 "Hill menu," to beat the Senate limit...
President Clinton said he would sign a compromise $265 billion defense authorization bill. Congressional Republicans dropped their insistence on building a Star Wars-type missile-defense system and on restricting the President's authority to deploy troops. For his part, Clinton acceded to increased arms spending, a ban on abortions at overseas military hospitals, and the discharge of personnel testing positive for the aids virus. The measure provides for a 2.4% military pay raise. In a separate action, the Senate ratified the 1993 start ii treaty with Russia, which calls for dramatic nuclear arms reductions...
...Bennett has been labeled "pro-abortion" by Dr. James Dobson of the Focus on the Family. General Powell's revelation that he was pro-choice made him anathema to his party's right wing. In December, when Senator Bob Dole said he no longer supported a constitutional amendment to ban all abortions, he felt compelled to get off a letter immediately to the Christian Coalition's Ralph Reed explaining that he didn't really mean...
Refusing to review a First Amendment appeal from a coalition of broadcasters and civil libertarians, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively let stand a lower federal court decision upholding a federal ban on indecent TV and radio broadcasts during daytime and prime-time schedules. The Justices are set to hear arguments in February on another set of contentious federal rules--curbs that target indecency on cable...