Word: bans
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...unpopular President. He is closely -- though sometimes unfairly -- identified in voters' minds with the Administration's controversial agenda, particularly with gun control. Through 15 terms in Congress, Foley has consistently resisted gun-control legislation. In August, however, he voted for Clinton's crime bill, which included a ban on 19 kinds of assault weapons. As a result, Foley incurred the wrath of the National Rifle Association, which responded with a massive mailing on Nethercutt's behalf...
Some mutual-fund critics want the government to go further and ban altogether the use of derivatives in money-market portfolios and other low- risk funds. "We've seen that derivatives are simply not appropriate for funds that are supposed to be invested conservatively," says Barbara Roper, % director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America. "The reason for the bailouts is an acknowledgment on the part of the companies, whether they would say so in so many words, that investing in those types of instruments was not appropriate...
With members itching to hit the campaign trail, Congress slogged through a raft of last-minute legislative business, including a pile of spending bills, in order to adjourn as quickly as possible. The House approved and sent to the Senate for its expected approval a stringent ban on gifts from lobbyists. The Senate, unable to overcome bitter partisan differences, walked away from campaign-reform legislation but agreed to go back for a post-election lame- duck session in order to vote on global-trade legislation...
...spray rooms--one of the complaints in the report to the Department of Labor--and students have 'o go outside to use sprays because of the ban on spray-painting inside the building...
...telephone call from Al Gore to Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams ended a 20-year ban on official U.S. contacts with the political wing of the Irish Republican Army. It was the latest benefit of an IRA-declared cease-fire that went into effect September 1. Adams is currently on a whirlwind tour in the U.S. drumming up support for increased economic aid to Northern Ireland...