Word: bill
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...four years at Harvard, Sweeney was one of the best defensemen in Crimson history. Coach Bill Cleary once said that he has never seen anyone accelerate as fast as Sweeney. He has accelerated all the way to the pros...
...protesters demanded that Kennedy cosponsor HR 4990, a bill initiated by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) to authorize $15 million for new low-cost housing, but Kennedy refused. His press secretary, James Mahoney, said Kennedy supported a competing measure because he thought HR 4990 would leave too many decisions to the discretion of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development...
...same moral commitment to expanding federal involvement in housing [as the protesters]," Mahoney said. "He only differs on the mechanism for spending tax dollars." The spokesman said Kennedy will vote for the Frank bill if it comes to the floor, but he refuses to cosponsor...
Kennedy is a cosponsor of HR 918, a measure that would keep rents low for poor families and would increase funds for housing assistance. Mahoney said the bill Kennedy prefers would authorize a sum "comparable" to $15 million but is more specific on how the money should be spent...
According to Winkfield F. Twyman, a legislative assistant to Frank, HR 918 would create half a million new housing units compared with 7.5 million under Frank's bill...