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Students can pressure their university endowments to think twice about investing in companies with commercial activity in Sudan, Iran, Syria, North Korea, and Libya. Congress has already introduced bipartisan legislation (H.R. 5061) that would limit Sudan’s access to US capital markets and mandate disclosure of all US commercial activity in Sudan. And in August, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, the Center for Security Policy, released a report entitled “The Terrorism Investment of the 50 States” demanding more security responsible investing by America’s top public pension systems...
...experience on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. I have personal relationships with leaders around the world. I will not cede our security to any other country. I won't cede our security to any institution, but I know how to reach out to countries and leaders and build bipartisan-support structures necessary to strengthen the country...
...years after President Clinton signed the assault weapons ban, which had extensive bipartisan support, the bill has met a quiet and bitter end under a new president and a new Congress. The bill had applied to weapons including the AK-47, Kalashnikov and Uzi rifles, as well as guns with certain combinations of features such as a pistol grip, folding or telescoping stock, and others. The weapons may be available for purchase—and back on the streets—by the end of the week...
...Jack Valenti had a great, positive relationship with everybody in Congress, because the issues affecting the motion picture industry are bipartisan,” Glickman said...
NOVEMBER. Ken's take exceeds $4 million. He gets enough write-in votes in Florida to throw the presidential election into the House of Representatives. Ken declines bipartisan appeal to serve, arguing he has no authority, citing Esoteric Constitutional Provisions for $1,600. Ratings continue to climb...