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...dominated by heated debates over the Financial Committee’s (FiCom) grants packages. Representatives from the Harvard College Democrats and the Harvard Republican Club were present to lobby against the UC’s decision to fund less than a third of the grant requested for the 2007 Bipartisan Paintball Brawl. After discussion over the role of precedents in granting UC funding, and whether or not the UC should fund entertainment activities, the council voted to grant the full amount requested by the organizers of the event...
Bush doesn't have much time. Democratic aides say Reid plans to get the new bipartisan bill to the floor this spring in the hope of forcing it through Congress before the presidential campaign paralyzes Washington. If it's not done by August, says one, "it's dead...
First, Congress must act now. A bipartisan plan has already been proposed to update the public financing system…for 2012. The new Congress needs to push this through immediately rather than wait for the 2008 cycle to be completed. The proposed plan seeks to triple the subsidies for candidates who participate in public financing in the primary elections to $150 million and raise them to $100 million for the general election. Donations of up to $200 would also be matched at a four-to-one rate (versus one-to-one currently). In order for candidates to get back...
...While a 1993 NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed that only 40 percent of people favored allowing openly gay people to serve in the military, a 2006 Zogby poll showed that 73 percent of military personnel were comfortable with gays and lesbians. The Military Readiness Act received bipartisan support from seven Republicans when it was first introduced. The House, under the leadership of a newly elected Democratic majority, will hold hearings on the issue this spring for the first time since 1993. Steve Ralls, director of communications for the Service Members Legal Defense Network, said that the hearings will present...
...also co-authored the study, is hopeful that the legislation will pass despite these potential hurdles. “We need to shed light on an area that has been shrouded in secrecy for so long,” he said. “This is a bipartisan issue—actually, a nonpartisan issue.” Connolly said the legislation, which has the backing of cigarette maker Philip Morris, is expected to face opposition in Washington from some members of Congress and tobacco lobbyists. Some Republicans argued yesterday that the FDA was not the proper agency to regulate...