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...Pensions Committee, to stage a filibuster. Kennedy and committee Democrats—most of whom practice what might be called private school choice by sending their kids to pricey private schools —happily obliged, and the bill is currently stalled on the Senate floor, after receiving bipartisan approval in committee...
...fuel." As such, the coal-like product, along with roughly 50 million tons of similar stuff from more than 50 similar plants in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Alabama and other states, is worth more than $1 billion a year in federal income-tax credits, a corporate giveaway protected by a bipartisan group of supporters in Congress. Those who have profited from the system range from fast-buck artists to giant corporations. They include one of the nation's largest hotel operators, a commodities trader barred from the industry for fraudulent practices, a chain of electronics stores, an electric utility that unplugged...
...been pretty damned gracious. But we can't help it: this still rankles. What rankles especially is Bush's almost total lack of grace about the extraordinary way he took office. Theft aside, he indisputably got fewer votes than the other guy, our guy. We expected some soothing bipartisan balm. There was none, even after 9/11. (Would it have been that hard to appoint a Democrat as head of Homeland Security, in a "bring us together" spirit...
However, what hasn’t proved comforting to a shocking array of bipartisan camps is Powell’s crusade to abolish current media regulations, allowing a handful of media conglomerates to snatch up more newspapers, radio stations, and local television networks. And “shocking array” may be putting it mildly as Powell’s opposition truly runs the gamut—how often do you find the National Rifle Association commiserating with the National Organization for Women, or a dozen Republicans defecting from the party over an issue President Bush supports so strongly...
Though toughening the law has bipartisan support in Washington, cash-strapped states are less sanguine. The Senate committee's bill includes about $1 billion to help struggling states pay for child care, but that could be as much as $500 million short of what they need, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Twenty-three states have backlogs of parents who qualify for child-care funds but can't get them, according to a General Accounting Office report...