Word: block
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...WELFARE AND ENTITLEMENTS] Strong supporter of new welfare-reform bill. Wants to block planned Democratic attempts to weaken it. Served on much-praised 1983 commission that saved Social Security by raising payroll taxes. Favors a similar commission to rescue Medicare, removing it from partisan politics...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I'll work to...block abuses of Alaskans by federal bureaucrats and force the Federal Government to recognize our unique needs...
Brown was elected after the Third District was redrawn in 1992. She proved to be an effective advocate for the military bases there, but last spring found herself back on the redistricting block when a federal panel declared the horseshoe-shaped district, which stretched more than 250 miles through 14 counties, to have been racially gerrymandered. Brown is now worried about her seat, since the number of black voters in the redrawn Third dropped from over half the population to just over...
QUOTE OF NOTE: [On block grants] "[They place] power in the hands of our local governments, who can use the money to address problems unique to their area...
Another win would put Harvard over the .500 mark for the first time in two years, and a three-game winning streak would be the team's first since 1989. However,Dartmouth, with national rankings on both sides of the ball, is more than a mere stumbling block...