Word: bushes
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President Bush's recent call for an escalation in the War on Drugs demands serious debate among the American public on how best to deal with this devastating social problem. While Seth Gitell is right to support greater Harvard participation in this debate ("Joining the War on Drugs," September 26), most of his concrete suggestions are worse than useless, offering more of the same flawed drug policies the nation has pursued unsuccessfully for decades...
...Bush won bipartisan praise for promising oneprogram--Head Start--$250 million more in federalfunding this year...
WASHINGTON--The House yesterday approved President Bush's proposed cut in capital gains taxes, rejecting arguments of Democratic leaders that it would buy a windfall for the rich at the expense of a bigger budget deficit...
...nearly solid bloc of Republicans--only Doug Bereuter (R-Neb.) defected--was joined by 64 Democrats, chiefly from timber and farm areas in the 239-190 vote to redeem Bush's campaign promise to tax investment income at a lower rate than wages...
...Bush said in a statement that he was "very pleased" with the bipartisan vote, saying it represents "a step forward for economic growth, new jobs and American competitiveness...