Word: capitol
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...former Capitol Hill lobbyist for India, it is only natural that she would be fascinated by the subject matter...
...World Series. So the specific exemption for those provided on the "basis of personal friendship" is attracting a lot of attention. At first it looks as if the new rules could break the back of the political culture. The owner of Le Mistral restaurant, just blocks from the Capitol, says the ban is "catastrophic." The venerable Occidental Grill is considering a $19.95 "Hill menu," to beat the Senate limit...
Pentagon efforts to keep the number of U.S. troops in Bosnia below 20,000 are raising eyebrows on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers are discovering that an army of civilians, contracted privately, has been deployed to augment the G.I.s. Brown & Root Inc., a Houston engineering firm, will supervise Balkan workers on projects like building pipelines and sewerage systems and is prepared to undertake the solemn task of readying the bodies of U.S. fatalities for shipment home. The Army's increasing dependence on civilian help is leading penny pinchers to wonder whether it is still necessary to budget $7 billion annually...
...Some on Capitol Hill are trying to put these ideas into action. Missouri Republican Senator John Ashcroft proposed a bill to let religion-promoting groups use federal or state funds for social services to the poor. Republican Senator Dan Coats of Indiana, along with Bill Bennett, has started the Project for American Renewal, which includes proposals for a score of bills focusing resources on families, community organizations and private charities. Among these are bills proposing a tax credit for adoptions, the reserving of 15% of public housing for intact families, and $1 million grants for school districts to operate same...
WASHINGTON, D. C.: Speaking before a joint session of Congress, French President Jacques Chirac said that his country has forever finished with its controversial nuclear testing program. Although Chirac announced an end to the testing two days ago, many Democrats boycotted the Capitol Hill speech. They charged that after conducting six nuclear tests over the past six months, the announcement came far too late. "We return the insult with our insult," said Eleanor Holmes Norton, congressional delegate from the District of Columbia. House Republicans late Wednesday night blocked an effort to withdraw Chirac's invitation. But despite a last-minute...