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...lacks the intrigue of the Iran arms deal, but the case of the Korean M-1 rifles has stirred a controversy on Capitol Hill just the same. Since 1984 Blue Sky Productions, a small Arlington, Va., arms dealer, has been trying to import up to 200,000 American-made M-1s that the U.S. Army shipped to South Korea during World War II and the Korean War. The company hopes to reap as much as $30 million by buying the rifles for $150 apiece and selling them to antique-gun collectors for $300. But the Treasury Department has barred...
...quotas and bans on aliens are hardly a desirable solution. On Capitol Hill some progress has been made toward the more positive goal of encouraging gifted Americans. Measures are under way in Congress that would increase graduate-fellowship aid from $115 million to $150 million next year, provide $95 million for upgrading university research facilities by 1990, and raise federal support for math and science education in elementary schools from $80 million to $150 million...
...bless ye, weary gentlemen," intoned Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd in a nearly empty Senate chamber at 4:15 a.m. one day last week. Across the Capitol, in the more festive House, Massachusetts Republican Silvio Conte urged merrily, "On Whitten, on Natcher, on Michel and Wright; On Conte, on Foley, let's finish tonight...
Blunt and a tad belligerent, America's senior citizens are suddenly flexing their biceps in presidential politics. Flush from a Capitol Hill victory that protected Social Security increases from the budget ax, the Gray Lobby has turned its muscle to states where early contests will winnow the field of presidential candidates. Across the country, campaign operatives report that no other group has emerged in this election cycle with such unexpected force. "Any candidate who wants to win in 1988 is not going to mess with the old folks," says Thomas Kiley, an adviser to Michael Dukakis...
...stance, partly to prevent other organizations of the elderly from stealing the thunder. Next on AARP's agenda: a multibillion-dollar proposal for federal insurance to cover long- term at-home or nursing-home care. While other lobbies are often content with dumping a blizzard of preprinted postcards on Capitol Hill, AARP members tend to write their own letters. "AARP is the equivalent of an 800-lb. gorilla," says Congressman Hal Daub, a Republican on the Social Security subcommittee...