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Meanwhile some Congressmen have readied a freedom-of-choice bill that would attempt to compel states to keep abortion legal and uniformly available. Any such law would be subject to challenge as an unconstitutional infringement on states' rights. But it would give Democrats the advantage of forcing Bush to cast a highly visible anti-choice veto in the midst of his re-election campaign...
Although Michigan's tough approach has few defenders, a majority of voters strongly endorse the notion that states should compel those on public relief to meet certain requirements in exchange for being supported. A proposal under consideration in Maryland is typical: welfare mothers could lose 30% of their benefits if they do not pay rent, make sure their children are immunized against diseases and keep them in school. The budgetary crises facing the states will accelerate the trend...
...CCSR, it is unclear whether events in South Africa will compel them to close the gap witht the ACSR...
After huddling with his economic advisers, Bush directed his lieutenants to come up with ways to compel the banking industry to ease credit to small and medium-size companies. But skeptics think that there is little more he can do. The paralysis of both parties arises from the same root cause, says Brookings Institution economist Charles Schultze: "Anything they do will be painful...
...Bosze, a Chicago bar owner, was told that only a marrow transplant could rescue his son Jean-Pierre, 12, from leukemia. The boy's only potential donors were twin half-siblings born out of wedlock to the father's former girlfriend. Bosze sued the woman in an attempt to compel her to have the children tested for tissue compatibility. She refused, and a court upheld her decision. Last November, Jean-Pierre Bosze died...