Word: congress
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Have pity on the Republicans in Congress. While their leaders were holding a press event under a large 'Stop Robbing Social Security' banner, their own accountants were wistfully admitting that the GOP budget would in fact be "robbing Social Security" to the tune of $7.6 billion next year. The Congressional Budget Office, using more respectable accounting, calculated an even higher number of about $18 billion. Faced with that kind of shortfall, the Congressional Republicans chose a desperate and despicable strategy: fix the numbers, and let any attendant suffering fall on the poor...
...real world. "We've encountered a brand new kind of offender," says Randy Aden, supervisor of Southern California's safe squad. "You don't get the stereotypical bogeyman. You get doctors, lawyers, policemen, firemen--the guy next door." Aided by an infusion of $20 million from Congress in the past two years, the FBI last year brought 698 cases against cyber pedophiles, an increase from...
...Just as Congress was gearing up to hold hearings on the issue, IBM announced it would change the eligibility rules to double the number of workers--to 65,000--who would be able to keep their old pensions. Still, IBM senior vice president J. Thomas Bouchard, testifying before the Senate last week, said firms like his need the allure of cash balances to attract young, mobile high-tech workers in a tight talent market: "There just isn't enough money to go around to give a choice to everybody." Many employer groups warn that onerous restrictions could do more harm...
...Sunday with the ruling Hindu nationalist Baharatiya Janata party set to strengthen its majority. In what looks like a crushing blow to the vaunted Gandhi political dynasty, exit polls pointed to the BJP block collecting around 300 parliamentary seats compared with a little over 150 for Mrs. Gandhi's Congress party and its allies. In an election where no significant policy issues were at stake, Congress had hoped the allure of the Gandhi name would restore its fortunes. Although the BJP mercilessly beat the drum of her foreign birth - she's the Italian-born widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv...
...Alaska (the second one is slated for North Dakota). China is equally perturbed at the idea, since U.S. allies in the Pacific, like Japan, are certain to clamor for the technology. But there's considerable pressure to disregard the Cold War-imposed treaties, particularly in the Republican-controlled Congress. "There?s great political momentum for this right now," says Thompson, "to ignore the Russians, scrap the whole treaty and start building the system." And there?s a certain logic to that - when it comes to nuclear defense, all or nothing always trumps a compromise. "One site in Alaska means...