Word: congress
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...battle over the hard to serve is being waged now in Congress in a multibillion-dollar fight over welfare funding. The 1996 act guaranteed the states $16.4 billion in block grants annually. But with welfare rolls plunging around the country, much of that money has gone unspent--and congressional Republicans are talking about taking back at least $4 billion. That would be a "big mistake," Clinton declared last week in Chicago. He'd like to see the money spent on the millions of people "who could move from welfare to work if they had more training, if they had transportation...
...control groups point to Project Exile as evidence that Congress--which last week postponed action again on modest new gun regulations--is out of step with states and cities that are moving aggressively against gun crime. But the National Rifle Association endorses Project Exile for another reason, saying it proves that vigorous enforcement of existing laws can thwart criminals without new controls on law-abiding gun owners...
...doctrine with a specific meaning, which deserves to be treated seriously. The meaning can be glimpsed in Bush's promise to spend $8 billion financing social programs of "faith-based" and other private institutions. And it is reflected in the tax bill emerging from the Republican-controlled Congress...
Prior to working for Clinton, Waldman headed the Citizen's Congress Watch, a public interest group founded by Ralph Nader...
Prior to working for Clinton, Waldman headed the Citizen's Congress Watch, a public interest group founded by Ralph Nader...