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...informal talk before the Freshmen Black Table last night, U.S. Rep.-elect Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) urged students to reinvest their energies in the Black community and show support for efforts to hire minority faculty...

Author: By Jennifer E. Fisher, | Title: Waters Urges Black Activism | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

Fortunately, at least a few members of Congress seem willing to fight off their fellow flag wavers. Both Rep. Don Edwards (D-Calif.), head of the House constitutional rights subcommittee, and House Speaker Thomas Foley (D-Wash.) say they oppose such amendments...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: A (Flag) Burning Issue | 5/25/1990 | See Source »

Legislators have also responded to the modest spending increases that Bush has proposed in education. Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins (D-Calif.), chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, expressed disappointment with the administration's proposals. Hawkins favors a plan to double the budget for education, according to members of his staff...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Bush's Education Budget: 'A Mixed Blessing' | 2/8/1990 | See Source »

...conference, 45 Chinese citizens studying at schools in 22 states met with U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), lawyers and aides to U.S. Reps. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.), Joe Barton (R-Tex.) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-56 (D-Mass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chinese Students Attend Conference Outline Plan to Lobby for Visa Bill | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

This summer, Rep. Ronald Dellums (D-Calif.) called for a Pentagon investigation into the Israeli defense firm Tadiran. Dellums said he suspected that the firm had business ties with South Africa, despite an international ban. If these allegations proved true, Dellums said the Pentagon should void its multimillion-dollar defense contract with Tadiran...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Talking Israel and South Africa | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

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