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Despite new flak in Congress for bypassing that body in fashioning his $20 billion Mexican rescue plan, President Clinton drew plaudits from U.S. and international investors. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and a few senior Democrats defended the president's move, but some members, such as Rep. Robert Menendez, (D-N.J), complained that Congress had been "shut out." Hard-right Republicans, meanwhile, are calling for an investigation of the Administration's role in Mexico's Dec. 20 decision to devalue the peso. Nonetheless, business leaders almost unanimously praised Clinton's move: International investors said the plan had likely staved...
Despite the losses, Harvard has strong ties to leaders in both houses of Congress. Harvard College alumni currently in the Senate include Jeff Bingaman '65 (D-N.M.), Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass.) and John D. Rockefeller IV '58 (D...
...House, Anthony Belienson '54 (D-Calif.), Charles E. Schumer '71 (D-N.Y.) and Nancy L. Johnson '57 (D-Conn.) are all prominent members
...agreed to send home the remains of David Hilemon, one of two the U.S. helicopters pilots shot down Saturday after they strayed into North Korean airspace. But U.S. officials obtained no agreement on co-pilot Bobby Hall, who reportedly was taken captive after surviving the incident. Rep. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.), who was in Pyongyang to discuss the nuclear accord that the U.S. might delay because of the copter tragedy, will oversee the return of Hilemon's body. North Korea's official radio reported Hall was "now in good health," but said Pyongyang would hold him at least until...
According to the subcommittee's chairman, Sen. Bill Bradley (D-N.J.), a 1989 Social Security study found the median personal savings of retired workers was less than $10,000, excluding the value of homes and cars. "We are indeed facing a serious savings crisis," Bradley said today.Post your opinion on theSocietybulletin board...