Word: debts
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...Jersey Conference of Mayors named Pascrell its Mayor of the Year for 1996, a sign of his prominence and popularity--and reason for incumbent Bill Martini to worry. At a time when Congress is wrestling with a federal deficit, Pascrell boasts of balancing Paterson's debt-laden budget--though he raised taxes to do it--and of creating a prevention-oriented health-care plan and a publicly financed home-building program...
Representing Manhattan's ritzy Silk Stocking district, Maloney is a tenacious, resilient legislator. Realizing that more than $50 billion was owed to the Federal Government (about $20.5 billion in student loans), she sponsored the Debt Collection Improvement Law of 1996 and joined other Congresswomen to draft a "Women's Contract with America." She has also gone toe to toe with the N.R.A...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I know these numbers look boring, but if we manage [debt collecting] better, it could be very exciting... You have more money for Americorps and school lunches...
...Essential Air Service program, a subsidy that provides a vital air link for many rural communities. Still, he was named "most frugal" New York Congressman by the National Taxpayers Union, and has returned 30% of his staff salary for the past three years to reduce the national debt...
With White House help, the low-key Farr won Leon Panetta's old seat in a 1993 special election. Perhaps to repay the debt, Farr quickly changed his NAFTA stripes and voted for the Clinton-backed agreement. The nine-time California Legislator of the Year took his political skills to Washington. When the military closed Fort Ord, Farr got part of the base converted to an environmental-science center for the state's public universities. The seat may be Farr's for keeps if he can hold off Jess Brown again...