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...only previous attempt by LES to build an enrichment plant involved a multi-year effort in the 1990's targeting a small town in Louisiana. Closed Congressional hearings on Iraqi attempts to acquire nuclear weapons were held not long before, and delved into URENCO's record. Subsequently, powerful Michigan Democrat John Dingell raised concerns that the LES plant in Louisiana might violate provisions governing the movement of classified technology from foreign countries under the federal Atomic Energy Act. That issue was never resolved, but LES gave up attempts to build the Louisiana facility amid controversy over its impact on nearby...
...their reluctance to run, Daschle and Gore are the exception these days. And while the Iowa caucuses may be more than a year ahead on your calendar, they feel like a heartbeat away to those who aspire to be the Democrat who challenges George W. Bush. The nomination might not seem like much of a prize, given that the winner gets to run against an incumbent President with a currently healthy approval rating and probably a quarter-billion dollars to spend in the campaign. But the field is expanding quickly and snapping up top talent...
...candidates are worrying as much about how they don't want to be defined as how they do. Media profiles of Kerry feature him rhapsodizing about his Harley and playing his guitar. Edwards spent the fall giving heavy-duty policy speeches. Gephardt peppers his talks with New Democrat words like "responsibility," and he became a relatively early hawk on Iraq. Dean gave up his day job last week, which affords him lots more time to make friends outside the Green Mountain State...
Congressman Barney Frank, ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee (which oversees government housing agencies), is not kind about the Bush Administration's intentions. "They are just lying when they say they have a housing program," he says. And of the additional $35 million pledged to end chronic homelessness, Frank says, "it's not only peanuts; it's taking the peanuts from one dish and putting them in another." In fact, in October the House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that, if it becomes law, will cut $938 million from the President's budget for rental vouchers...
...doing something. "What makes you say that a guy who has been on the street for five years and is a heroin addict is any more needy than a woman who is being beaten nightly in front of her children?" he asks. For his part, Senator John Kerry, a Democrat running for President, has proposed legislation that would add 1.5 million units of affordable housing to address the fact that America's population has grown 11% in the past decade while rental stock has shrunk. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, which lobbies for government housing...