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...poor timing of a Texas drought: "The dry spell continues to grip much of the District. Wheat and oat crops are suffering from lack of moisture. Grazing conditions are poor as well...Hay stocks are low and feed costs remain high, forcing some ranchers to cull their herds. District dairy producers report weak conditions...
...have health coverage - has a health-care program for the uninsured that is far more generous than most in Texas and practically unique in the country. Rather than continuing to wait for the uninsured to show up in its emergency rooms, in 1997 the Bexar County hospital district established a system called CareLink for those who make 200% of the poverty line or less. (In his current job, answering queries that come in to a text- message information service, Pat earns $1,257 a month, which means he qualifies...
...four states - the in-house counselors have to amass a wide-ranging knowledge of the vast mosaic of policies, both public and private, because each state regulates its own health-insurance industry. Now, however, HIAS has nine specialists and has steadily expanded to include 36 states and the District of Columbia. The job of fielding calls is a stressful one, says McCourt, but the specialists "are very passionate about helping people understand what is available and making sure they are empowered." The HIAS specialists gain insight into which states offer affordable solutions and which states are not a good place...
...human-rights abuses against opponents and of pressuring independent media that criticize his government. Ros-Lehtinen agrees, noting the similarities between the Cubans who fled the island in the wake of Fidel Castro's communist revolution 50 years ago and the Venezuelans now residing in her South Florida district. "We are very much aware of the key issues facing them," she says. Adds Ninoska Perez, director of the conservative Cuban Liberty Council in Miami, "In many ways, we Cubans see what is happening in Venezuela as the same that happened in Cuba." (See pictures of Cuba...
...Earmarks were made for hypocrisy; they're always reprehensible when they're in someone else's district. But despite all the Beltway hyperventilation, earmarks are not really a problem. Their exponential growth is a symptom of the larger problem of wasteful spending, but blaming the earmark process for wasteful spending is like blaming the Internet for porn. It is just a convenient delivery device, and it can have good uses as well as frivolous ones. Its abuse in recent years says more about the people misusing it than the process itself. (See the Top 10 Outrageous Earmarks...