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...lacks the support it needs to fund grants for AIDS-devastated nations. Bush requested only $200 million for the organization from Congress next year—barely half of this year’s spending. And congressional Republicans two weeks ago struck down a proposal by Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., that would have earmarked $1 billion for the fund...
...even the Federal Government makes up the difference in pay for the 14,000 or so of its civilian employees who have been called up - a situation that Senators Dick Durbin, Mary Landrieu and Barbara Mikulski are seeking to rectify in recently introduced legislation. Landrieu is also fighting to give a tax break to companies that supplement the military pay of their workers while they are on active duty. And Senator (and presidential contender) John Edwards has introduced legislation to suspend interest on the student loans of activated reservists as well as to expand day-care services for their children...
...when moviegoing was a family adventure, young actors ruled. Rooney was the top box-office draw in America, and Garland sent adults and kids over the rainbow. Teen soprano Deanna Durbin was, at 14, the world's highest paid actress. At the same age, Bonita Granville had her own series: the Nancy Drew films. Our Gang and the Dead End Kids filled out the program...
...informal survey revealed, if nothing else, very busy phone lines: Wednesday afternoon, getting through to the main White House switchboard proved impossible. Calls to the offices of New York senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton were also greeted with a busy signal. The Associated Press reports Sen. Richard Durbin's office received 800 calls in a four-hour span Wednesday, or about twice as many as usual...
...people, that's not the place I'd rest my argument." Some in Congress say it will take more than the one-time visit to Baghdad by a one-legged al-Qaeda operative to convince them. Democrats who have heard the pitch tend to agree with Illinois Senator Richard Durbin: "What I have seen is so minimal that it seems like a stretch...