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...both the Senate and the House had balked at key Contract with America provisions ranging from term limits for lawmakers to cuts in welfare for unwed mothers. More than 100 House Republicans declared independence from a once sacred $500-per-child tax credit, claiming the give-away was too generous to upper-income taxpayers. Stories detailing Republican "disarray" were beginning to appear in newspapers, and as Luntz dashed to yet another strategy session with his G.O.P. employers, he admitted that there was talk among the G.O.P. rank and file about "caving" on tax cuts. "Republicans are spooked," Luntz said later...
...offer one villain by consensus, it is the deadbeat dad, that selfish fugitive condemned by liberals and conservatives alike for his irresponsible behavior and generous contributions to the cycle of welfare dependency. The Clinton Administration has taken aim at him (or her- around 5% of the deadbeats are moms), opening up the military's personnel files to collection efforts and pushing a national registry of parents' obligations. It also championed provisions, which passed the House of Representatives last week, that require states to revoke driving and professional licenses for nonpayment and apply property liens across state lines. At week...
...PRESENT predicament? In the always conventional wisdom of Washington, legions of the elderly and those nearing retirement are terrified that any change, even the smallest, will lead sooner or later to slashing their none too generous government checks. And they will punish any legislator who doesn't swear to keep hands off the system with the electoral equivalent of burning at the stake. This attitude certainly exists, and not only among older Americans of modest means. Leonard Schwartz, 52, a lawyer in Austin, Texas, earns a six-figure income and has built up a sizable nest egg for the retirement...
Because Harvard ha so significant a photography collection, Cuno said that "we are seeking a distinguished leader in the field who wishes to build a program here at Harvard to serve as a great catalyst in an emerging constellation of resources and activities throughout the university. The very generous gift requires nothing less of us," Curo said, according to the Gazette...
Silvera's research is funded by the Department of Energy, the United States Air Force and the National Science Foundation (NSF). But the government has lately become a less generous benefactor, Silvera says...