Word: hatched
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...proposal, sponsored by Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, would require Congress to draw up a balanced budget every year unless three-fifths of the members of each chamber voted for deficit financing. Before becoming part of the Constitution, it must be approved by a two-thirds majority in both houses, then ratified by at least 38 states in seven years. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the amendment last May by a vote of 11 to 5 (with nine Republicans and two Democrats voting for it). Hatch hopes a floor debate will begin late next month, but he concedes that...
...THAT DISTINCTION may not have occurred to the 10 Senators who voted for the Senate's latest anti-abortion initiative. Just over two weeks ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved 10 to 7 a proposed constitutional amendment--sponsored by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)-that would allow states to draft their own anti-abortion laws. The vote, marking the first time a full Congressional committee has supported anti-abortion codes, makes Senate debate on abortion more likely than ever...
...have put very little effort into the convention also play down the event. "Conventions normally endorse conservatives," says Michael Mutter Card's deputy campaign director. His candidate hardly fits that description. The 34 year old representative has a reputation at a "coalition builder." with support ranging from Francis W. Hatch Jr., the liberal Republican nominee in 1978 to conservative economist William Simon...
Abortion, an even more emotional is sue, will be the focus this week in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is scheduled to vote on a constitutional amendment proposed by Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah. The amendment, if passed by two-thirds of both houses and three-fourths of the states, would allow any state, or Congress, to outlaw abortion. Many conservatives prefer a more radical statute, sponsored by Helms, which declares that human life, as protected under Constitution, begins with conception. any Helms' bill abortion does would not be attempt murder. to the Constitution, it needs only a majority...
...humidity controls. In the past, collections have been damaged because of heat and overcrowding. Silverfish have eaten labels off objects, leaving them with no identification. Leather has desiccated, wood has cracked and animal skins have split because of erratic temperatures. And periodically, in hot weather, beetle eggs unexpectedly hatch and the insects eat their way through plant specimens in the botany department. Security will be tight, to avoid embarrassing losses like last summer's theft of one set of George Washington's false teeth...