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...Clinton aide about a state health inspector who was causing him problems with a land development--and who was later reassigned. In a March 1986 memo from the aide, McDougal is quoted as saying "he hadn't spent $60,000" on Bill Clinton over the years only to lose a battle with a state health inspector. In late 1984, when McDougal was seeking changes in Arkansas law to allow him to build a brewery and sell beer from the same site, he sent Clinton's chief of staff draft legislation with a note saying he had received the Governor...
...Specter's decision to go ahead with Senate Ruby Ridge hearings despite an Administration request to delay until its criminal investigation is complete "is both understandable and political," saysTIME's Elaine Shannon."As a presidential candidate, Specter of course wants to maximize his television exposure; but we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that this murky, deeply troubling incident has yet to be adequately investigated, and the Justice Department could be accused of stonewalling. Members of Congress are legitimately under pressure to examine this incident." Nonetheless, if the hearings are held this fall, many witnesses will likely cite...
...benefit levels among states vary so dramatically. If states are no longer required to pony up their own funds as a condition of federal help, the money they do earmark for welfare will have to compete with every other program. In battles like those, the politically powerless lose, and no group has less clout than the poor. In fact, this truism has already caused welfare benefits to decline about 40% in constant dollars over the past 20 years. States strapped for cash--as all of them are--cut welfare first...
...last week, the obese mice started regaining weight as soon as the injections stopped. Even with a boost from something like leptin, cautions Dr. Ahmed Kissebah, an obesity expert at the Medical College of Wisconsin, the formerly fat cannot afford to become less vigilant. "People will still have to lose weight the hard way," he predicts. "It'll be like diabetes: you still have to exercise and watch your food intake...
...jobs? The party in control just changes who gets the pork, not how much pork is handed out [CONGRESS, July 17]. Why is it going to take seven to 10 years to balance the budget? Because politicians are afraid that if they cut the budget too deeply, they will lose votes and possibly their jobs and salaries. So the pork will march on in Washington, whether led by Democrats, Republicans or others. KEVIN FORSBERG Chandler, Arizona Via E-mail...