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...PACKWOOD GETS A BREAK...
...said only direct threats, such as hunting or trapping, were covered.) Today's ruling, however,only accelerated pro-landowner sentiment in Congress, where the legislation itself may be endangered. "The Supreme Court has just given those of us in Congress more incentive to change the act," declared Sen. Bob Packwood...
...Justice Department closed its 18-month investigation of Sen. Bob Packwood today, deciding against prosecuting the Oregon Republican regarding allegations that he used his influence to solicit job offers from lobbyists for his ex-wife. The Department, which offered no explanation for its decision, had subpoenaed several lobbyists who made job offers. Packwood's problems are hardly over. Today, he spent a second day in closed-door session with the Senate ethics committee, which has kept the job-soliticitation charge alive, along with allegations that Packwood sexually harassed numerous women over two decades andaltered his diaries in an attempt...
Clearly, they care plenty. This week on the Senate floor, amendments will be flying. On one side, Republican Senators Bob Packwood of Oregon and John McCain of Arizona will press to make the bill easier on the communications industry by limiting the government's authority to keep the Baby Bells from moving into long-distance service, by lifting price controls on small cable operators and by allowing broadcasters to own more television stations...
...also noted that "the honor has less to do with Spiro Agnew than the honor I held." About 300 guests turned up for the unveiling, including some who may really understand what the former Veep went through. Among the first to join in a standing ovation: Oregon Senator Bob Packwood...