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...Committee has been helped the panel's decision to push an identical measure might make sense in light of a statement by Ron Fitzsimmons, a prominent abortion rights activist who previously advised Clinton on abortion issues. During last year's debate on the bill, Fitzsimmons assured the President that partial birth abortions were rarely performed and used only to save a woman's life. This gave Clinton the green light to label the bill as somewhat unnecessary. Several weeks ago, however, Fitzsimmons said his assurance was misleading and that the procedure was in fact commonly performed. The recantation may have...
...fuel-pool issue "is low," a conclusion disputed by a host of industry-watchdog engineers. The "pervasive noncompliance" that Galatis uncovered, the agency admitted, did pose a potential threat to public safety. The NRC informed Galatis in December that its long-term shutdown of Millstone "constitutes a partial grant of the petitioner's requests." The agency is delaying a decision on enforcement actions until the U.S. Attorney's office in Connecticut winds up its investigation...
Enter Wall Street which has much to gain if Americans are scared into privatizing Social Security. Even partial privatization could put in excess of $150 billion into the hands of Wall Street fund managers. Management fees on $150 billion is not small change. Small wonder that Wall Street is behind a significant portion of the millions of dollars that have already been spent to push privatization...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Republicans are wasting little time in reopening the debate over partial-birth abortions after a prominent abortion-rights activist admitted he lied about how often the procedure is performed. GOP leaders are busy lining up votes as the House prepares to once again take up a bill banning abortions using the controversial partial-birth technique. So far, Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum says he's counted 62 'yes' votes, enough for Senate passage but still five short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto. An opportunity to renew the debate opened up after after Ron Fitzsimmons...
...idea of subsidizing partial education is a partial idea," said a Quincy House sophomore who asked not to be identified...