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In several instances, Republicans agreed to modify the harsh language of their original proposal. The Bush administration had asked for indefinite powers to detain immigrants, and Congress settled on a seven-day limit. The House also imposed a sunset provision on expanded surveillance measures—permission to use certain...
At the same time, on Capitol Hill and at the Food and Drug Administration, BMS has remembered its self-interest. The company is trying to leverage a provision of drug law designed to help children to secure a three-year extension on its exclusive right to sell a top-grossing...
To help make its argument, BMS added a slew of new lobbyists to its force, including GOP insider Haley Barbour. Longtime lobbying powerhouse Tommy Boggs took Bristol-Myers' CEO for sit-downs with lawmakers like John Dingell, the top- ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. And BMS...
Maximum awards to undergraduates through the federal government’s Pell grants program would increase by $250 to $4,000 per year under a provision passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Grim statistics According to INS officials, 16 out of the 19 terrorists involved in the September 11th hijackings arrived in the U.S. with legal visas. One of the men linked to the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center became a legal U.S. resident thanks to a provision similar to...