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The Senate bill does not include a death penalty provision. The House bill would allow capital punishment for individuals involved in a continuing criminal enterprise who intentionally caused the death of another individual.
But last Wednesday the Senate formally approved a bill which would, among other things, permit a 65 m.p.h. speed limit on some roads. Other portions of the bill include a plan to remove billboards from the nation's roadsides, and a provision to discourage highway contractors from investing in South...
In its zeal to win this confrontation, the House approved a provision requiring the President to deploy, within 30 days after the law takes effect, "armed forces sufficient to halt the unlawful penetration of U.S. borders by aircraft and vessels carrying narcotics." The proposal, yet to be considered by the...
Congressman Duncan Hunter, a California Republican and author of the military provision, argues that the Pentagon has exaggerated the dimensions of the interdiction effort. "If we can't intercept a couple of Cessnas per hour," says Hunter, "we better forget about SDI." A Senate version drafted late last week calls...
In South Africa, a decision handed down last week by the Supreme Court of Natal struck at key provisions of the nationwide state of emergency that is * now entering its fourth month. The court voided a measure empowering the police commissioner to prohibit any activity that he thought might endanger...