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...series of votes, House members modified theGOP's welfare reform billto increase funding for child care and permit some ill and disabled immigrants to continue to receive welfare benefits. Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) said her amendment would add $150 million a year to the $1.94 billion for child care, but Democrats called it a drop in the bucket. Quoting former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), paraphrasing former Texas governor Ann Richards said: "You can put lipstick on a sow and call it Monique but it's still...
...Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) disagreed."There has to be a really big bang," she said by atelephone link from her Washington office. "Oncerules are changed nationwide, then insurancecompany policies will really be reformed...
...Holobaugh invested a lot of time and energy in the program. He has a legitimate claim to say `pay me back for all the time and energy I put into it,'" said Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) in an interview...
Although Wilson said he would answer no "substantive" questions, he later responded to two questions put to him by Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn...
...Tuesday, Reps. John G. Rowland (R-Conn.) and Herbert H. Bateman (R-Va.) disclosed that Pentagon officials were considering cutting the subs from the budget as part of an overall plan to cut $10 billion from the defense spending plan submitted by former President Ronald W. Reagan. A final decision on the cuts is expected to be announced next week...