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...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 (R-Ore...
...more recently, Sen. Mark O. Hatfield(R-Ore.), chair of the Senate AppropriationsCommittee, introduced two amendments to thebudget, either one of which would partiallyrestore the 10 percent cut in NIH funding assumedin the Domenici budget, leaving a cut of $1.7billion over the next seven years...
Senate Republicans will not strip veteran Sen. Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.) of his powerful Appropriations Committee chairmanship. Some GOP Senators were calling for Hatfield's head as retaliation for his vote against thebalanced budget amendment. TIME congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty says a generational split surfaced in a tense, closed meeting this afternoon, with Hatfield's longtime colleagues opposing the harsh punishment. A handful of Hatfield opponents, notably GOP Senate freshmen Connie Mack of Florida and Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, were outnumbered. But Tumulty says their anger touched off a sharp debate on how to punish wayward party leaders...
Lawmakers from both parties defended Sen. Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.) as GOP members sought revenge against the only Republican senator who voted against the balanced budget amendment. Several GOP Senate freshmen, led by Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), have called for Hatfield's ouster as chairman of the powerful appropriations committee, but Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole today seemed reluctant to make such a harsh move. Other, more senior Republicans said Hatfield should not be condemned for a vote of conscience. "It's not a healthy concept, in my opinion, to think everyone has to fit into the same keyhole...
...annual budget by 2002. Because a two-thirds majority is required, the Republicans need 67 votes to pass it in the Senate. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the states. All but one of the 53 Senate Republicans support the amendment. Sen. Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.) is opposed. Others who remain undecided are Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Wendell Ford (D-Ky.) and John Breaux...