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...sure what might work. "Given the resources you're willing to devote to the problem," says Lee Hamilton, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, "I think you have to lower your expectations about what you can accomplish." Members of Congress returned to Washington after the Easter recess with no feeling that their constituents were clamoring for the use of armed force. National opinion polls show that only about a quarter to a third of Americans favor military intervention...
Late Friday, majority leader George Mitchell angrily postponed the Senate's Easter recess. But Republicans vowed to hold out until the Democrats give up more than half the proposed spending package, including $500 million for the popular Head Start program for children...
...meeting before the spring recess, the coalition decided to push for a more concrete demand--a multicultural center--according to coalition spokesperson Richard Garcia...
...adopted in 1974 that the Senate had approved a budget resolution as early as March. Because the House of Representatives previously passed an only slightly different measure, odds are that a compromise setting broad dollar goals for spending and revenues will clear the full Congress before the Easter recess starts on April...
...council allocated $120 for a poll of about 4,000 students to measure student opinion about the current academic schedule and possible calendar reforms such as holding fall exams before winter recess...