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...While many other members were taking days off to relax during recess two weeks ago, Indiana Rep. Mark Souder spent four days in California and Texas observing how America's borders are protected as part of his work chairing the House's narcotics subcommittee. Here are some of his thoughts on border control, immigration policy and other issues...
...Jack Kingston of Georgia spent his recess going to Social Security town halls and testing another proposal: the lockbox. In 2000, Al Gore campaigned on the idea of putting the surpluses that Social Security currently generates into a so-called "lockbox" that would prevent the government from spending the money on other things as it does now. Kingston notes many Republicans also have had this same idea and it would help mobilize public support that would give Congress credibility for a more ambitious Social Security reform in a few years...
...pajamas and a bathrobe, the President expressed his frustration to congressional leaders at a White House meeting last week. "How can the country go forward without a sound economic plan?" he asked. Reagan exhorted the legislators to settle their differences before Aug. 2, when Congress takes a month-long recess. At the end of the hour-long talk, House Speaker Tip O'Neill shook Reagan's hand and said, "Mr. President, you look good." Reagan shot back, "I'll feel better when I get a budget...
After a spring recess spent on the water, the Harvard sailing team can’t claim lack of practice—nor, now that it is ranked No. 1, can it claim underdog status...
...Spring recess was not kind to the Harvard women’s lacrosse team, as the Crimson (2-5, 0-1 Ivy) dropped three games, opening its Ivy season with a loss and extending its winless slump to five games...