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...privation. Many of the former tenants are being relocated to better, low-rise housing that blends into existing neighborhoods. Since Daley took over the school system in 1995, he has brought graduation rates up from 51% to 54%, but he's not stopping there. Last year he launched a reform plan in which old, failing schools are to be replaced with new ones that have more autonomy over their curriculums. So far Daley has $24 million in private commitments to fund the program. The best way to minimize crime and poverty in a city, Daley believes, is to keep...
...celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their triumphant return to power on vows to clean up the place, they find themselves instead nearly immobilized by the ethics controversy surrounding DeLay. Though they have a full and ambitious legislative agenda, starting with President Bush's call for Social Security reform, "every meeting we have is now a meeting about Tom DeLay," complains a Republican aide. Many congressional offices have quietly shut down all travel...
...study is sure to become a tool in the hands of politicians wrangling over plans to reform the federal tax system. "If anyone had any doubt about the unfairness of our present tax code," said Democratic Congressman J.J. Pickle of Texas, "these figures should convince them." Pickle, who requested the report, is advocating a minimum-tax provision on personal income. The study, said a White House spokesman, "shows that fat cats pay little or no money. It's a perfect example of why the President wants tax reform." But tax-reform experts point out that many of the major loopholes...
...whopping three-fourths of those polled said they had "only a little confidence" or "none at all" that he could reduce the deficit. Only one in four had "a lot of confidence" that he could. The figures were similar when people were asked about Reagan's ability to reform the tax code or negotiate arms-control agreements with the Soviets...
...strapped lawmakers more conscious of guarding benefits such as Medicare for their other fragile constituency, the aged. "It's not just that we're afraid Florida doesn't care enough about children," says Pat Stripling, 60, head of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Miami, who is lobbying for juvenile-justice reform this spring. "We're worried it doesn't care enough about the elderly anymore either...