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Bush’s proposal would cancel a GOP policy enacted in 1996, which required legal immigrants to live in the United States for at least 10 years before becoming eligible to collect the federal food aid. At the time, the plan was defended by Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.), saying that, “Immigrants should come to the U.S. with their sleeves rolled up, ready to work, not with their hands out, ready to go on welfare.” However, Gingrich, who as speaker of the House championed the Welfare Reform Act that included the stricter eligibility...
...President and Sen. Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.) joined U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and other legislative sponsors of the bill–Sen. Judd Gregg, (R-N.H.), Representative George Miller (D-Calif.), and Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) on yesterday’s tour that claimed legislative victory in reauthorizing the 36-year old Elementary and Secondary Education...
...Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.), who had voiced support for the living wage during last spring’s sit-in, issued a statement Dec. 19 supporting the committee’s recommendations and the concurring opinions...
...However, Attorney General John Ashcroft, "the man who trashed the Bill of Rights," - "should be POY for actually resurrecting Sen. Joseph McCarthy" - "Ashcroft is leading policies that in the name of security will keep future generations of Americans ignorant of the freedom we once...
...Defense lawyers rose to Brinkema's defense when former Sen. Robert Dole, during his 1996 presidential campaign, labeled Brinkema and several other federal judges "soft on crime" at a time when Republicans were attacking individual judges for rulings they felt were too lenient. Dole focused on a case in which Brinkema reduced the sentence of a man she convicted for plotting to kill a former martial arts instructor. She rejected his insanity defense, but cited his diminished mental capacity in sentencing him to 21 months in prison rather than up to 9 years. The appeals court overturned the sentence...