Word: toughened
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Rockefeller said the federal government must also re-introduce Earned Income Tax Credits, toughen child support enforcement, strengthen the welfare program and instill traditional American values...
...delay, agreed to wait for Baker to return from the Middle East before taking the bill any further. Meanwhile Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, who chairs the Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, said he would hold off pushing for the $10 billion loan program and planned to toughen restrictions on any future aid, so that Israel would, in effect, be punished for every dollar it spends on the settlements...
This fall Congress will hold hearings on a bill designed to toughen the regulatory system. Sponsored in the House by Michigan Democrat William Ford, the bill would require any company with more than 11 employees to set up a worker-management safety committee empowered to enforce jobsite safety rules. "Then there's no reason for an inspector to show up to unlock a door," says Franklin Mirer, safety director for the United Auto Workers. "The workers...
...panel laid out the action it wants, the first time a scientific body has issued recommendations on the subject. Basically, they add up to taking out what the panel called "insurance" against the worst-case scenario of global warming. Among other things, the commission urged the White House to toughen the inadequate energy plan that it unveiled in February. To achieve a 30% increase in automobile fuel efficiency, the panel called for "tax incentives" or regulation, the latter a notion that makes the President flinch. The report also suggested raising overall automobile mileage standards from the current level...
...Faculty Council voted Wednesday to toughen up restrictions on students taking classes whose schedules overlap...