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Today, another Boston desegregation plan is on the table. Proposed less than two months ago, the plan received preliminary approval on Tuesday night from the Boston School Committee, which is responsible for maintaining desegregation. A public hearing on the matter will be held next Tuesday and a final vote will be taken by the School Committee on Monday, February...
First, the House voted to reject the raise by a vote of 380-48. Less than three hours later, the Senate followed suit by a vote...
During its less than 30 minutes of debate, the Senate heard Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), a foe of the raise, proclaim that the vote shows the American people that "you can fight City Hall and you can take on the Congress of the United States with all its legerdemain and all its legislative ability...
Jeffords said he cast his vote yesterday to make clear his view that judges are badly in need of a pay raise and because, unlike last week's measure, this one did not curtail lawmakers' rights to make speeches for fees...
...chamber applauded loudly when Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.) told colleagues in a rousing speech before the vote, "Each member of this House, Democrat and Republican, is worth a salary of $135,000 a year...