Word: weakened
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...corrective steps now in the works, such as changing the 11-day rule in the wetlands definition. But environmentalists contend that reform is not what's on Republicans' minds. Says Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope: "The agenda they have set is not to fix these laws but to weaken them...
...brief review of Ms. Streisand's speech reveals several prominent flaws. The first is her contention that freedom of expression is crucial to the future of American democracy. As she states, "To force us to conform to some rigid notion of mainstream American values is to weaken the very foundation of American democracy...
...House overwhelmingly approved-by a bipartisan vote of 360 to 74-a G.O.P.-sponsored bill that would restrict Congress's ability to impose new unfunded mandates upon the states. The majority ignored objections from some Democrats that the measure would weaken federal protections for the poor and the environment. Minor differences need to be ironed out with the Senate before the legislation goes to President Clinton, who has said he supports it. In the Senate, positions hardened over a balanced-budget amendment, as key Democrats sought to protect Social Security from future cuts and pin down Republicans on precisely...
...does not exist only to entertain," Streisand said, attacking consevatives' calls to eliminate federal funding for the arts. "To force us to conform to some rigid notion of mainstream American values is to weaken the very foundation of American democracy...
...verge of falling last week, Chechen fighters and thousands of refugees from the capital trekked south into redoubts in the Caucasus Mountains. If the conflict descends into guerrilla warfare, it may move off the world's front pages, but it will continue to drain Moscow's resources and weaken Yeltsin -- if, of course, he survives in power...