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• House Bill Cuts $184 Million From Hanford Cleanup Lawmakers Also Target Yucca Mountain, Long-Term Nuclear Waste Repository

  July 13, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The House on Wednesday moved to reign in spending to clean up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and other Department of Energy sites and approved legislation cutting $742 million from DOE’s …

• Bitter Debate Postpones Abortion Vote Proposed Bill Would Make Late-Term Abortions A Crime

  July 13, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The House Judiciary Committee was forced by a lengthy, often bitter debate Wednesday to wait until next week to act on a bill making it a crime for doctors to …

• Gop Wants Clinton’s Waco Notes

  July 11, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A10 Congressional Republicans investigating the FBI raid on the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, are insisting the White House hand over confidential documents, including President Clinton’s handwritten notes and other …

• Women Senators Back Packwood Hearings Five Of Eight Women In Senate Sign Letter Urging Public Investigation Of Sexual And Official Misconduct Charges

  July 11, 1995 in City on Page B3 Five of the eight women in the Senate, including one Republican, have called for public hearings into the accusations of sexual and official misconduct against Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore. “We …

• Clinton: Gop Wrong On Welfare Says Move To Deny Assistance To Teen Moms Holds All Reform Hostage

  July 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Clinton accused conservative Republican senators Saturday of trying to hold welfare reform hostage to extreme political views in demanding that unwed teen mothers be denied assistance. “This approach would …

• Gop Plan Guts Key Provision Of Superfund Industry Would Be Exempt From Cleaning Up Pre-1980 Sites

  July 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Congressional Republicans, stepping up a drive to reshape U.S. environmental policy, have proposed repealing a key component of the nation’s hazardous waste cleanup law that requires industry and other private-sector …

• Bold Tax Plan Offered By Richard Gephardt

  July 7, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A leading Democrat joined the tax-cutting debate Thursday, unveiling a bold plan that would slash the top federal income-tax rate for three out of four Americans to 10 percent and …

• Hearing Will Focus On Foster Papers

  July 7, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Senate Whitewater hearings are scheduled to begin July 18 with a focus on whether White House officials improperly handled Vincent Foster’s papers after the attorney’s suicide. There will be further …

• Simplifying Tax Laws Goal Of Hearings Lawmakers Will Consider Some 230 Proposals

  July 6, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A charitable deduction for non-itemizers, a child-care credit for overnight summer camp expenses and repeal of the gasguzzler tax on stretch limousines are among the 230 tax provisions House lawmakers …

• Environmentalists Green With Anger Support For Bill Allowing Salvage Logging Called ‘Evil Betrayal’

  July 1, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Stunned environmentalists Friday accused President Clinton of the ultimate sellout by agreeing to a budget-cutting bill that suspends logging laws. “President Clinton … is responsible for the most evil betrayal …

• Two Liberals Stall Spending Cuts Bill Senators Claim Too Much Cut From Programs For The Poor

  July 1, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 In another display of division between President Clinton and congressional Democrats, two liberal senators on Friday stalled a White House-backed compromise to cut more than $16 billion from current federal …

• Senate Splits With House Over Arms

  July 1, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 After four days of closed-door sessions, the Senate Armed Services Committee passed a 1996 authorizing bill that saves the much-disputed $1.5 billion third Seawolf submarine, limits the number of B-2 …

• Gingrich Stacks Hanford Panel

  July 1, 1995 in City on Page B3 House Speaker Newt Gingrich has picked a Tri-Cities Republican to lead a new task force on nuclear cleanup issues. Rep. Richard “Doc” Hastings of Pasco will head the 15-member House …

• Judge Whaley Wins Federal Court Post

  July 1, 1995 in City on Page B3 The U.S. Senate on Friday approved the nomination of Judge Robert Whaley to U.S. District Court for Eastern Washington, Sens. Patty Murray and Slade Gorton said. Whaley, a Spokane County …

• House Panel Oks Bank Reform Bill

  June 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 After a grueling debate, the House Banking Committee approved a broad deregulation bill Thursday that would exempt many banks from a major fair-lending law and permit banks to buy insurance …

• House, Senate Pass Gop Budget-Balancing Plan Republicans Now Have To Battle White House To Pass Deep Spending Cuts, Tax Breaks

  June 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Weary but triumphant, Republicans Thursday won passage in both the House and Senate of their sweeping blue-print to balance the budget by 2002 while slashing $245 billion in taxes. But …

• Texan Latest Democrat To Become Republican He’ll Take New Seat Created On Ways And Means Committee

  June 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Laughlin

• Report Fuels Push By Gop To Dump Vaccine Program

  June 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Republican members of Congress say they intend to dismantle a federal program that distributes free vaccine to millions of children in view of a new report from congressional auditors who …

• Republicans Cozy Up To Clinton Gingrich Says They May Use Parts Of President’s Budget Plan

  June 15, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 In the most conciliatory of tones, Republicans summoned White House officials to the Capitol Wednesday to discuss President Clinton’s budget-balancing proposal. They said they might use some of it in …

• Senate Moves To Ban On-Line Obscenity Civil Libertarians Say Law Would Chill Evolving Industry

  June 15, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to ban “obscene” material from computer on-line services, such as the worldwide network called the Internet. In an 84-16 vote, the lawmakers approved the …

• Panel Rejects Food Stamp Block Grants

  June 15, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 The Senate Agriculture Committee rejected appeals from Republican governors to convert food stamps into block grants to states Wednesday, voting instead to preserve the federal program that helps needy Americans …

• House Approves Reviving The B-2 Stealth Bomber

  June 14, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to revive the B-2 Stealth bomber with a new order for 20 more of the planes despite objections from the Clinton administration and the …

• Lunch Programs Compared

  June 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A11 A look at how Republican-sponsored legislation passed by the House would change the national school lunch program: How program works now: All children at public and non-profit private schools are …

• Gorton: Bpa Sale Not Going To Happen Washington Senator Says House Plan Won’t Fly In Senate, No One Would Want To Buy Debt-Ridden Power Supplier

  June 10, 1995 in Idaho on Page B5 Sen. Slade Gorton says a plan drafted by several House Republicans to sell the Bonneville Power Administration won’t be taken seriously in the Senate. “With its high costs and heavy …

• Fruitless Salmon Spending Faulted House Panel Member Questions Outlay On ‘Feel-Good Things’

  June 9, 1995 in City on Page B5 The federal government is spending billions of dollars to save Northwest salmon from extinction but has little to show for the money, several Republican lawmakers said Thursday. Reps. John Doolittle, …

• Bank Reform Talks Break Down Lack Of Insurance Compromise Blamed For Collapse

  June 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 Extensive negotiations to permit banks to affiliate with insurance companies collapsed Thursday, the chairman of the House Commerce Committee said, casting uncertainty over a major bank reform bill. Rep. Thomas …

• House Chops Foreign Aid; Clinton Promises A Veto

  June 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Foreign aid would be cut sharply and three key foreign policy agencies dismantled under a bill approved Thursday by the House. President Clinton called the measure isolationist and said he …

• Senate Approves Anti-Terrorism Bill Republicans Include Limits On Appeals By Inmates On Death Row

  June 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Senate Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a Republican version of President Clinton’s counterterrorism bill that includes the most stringent curbs ever imposed by Congress on appeals by death row inmates. The …

• Senate To Let Military Fight Domestic Terror

  June 7, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A11 As part of its proposed antiterrorism package, the Senate on Tuesday night agreed to loosen a 117-year-old law that limits the military’s involvement in domestic law enforcement. Under the amendment …

• Nethercutt Wants To Ax Land Study Congressman: Cut Funds For Eastside Ecosystem Project

  June 5, 1995 in City on Page B1 Fearing costly and stifling new regulations, a congressman from Spokane wants to slash the budget for a massive federal land study due out next year. U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt, R-Wash., …

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