GOP Spending Shift Increases in Republican Districts After 1994
An Associated Press analysis shows federal outlays grew 50 percent faster in GOP held districts than Democratic ones after the 1994 House takeover. By 2000 the average GOP district received $612 million more than the Democratic average, driven by policy shifts toward suburbs and GOP farm counties.
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Washington
House
Associated Press
Dick Armey
Texas
House Democratic Conference
Martin Frost
Senate
Jim Jeffords
Vermont
Republican Party
Armey
GOP
Bob Livingston
R-La
House Appropriations Committee
Rumsfeld presses aggressive pursuit of terrorists abroad
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld argues for stronger U S efforts to capture or kill al Qaida and Taliban fighters outside Afghanistan. He cites cooperation from Pakistan and Yemen, concern over Indonesia, and plans to intensify manhunts and intelligence efforts while denying an imminent Iraq attack.
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Washington
U.S
Afghanistan
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Taliban
al-Qaida
Rumsfeld
Air Force
Charles Holland
Special Operations Command
al- Qaida
Holland
Tommy Franks
U.S. Central Command
Pentagon
Iraq
Bush
United States
Persian Gulf
Horn of Africa
Mediterranean
Donald Rumsfeld
Capitol Hill
Voucher supporters push for expansion after Supreme Court ruling
Energized by the ruling, lawmakers in up to 20 states plan bills to allow using taxpayer funds for private or religious schools. The debate remains tight as courts challenge programs in Maine and Vermont and observers doubt broad state gains this cycle.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Maine
Vermont
Clark Neily
Institute For Justice
Cleveland
Florida
Jeb Bush
California
Texas
Pennsylva
Nia
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Kay O’connor
O’connor
H R Block Course Aims At Tax Knowledge and Careers
The program targets individuals seeking to grow tax knowledge and save on taxes while training for a second career or seasonal work. It notes a tax related career suits those pursuing part time earnings and flexible hours.
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H&r Block
Justice Department misses 775 weapons and 400 laptops
An audit shows the FBI and INS lost hundreds of weapons and laptops from 1999 to 2002. At least some weapons were used in robberies and one linked to a homicide, prompting new security protocols and a crackdown on mismanagement.
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Washington
FBI
Justice Department
Department
Glenn A. Fine
FBI and Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
Fine
Congress
John Ashcroft
Chuck Grassley
Lowa
Judiciary Committee
Drug Enforcement Administration
Bureau of Prisons
U.S. Marshals Service
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Kevin Glynn
South
Portland
Michael Pons
National Education Association
Pons
Neily
ICR/International Communications Research of Media
Saar
Wrightsboro
Augusta
Aiken
H&r
H&r Block Tax Service Inc
Centipede
Bermuda
Zoysia
ST. Augustine
Fescue
Fresh Farms
Neeses
S.C
Bey
Aimee
Bolton Court
Pine Log Rd
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