Byrd Power and the Budget Battle in Congress
The Byrd-led Appropriations Committee wields vast influence over a $1.5 trillion federal budget challenging a proposed balanced budget amendment. Critics fear reduced crisis response while Byrd touts reforms, suggesting a bipartisan commission to fix accounting, distinguish investment from consumption, and bring off-budget items on-budget.
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Sen
Robert Byrd
Dw.va
Byrd
Senate
West Virinia
Congress
Federal Treasury
Duke of
West Virginia
Capitol Hill
Byrd Pooh
Federal Commission
Pro-choice stance sparks letters to the editor in Aiken SC
A letter criticizes anti-choice opponents for forcing unwanted pregnancies on women. It cites welfare costs in Aiken County, potential crime from neglected children, and fears a Republican platform plank prioritizing fetal life over mothers. The writer profiles a 13-year-old girl and a 45-year-old mother in danger of hardship.
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Criminal
Aiken County
South Carolina
Department of Social Services
Republican Party
Letters to the Editor on abortion politics and rights
The letter urges reader engagement with The Aiken Standard proposing pro choice views. It discusses Republicans attitudes toward abortion, parental notification and informed decision bills, judicial rulings on these issues, and contrasts political strategies with women’s bodily autonomy. The writer supports continued legislative fight to keep control of a woman's body out of political influence.
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America
Hennessy
U.S. Congress
Holly Cork
Beaufort County
South Carolina
Ms. Hennessy
Politcians
Primary fatigue shadows Bush and Clinton in 1992 race
Bush and Clinton enter the fall phase of the 1992 presidential race weakened by the primaries. Perot surges in polls as voters seek an alternative, while post primary reflexes push reform talk and possible changes to the calendar.
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Bush
Bill Clinton
Clinton
Ross Perot
Perot
Clinton Inal
Paul Tsongas
Jerry Brown
Arkansas
Dallas
GOP
Gerald R. Ford
Jimmy Carter
Buchanan
Congress and budgets without a balanced amendment
A columnist critiques a balanced budget amendment as a flawed cure for a $400 billion annual deficit and a $3 trillion debt. He cites Star Wars defense folly, political cowardice, and voter apathy, arguing for gutsy leadership and short term limits instead of constitutional fixes.
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Congress
The Greater Problem At The Bottom
The text argues top earners prosper from higher output while some executives overpay themselves during lean times, with lawmakers and economists debating income inequality. It likens high earners in business and sports to star athletes, urging focus on the unproductive bottom 10 percent and the need for reform to limit misuses of authority and redistribution.
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Sennel Jordan
Finah
Fem
NBA
Stein
Steve Briel
Roo
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Tom Harkin
CARLP
Ubsdorf
Jengres
Sri Cler
House
Washington
Kirk
Irs
Pentagon
Turkey
Iowa
Charles Grassley
Taul Harvey
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Babe Ruth
United States
Michael Milken
Michael Jordan
Michael Jackson
Michael Eisner
Herbert Stein
President's Council of Economic Advisers
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