Partisan fight over veteran funding and VA health care
A Memorial Day political fight pits Republicans against Democrats over how veterans are funded. Democrats accuse Republicans of shortchanging veterans to pay for Bush tax cuts, while GOP leaders defend spending as increased above the White House plan. They cite a 2004 VA budget of 63.8 billion with health care rising 3.1 billion to 27 billion, and note reforms like enrollment fees and higher copays are debated.
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Washington
Bush
GOP
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Christopher Smith
R-N
Congress
White House
Rep
Steny Hoyer
Maryland
House
Congressional Budget Office
Veterans Affairs Department
Bobb Norton
Military Officers Association of America
Wes
Anthony Princip
Texas lawmakers clash with WD-40s over name use in Texas
A Texas House group of white Democrats over 40 dubbed the WD-40s faces a cease and desist from WD-40 Company. The company says the trademark must not be linked to any political group. A response from three lawmakers defends the humor, noting state investments and a budget shortfall.
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Texas
Wd-40 Co
WD-40
San Diego
Kathleen Pasulka
Ardmore
Okla
Pasulka
Wd-40 Company
Gary O. Ridge
WDFC
Rick Hardcastle
Vernon
Dennis Bonnen
Angleton
Trey Martinez Fischer
D-San Antonio
Pasuika
Reunion of Lost Father and Daughter Hearts in Baytown Sun
Racheal, aided by a letter in The Baytown Sun, reconnected with her father Robert after ten years. Aiding events included friends and a Easter Sunday call, leading to plans for his attendance at her Kilgore graduation while Robert coped with injuries and medical bills from a serious car accident.
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Baytown
Racheal
Robert
Baytown Sun
Dad
Kilgore
House and Senate clash over credit history ban in homeowners insurance bill
The House proposes banning insurers from using credit history to set premiums while the Senate limits its use. Lt. Gov. Dewhurst opposes a ban, preferring controlled risk assessment. Captiol buzzed as the amendment stayed in the House. The bills differ on how quickly rates would be set and adjusted after the law's enactment.
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House
Senate
Gay
David Dewhurst
Jose Montemayor
Montemayor
Rick Perry
Sailor presumed dead after fall from Nassau off Virginia coast
A sailor returning from Iraq is presumed dead after falling from the USS Nassau about 900 miles off the Virginia coast. A second sailor remains missing from the same ship as air and sea searches continue aboard the 833-foot vessel carrying 964 crew and 1,900 Marines to North Carolina en route to Norfolk.
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Iraq
Atlantic Ocean
Virginia
Shaun Dale
Nassau
Cmdr
Dave Werner
Atlantic Fleet
North Carolina
Norfolk
Dale
Werner
City debates police disclosure under new federal privacy law
In Lubbock officials delay a policy to withhold crime and accident victim medical details while the state AGO plans to issue a legal opinion on the federal privacy law. City Attorney Anita Burgess urged police to withhold such information, sparking debate on public access to violence and safety issues.
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Lubbock
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