Wisconsin Gains Federal Waiver to Cut Welfare Payments
The Bush administration allows Wisconsin to reduce additional AFDC benefits for mothers with more than one child. The plan cuts payments for second and subsequent children, affects Milwaukee and three other counties for five years, and shifts earnings exemptions. Critics call the waiver harmful to children while Wisconsin officials defend the reform as a promised change.
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Bush Administration
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Child Welfare League of America
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Senate Okays 1.5 Trillion Budget For 1993
The Senate approved a 1.5 trillion dollar federal budget for 1993 by a 54 to 35 vote. It embraces 292 billion for military after the Soviet breakup and tracks Bush priorities while debating limiting growth of many benefit programs. Democrats push to cut welfare and law enforcement, while veterans benefits were exempted.
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America
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Perot vows to resign from clubs if he runs for president
Texas billionaire H Ross Perot told the American Society of Newspapers Editors he would quit private clubs if he seeks the presidency. He pledged to erase the federal deficit and criticized Washington while offering few concrete proposals. He said he could spend up to 100 million of his own money and would run as an independent if on ballots nationwide.
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Texas
H. Ross Perot
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Congress
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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Watson resigns from genome research center post
Nobel Prize winner James Watson resigns as director of the National Center for Human Genome Research after a HHHS review raised questions about his investment portfolio. He told NIH director Dr Bernadine Healy of his decision, effective immediately.
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National Center For Human Genome Research
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Health and Human Services
Bernadine Healy
National Institutes of Health
Panel backs acne medicine ingredient benzoyl peroxide
Medical advisers by a unanimous vote urged keeping benzoyl peroxide available over the counter. They said benefits in treating acne outweigh cancer risks, with new animal studies planned while the ingredient remains on the market.
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Food and Drug Administration
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