Hyde backs assault weapons ban in House panel vote
In a 19 gun measure, Rep Henry Hyde joined Democrats to approve a bill prohibiting 19 semiautomatic assault style weapons. The panel vote was 2015 with two Democrats opposing, as the full House eyed a vote next week and a White House push sought to secure 15 to 20 more votes.
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Henry Hyde
R-Ill
Judiciary Committee
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GOP
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Texas
Rick Boucher
Virginia
Charles Schumer
D-N.y
Clinton
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Schumer
Congress
Janet Reno
Treasury
Lloyd Bentsen
Agriculture
Mike Espy
Russian arms theft risk alarms U S senators
Senate Armed Services members warn Russian weapons of mass destruction could be vulnerable to theft by organized crime and perhaps already in unofficial hands. Pentagon officials say no evidence of major weapon thefts exists, with FBI and intelligence partners monitoring nuclear chemical and biological arsenals.
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Warner
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Russia
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Panel votes to kick addicts off disability rolls
The House Ways and Means Committee approved an amendment to spin off Social Security from HHS and make addicts and alcoholics ineligible after 36 months. Lawmakers criticized SSA for failing to ensure treatment and not just cash benefits, citing a Senate study showing over 250 000 recipients received 1.4 billion dollars last year.
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Grassley and Kohl push plan to abolish federal welfare
Senators Charles Grassley and Herb Kohl propose replacing AFDC with a $37 billion annual block grant to states for job oriented welfare programs. States must show progress moving people off welfare to keep funding. The plan aims to end one size fits all federal welfare and let states tailor reforms.
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Washington
Charles Grassley
Herb Kohl
D-Wis
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Grassley
Iowa
Tom Harkin
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