Voting rights expanded for territories and DC in House
Democrats moved to allow delegates from the District of Columbia Guam Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands and American Samoa to vote on most major issues on the House floor. The measure passed by voice vote as Republicans are expected to oppose in January.
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Court rules for tenant in property seizure case
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the Fourth Amendment protects property from illegal repossession by government agents. The decision, Soldal v Cook County, clarifies that police cannot assist in illegal seizures and revives a damages suit against Cook County sheriff's department in a tenant eviction case in Chicago.
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Grassley to push bill cutting Bentsen's Cabinet pay
Sen. Grassley plans legislation to reduce Senator Lloyd Bentsen's pay if he becomes Treasury secretary. The move stems from a constitutional rule barring Congressional members from taking executive roles with increased pay after their term began. Bentsen would earn 148,800 as a cabinet member, down from 129,500 as a senator.
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Clinton meets with lawmakers and visits Supreme Court
President-elect Clinton arrives at Capitol Hill to speak with Democratic members, then visits the Supreme Court. He later meets with his transition team to continue assembling his government.
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Clinton eyes Panetta as budget director in economic team plan
Transition and financial sources say Bill Clinton will name Leon Panetta as budget director with Robert Rubin to be White House economic security adviser and Laurence Summers possibly chairing the Council of Economic Advisers. Other likely picks include Lloyd Bentsen for Treasury secretary and Roger Altman as deputy.
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Former New Yorker editor William Shawn dies at 85
William Shawn, longtime editor of the New Yorker known for guiding writers like John Updike James Thurber and E B White, died Tuesday at age 85. Roger Angell called him an enormous figure and the greatest editor of our time. Shawn retired in 1987 after the magazine was sold.
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AMA condemns physician self referral ethics stance
The American Medical Association's House of Delegates declared self referral unethical with exceptions during the annual meeting in Nashville. Delegates debated the issue on the first working session as they consider self referral, health care reform and other topics in committee over two days.
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