Power and principle clash over Guam delegates voting rights
The House Democrats move to grant five nonvoting delegates Guam American Samoa the U S Virgin Islands Puerto Rico and DC voting on the floor in the Committee of the Whole sparking critique from Roll Call and fear of constitutional overreach. The piece contrasts past rules with current power grabs and cites CRS analysis and a 1970 remark by Tom Foley on committee versus floor votes.
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Washington
Tom Foley
House
House of Representatives
Guam
American Samoa
U.S. Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
Democratic Caucus
Supreme Court
Roll Call
Congress
Capitol Hill
Congressional Research Service
Democratic
CRS
United States
Senate
Clinton listens to economic advisers in Little Rock gathering
Editorial notes Clinton’s town hall style meeting with 300 presenters as preparation for his presidency. It cites his planned deficit cutting tax fairness and competitiveness measures with Lloyd Bentsen and Leon Panetta, while IBM announces 25 000 layoffs amid a changing job market and near normal economy.
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Little Rock
Clinton
Arkansas
U.S
Lloyd Bentsen
Leon Panetta
IBM
Bush
Bill Clinton
Tire Disposal Debate Drives Iowa Policy Talk
The Iowa tire issue prompts talk of collecting shredding facilities and burning tires as fuel at plants such as ADM in Decatur Illinois and University of Iowa use. Legislators discuss state funding and tax incentives as private capital may be preferred to public spending.
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Iowa
ADM
Decatur
Ill
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Mason City
Capitol
Iowa Utilities
James Kersten
R-Fort Dodge
Bert Priebe
D-Algona
Busi
Ethnic self determination and the new tribalism
Joseph S Nye Jr argues that liberal self determination risks illiberal outcomes in Yugoslavia and elsewhere. He calls for international protection of minority rights and cautious, multilateral intervention to maintain balance among states while avoiding broad sovereignty limits. The piece stresses the slow, imperfect path to a fair international order and warns against simplistic self determination.
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Joseph S. Nye JR
Clinton
Yugoslavia
Liberalism
United Nations
Slovenia
Belgrade
Germany
Croatia
Zagreb
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Soviet Union
Africa
Be American Buy American to Check Foreign Invasion
A guest column argues the United States faces an economic invasion led by Japan and Taiwan, urging Americans to buy American to curb trade imbalances. It cites real estate and securities purchases, car parts costs, and the need to support domestic merchants to reduce national debt and foreign ownership.
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United States
Hawaii
Japan
Toyota
America
Ameri
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Taiwan
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