Espy tied to ag PACs NRA in drive for reform
The piece notes Representative Mike Espy faces scrutiny over campaign funding from agriculture groups and the NRA, highlighting conflicts with his House Agriculture Committee role. It cites Rep. Jim Leach and Sen. Grassley on PAC limits and recalls NRA support dating to 1974 alongside Espy’s voting record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Espy
House Agriculture Committee
Jim Leach
Iowa
Deep South
Charles Grassley
National Rifle Association
Americans For Democratic Action
NRA
PAC contributions to Espy highlight agriscience donors to Mississippi congressman
Top agricultural PACs and individuals funded Rep. Mike Espy of Mississippi with thousands in donations. Major PACs from San Antonio to Washington, D C, including American Crystal Sugar and ConAgra, gave amounts from 500 to 4 500 dollars, plus industry groups and firms such as Connell Rice and Sugar and Percy Farms contributed smaller sums.
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Committee For
San Antonio
Texas
Associated Milk Producers Pac
Dairymen, Inc
Washington
ConAgra Pac
Omaha
American Crystal Sugar Pac
Moorhead
Minn
Southern Minn. Sugar Cooperative Pac
Food Marketing Institute
Mississippi Acre Committee
Jackson
Miss
National Cattleman’s Assn
Englewood
Colo
National Broiler Council
National Council of Farmer Co-Ops
Smokeless Tobacco Council Pac
Tobacco Institute Pac
RJR
Winston-Salem
N.C
Grover and
Patricia Connell
Westfield
N.J
Connell Rice & Sugar
Norris Faust Jr
Delta Partnership
Sledge
Alex Curtis
Farmers’ Grain
Greenville
W. A. Percy
Percy Farms
Arcola
J. Drue Lundy
Belzoni
Cecil Forster Jr
Patton, Boggs & Blow
Espy
Diane Mamado
AMEX
Clinton settles on Aspin for defense post
President-elect Clinton has chosen Rep. Les Aspin as secretary of defense, a senior transition source said. Aspin, 54, chairs the House Armed Services Committee and is a leading defense expert, with discussions centering on an offer amid reports of an interview trip to Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Ark
Clinton
Les Aspin
House Armed Services Committee
Aspin
Washington
Wisconsin
Capitol Hill
Court limits overtime for child and spousal support
California Supreme Court rules a divorced husband cannot be forced to work continuous, substantial overtime to pay support. Ruling sets objective reasonable work regimens for postdivorce support, favors standard 40 hour weeks, and orders recalculation for Richard Simpson who had worked up to 70 hours weekly.
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Los Angeles Times
San Francisco
State Supreme Court
Ronald George
Los Angeles
Richard Simpson
Barbara Simpson
Mixed Utah abortion ruling limits 20 week ban
A federal judge struck down Utah's 20 week abortion ban while allowing post 21 week restrictions. Judge J Thomas Greene said the 20 week outright ban conflicted with the Supreme Court ruling permitting some restrictions. The law, passed in 1991, had not been enforced during litigation led by the ACLU and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
U.S
J. Thomas Greene
U.S. Supreme Court
Greene
American Civil Liberties Union
Independent counsel named in Clinton passport file probe
Former U S attorney Joseph di Genova was secretly appointed as independent counsel to probe possible criminal conduct in the White House passport file search tied to the Clinton era. The three judge panel acted after Barr requested the step, with eight White House staffers questioned by State Department investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Washington
Joseph di Genova
U.S
District of Columbia
White House
Clinton
William Barr
di Genova
State Department
Bush Administration
Inspector General
James Baker
Baker
Margaret Tutwiler
Janet Mullins
Justice Department
Sherman Funk
Bush
Barr
Congress
Fight over moving Iowa girl from Eau Claire facility
Foster outlines a 2.5 percent rate increase debate as DHS rules grandfathered many out-of-state placements. Haigh notes 17 Iowa juveniles at Eau Claire, with some returning or to return soon. Leff argues moving the girl harms her progress and questions Iowa facilities' suitability.
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Haigh
DHS
Iowa
Eau Claire
Leff
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Iespy
Ag Pacs
Grassley
South
Midwest
Mike Espy
USDA
PAC
Mississippi
Philip Morris
Tyson Foods
Springdale
United Food and Commercial Workers
Committee For the Advancement of Cotton
Memphis
Tenn
Modity Futures Political Fund
Chicago
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Farm Credit Pac
Farmers’ Rice Cooperative
Sacramento
Calif
AG Pac
Davenport Street
Burson Marsteller Pac
Eddie’s
3Rd Ave
Thur
Corki Bershberger
Johnstown
Santa
Utah
Toro
Rubbermaid
IAMS
NutroMax Science Diet
Wayne Pet Foods
Cat
Hawkeye Seed Company, Inc
3Rd Avenue
Foster
1St Ave
Cedar Rapids
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