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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1995

Page

6

Death bill decision looms as week advances

Grubbs leads opposition to expanding death penalty options and aims to move from subcommittee to the full Judiciary Committee by week’s end. He cautioned against marathon sessions, while chairman Hurley voiced skepticism about delaying tactics. Representative Brammer criticized overnight meetings.

Grubbs Judiciary Committee Judiciary Charles Hurley R-Fayette

Iowa students oppose death penalty at House hearing

Thirty one sixth graders from Holy Ghost school in Dubuque joined eighty Iowans speaking against capital punishment. Students argued killers cannot be deterred and reinstating the death penalty would worsen violence, echoes of a class project and past political debates.

Angela Lucey Catherine Hirsch Iowa Steve Sovern Marion Iowa Senate Sovern

Cedarapids Raytheon Lead Bid for Amtrak High Speed Cars

Cedarapids Raytheon Engineers and Constructors leads a consortium with ABB Sweden to supply high speed rail equipment for Amtrak. They await bid openings delayed by a congressional review of Amtrak's fiscal 1995 96 budget. Cedarapids would manufacture bogies the flexible frame wheel assemblies enabling tilting cars on curves.

Raytheon Engineers and Constructors Amtrak ABB Sweden Cedarapids

Budget fight over deficit path drawn in Washington

Senators Grassley and Harkin dispute Clinton's deficit plan as Grassley calls for a real downward path while Harkin argues Republicans overstep in criticizing a plan that helped cut the deficit and aid the economy. Gazette Washington reporter David Lynch contributed to this story.

Washington Charles Grassley Iowa Senate Budget Committee Sen Tom Harkin Clinton

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