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.
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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.
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Steve Sovern
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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.
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Amtrak
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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.
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Charles Grassley
Iowa
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Tom Harkin
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