Lukens Indicted Over Bribery Ties To Trade School
Former Ohio Rep. Donald Lukens was arrested in Dallas on bribery and conspiracy charges for taking 27500 from two businessmen seeking to keep their trade school in the federal student loan program. The case ties to his 1990 resignation amid ethics probes.
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Ohio
Donald “Buz
Lukens
U.S. District Court
FBI
Dallas
John Fitzpatrick
Middletown
Kent
Congress
Ethics Committee
Victims gain rights to Hinckley life story in unusual settlement
Brady James Brady Timothy McCarthy and Thomas Delahanty win control of Hinckley's life story rights in a 13 year lawsuit. They will market to publishers and film makers and receive 80 percent of the first 3.625 million dollars with a trust for Hinckley. He remains confined at St Elizabeths Hospital and could receive funds for needs.
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Washington Post
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Reagan
John Hinckley
Brady
Hinckley
Secret Service
Timothy McCarthy
D.C
Thomas Delahanty
Frederic Schwartz Jr
Schwartz
McCarthy
Simon & Schuster
New York
Delahanty
St. Elizabeths Hospital
St. Elizabeths
Washington Hilton
Jodie Foster
Foster
House panels approve cuts of 10.5 billion
House subcommittees approve 10.5 billion in cuts across housing, environmental, and other programs amid partisan clashes. The week’s actions raise total cuts to 17.5 billion, touching HUD housing aid, clean water, veterans services, and transportation, with school lunch programs also targeted.
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House
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Clinton
National Service
Veterans
al Gore
House Economic and Educational Opportunities Committee
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Bob Livingston
R-La
House Appropriations Committee
IRS delays refunds due to anti fraud drive across nation
Six weeks into tax season the IRS anti fraud push has held up refunds for more than 800000 filers and created filing problems for hundreds of thousands. Low income earners using EITC face splits from wage refunds and possible two month delays while some refunds arrive as checks rather than electronic transfers. Tax pros report angry, desperate taxpayers venting at preparers who must deliver the bad news.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Harry Buckley
H&r Block Tax Services Inc
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House panels to probe Agriculture Department fund raising
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and Government Operations Chair William Clinger announce hearings to examine whether senior Agriculture Department employees illegally raised funds for Bill Clinton’s 1992 bid. They will also probe job rewards for donors and actions by donors to help politically connected farmers amid a Justice Department and Hatch Act review. Grant Buntrock, a former career employee, is expected to testify.
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Washington — House Agriculture Committee
Pat Roberts
Agriculture Department
Bill Clinton
Roberts
R-Kan
William Clinger
R-Pa
Government Operations Committee
Janet Reno
Justice Department
Public Integrity Section
Agriculture
Office of Special Counsel
Ical Action Committee
Grant Buntrock
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