House imposes gift ban on members and aides
The House approved a rule barring members and aides from accepting gifts from lobbyists and others, voting 422 to 6. The measure covers sports tickets vacations fruit baskets and free meals.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1995
Page
3
The House approved a rule barring members and aides from accepting gifts from lobbyists and others, voting 422 to 6. The measure covers sports tickets vacations fruit baskets and free meals.
Attorney General nominee Janet Reno disclosed she has Parkinson's disease but stated it will not affect her ability to perform the job. She noted a tremor in her left hand, receives daily Sinemet, and expects no early mobility issues, with NIH estimates placing half a million U.S. cases.
Republicans in Congress agreed to cap the government direct lending program at 10 percent of all student loans, a move critics say will favor bankers and affect about 1.9 million students. The deal aims to save 1.6 billion dollars over seven years as part of a budget plan through 2002. Nancy Kassebaum urged caution, noting the program should not replace guaranteed bank loans and urging evaluation before expansion. About 2.5 million students at 1,350 schools participate in the direct loans this year.
Eight crew members aboard the Atlantis Mir complex shared gifts and a steak dinner in a festive exchange. Commander Kenneth Cameron led the U S shuttle crew giving plaques shirts a guitar and tapes to the cosmonauts while cosmonauts received medals pins and IDs during docked time aboard space station Mir.
A study presented by Dr. J Michael Gaziano at the American Heart Association meeting shows that modest alcohol use lowers heart disease risk similarly whether beer or red wine is consumed. The study tracked 340 recent heart attack patients against a healthy control group to compare drinking habits and heart outcomes.
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