Senate eyes trade push as week opens in Congress
The Senate moves to tackle trade policy amid White House friction over reflagging Kuwaiti oil tankers and a looming veto, while still pressing a two-track plan to advance the campaign finance bill. Budgets for the new fiscal year and deficits are also on the docket as Byrd seeks a day trade debate and a night push on finance limits.
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Mike Robinson
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
U.S
White House
Congress
Reagan
Les Aspin
D-Wis
House Armed Services Committee
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
West German decision bars extradition in hijack case
Bonn newspapers report the government will not extradite Mohammed Ali Hamadi to the United States, citing threats to two German hostages seized in Lebanon. The Die Welt account says Kohl and top ministers chose to try Hamadi at home, while U S officials were told of the move. The hostages, Rudolf Cordes and Alfred Schmidt, are held by Shiite militants demanding Hamadi’s freedom.
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West Germany
United States
TWA
Lebanon
Helmut Kohl
Regan
Die Welt
Kohl
Justice, Foreign and Interior Ministries
U.S
Mohammed Ali Hamadi
Hamadi
Beirut
U.S. Navy
Welt Am Sonntag
Hamburg
Reagan
Venice
Frankfurt
Ex FCC chief lauds Reagan veto on fairness doctrine
Former FCC Chairman Mark Fowler praised Reagan for vetoing a Senate bill to enshrine the fairness doctrine. He argued government newsroom interference endangers a free society while noting cable growth makes the rule unnecessary. The doctrine, since 1949, aimed to require coverage of differing views on controversial issues.
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FCC
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Mark Fowler
Reagan
Fowler
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Commission
White House
Senate
Feds threaten PUSH with suit over misspent federal funds
The Department of Education may sue PUSH for Excellence Inc. to recover over 1.4 million in misspent and undocumented federal money. The program founded by the Rev. Jesse Jackson used more than 4.9 million in federal grants, though Jackson no longer has any official link to it.
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Chicago
Department of Education
Push For Excellence Inc
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
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