Packwood Ethics Panel to Review Penalties
The Senate Ethics Committee, split 3-3 along party lines, prepares to meet in closed session to decide penalties for Sen. Packwood amid ongoing controversy over sexual and official misconduct allegations. Outcomes range from dismissal to expulsion or censure, with impeachment-like stakes and party tension highlighted by debates over hearings and past provocations.
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How They Voted on Packwood Hearings Split by Party
The only female senators voting against public hearings for Sen. Bob Packwood were Republicans Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, who opposed interference with the Ethics Committee. Three Republicans supported hearings: Maine’s William Cohen, Olympia Snowe, and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a presidential hopeful.
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Nancy Kassebaum
Kansas
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Texas
Ethics Committee
Maine
William Cohen
Olympia Snowe
Pennsylvania
Arlen Specter
Senate moves to keep case with Ethics committee
McConnell sponsors a resolution urging the Senate to leave the case in the hands of the Ethics committee, expressing support for an ethics review pathway and indicating no immediate plenary action. The measure signals ongoing Senate preference for internal handling over wider hearings.
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Barbara Boxer
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Talks in Geneva stall as Croatia faces Serb assault
In Geneva, Croatian government and rebel Serb delegates failed to bridge gaps after a seven hour session. U.N. warnings of rapid war escalation followed, as Croatia mobilized about 100000 troops and Serbs 50000, with forces seen along the 750 mile front and around Sunja.
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White House aide contradicts Clinton papers handling tale
A White House aide testified before the Senate Whitewater Committee that he moved a box of Vincent Foster papers to the Clinton family residence two days after Foster's death, contradicting Margaret Williams who said Castleton carried the records from Foster's office. Williams accompanied him, with the box said to hold personal and financial Clinton records. The White House denies any review before delivery to the Clintons’ attorney a week after Foster died.
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Defense attacks DNA evidence in Simpson trial
Defense argues DNA dots on test strips show contamination in LAPD lab. Denver microbiologist John Gerdes testified that faint dots may indicate sample mishandling and possible mixing of Ronald Goldman’s blood with O J Simp son’s, challenging the prosecution’s key blood evidence.
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University of Southern California
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Newt Gingrich rewrites telecom bill favoring regional firms
In a July 13 meeting Rep Bliley described changes pushed by Speaker Gingrich that would tilt the 68 billion dollar long distance bill toward regional Bell operators. Gingrich reportedly dictated edits to accelerate opening local networks to competition, drawing fire from AT T MCI and Sprint.
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R-Ga
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Social Security overhaul plan gains support in Senate
A plan led by Simpson and Kerrey pushes private investment as part of reform to avert looming insolvency. Projections warn the trust fund will be exhausted by 2030 without changes while backers argue private savings could vastly increase retirement income and capital formation. Chater counters that SS remains social insurance not a personal investment program.
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D-Neb
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Institute For Research On the Economics of Taxation
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Congress
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Should Americans divert Social Security tax to retirement accounts
Reader question asks whether Social Security payroll taxes should be allowed to fund personal retirement accounts. The poll on page 2B invites JW Access readers to weigh in with their stance on this policy change.
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House Keeps Family Planning Program Alive After Vote
The House narrowly preserved a 1970s family planning program by a 207 to 221 vote, aided by moderate Republicans and Democrats against conservatives. The measure trims 9.3 billion dollars from next year's health, education, and labor spending, including 1.2 billion from school district aid for disadvantaged students. It also includes provisions allowing states to deny Medicaid abortion funding in incest or rape cases and shields medical schools from federal funding loss over abortion training.
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