White House and Congress Clash Over Budget and Policy
Lawmakers faced fights over IMF lending and education funding while debating a broad spending bill. Key disputes included a DC voucher proposal, aid to the IMF, census sampling methods, and health benefits requirements for city contractors. Numerous earmarks and projects across states were highlighted, with divisions persisting into Tuesday evening.
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Frank Riggs
Calif
San Francisco
Bowles
Gingrich
Lott
United States
IMF
Clinton
Clinton vows veto of GOP farm aid plan
President Clinton says he will veto a $4.1 billion Republican farm aid plan, arguing it does not fully help farmers. Senate Republicans pass a broader $60 billion agriculture spending package amid stalled talks, as Democrats back a $7.3 billion alternative focusing on direct farmer payments and disaster relief. The impasse puts the overall farm bill on hold with adjournment looming and potential attachment to an omnibus bill if veto occurs.
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Washington
Clinton
Congress
America
Senate
House
Paul Wellstone
D-Minn
Byron Dorgan
D-N
GOP
Trent Lott
R-Miss
Thad Cochran
Cochran
Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Upper Midwest
John Glenn Returns for Cape Launch Rehearsal
John Glenn, 77, arrived at Cape Canaveral for a space shuttle Discovery launch rehearsal with six astronauts. He traveled from Houston in a training jet piloted by Curtis Brown Jr and greeted reporters with a thumbs up after swatting mosquitoes. Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth in 1962, will be the oldest person in space in about three weeks, performing medical experiments during the nine day mission to compare aging with weightlessness.
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Cape Canaveral
Pla
John Glenn
Houston
Curtis Brown Jr
Glenn
Brown
Mr. Glenn
NASA
MontCo approves mixed paper import plan despite critic concerns
Montgomery County Council votes 5 to 4 to permit import of mixed paper for recycling linked to the Dickerson incinerator regional plan. Critics led by Jane Hunter warn promises not to import trash were broken while supporters cite contract tonnage needs and regional recycling efforts.
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Rockville
Montgomery
Frederick
Virssaunter
Council
Isiah Leggett
Baltimore
Neal Potter
Betty Ann Krahnke
Michael Subin
Colleges increasingly make SAT ACT scores optional for admission
A Cambridge based study by FairTest finds over 280 campuses admit applicants without test scores, boosting diversity and academic quality in some cases. The report cites Bates College and state systems showing higher minority and low income enrollment after switching to optional testing, while 1,600 schools still rely on scores.
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Boston
National Center For Fair & Open Testing
FairTest
Charles Rooney
Pennsylvania
Maine
Texas
California
William Hiss
Bates College
Lewiston
Bates
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