Ashcroft ally faces Oklahoma City victims aid scheme
A longtime friend and adviser to Attorney General John Ashcroft recruited Oklahoma City bombing survivors as clients in a lobbying bid for a 10 to 27.5 percent share of compensation funds. About 120 survivors signed up before lawsuits and ethics complaints toppled the effort, with Polk denying direct talks with Ashcroft and saying actions were cleared with lawyers.
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Bush approves tough penalties for pollution
The Bush administration backed penalties for diesel engine makers failing to meet an October pollution cut deadline. The EPA set per engine penalties ranging from hundreds to over twelve thousand dollars, with Caterpillar and Detroit Diesel facing multi million sums as they seek more time. Senators celebrated a trade bill with a Mexico made T shirt praising TPA Works for America.
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