Clinton pushes 60 billion tax cut plan to aid workers
President Clinton urged passage of a 60 billion dollar tax cut featuring a 500 dollar child tax credit, college expense deduction, and expanded IRA. He urged bipartisan cooperation while opposing GOP alternatives seen as benefiting the wealthy. A Time CNN poll put his approval at 47 percent.
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Supreme Court to hear Witte double jeopardy case
The Supreme Court will decide if a defendant can be charged again for conspiracy to import cocaine after a prior sentence was enhanced by the same alleged conduct. Steven Kurt Witte, arrested in Houston in 1991, argues double jeopardy in light of a prior marijuana plea and a cocaine conduct basis for a longer sentence.
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HUD to cut force by one third and office count
HUD plans a 1 3 reduction in staff from about 11 900 to 7 500 or less by 2000 and slash $800 million from its $30 billion budget. Many jobs will go via early retirement and attrition with some involuntary layoffs to follow. Field offices drop from 81 to about 60, one per state.
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