President pushes lunch programs for poor nations
Washington AP President Clinton backs a Global Food for Education plan starting modestly at 300 million this year to fund free or reduced meals for schoolchildren abroad. McGovern leaders and relief groups say nutrition, hygiene, and school improvements are essential to avoid dependency while using surplus U S farm commodities.
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Clinton says GOP delay on minimum wage hike stalls workers
President Clinton blasts GOP leaders for stalling minimum wage legislation. He recalls a 1997 plan to raise the rate from 4.25 to 6.15 over two years, arguing it would lift about 10 million workers with full-time gains, while defending the economy's creation of over 11 million jobs since the last increase.
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USDA rules aim to help ranchers by limiting packer control
The rules would curb meatpackers owning cattle and buying under contract off the open market, ban tied purchases from multiple sellers, require price justification for animals of similar quality, and address contracts with large processors. Proponents say contracting shifts risk to farmers, while critics warn it erodes independence.
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