Senate approves budget plan in election year clash
The Senate approved the $1.62 trillion fiscal 1997 budget 53 to 46, with Republicans and Democrats voting along party lines. The plan aims to cut Medicare Medicaid and welfare spending, create a $5 billion surplus by 2002, and fund a new child tax credit while raising defense modestly. House conservatives had opposed a $4 billion domestic-spending addition, risking a government shutdown.
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Did Wes Cooley serve in Korea claims raise questions
Washington AP report notes Oregon congressman Wes Cooley faced fresh doubts over his Korean War service claims after former Army Master Sergeant Clifford Lee Poppy disputed their service together. The Oregon Elections Division probes whether pamphlet war claims were false and federal authorities examine whether Cooley’s wife improperly received VA survivors benefits.
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Smithsonian Names Engen to Head Air and Space Museum
Retired Vice Admiral Donald Engen was chosen as director of the National Air and Space Museum. He declined to revisit the Enola Gay exhibit controversy that led to his predecessor's dismissal, saying he will focus on the future while the current display remains toned down from earlier plans.
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Kennedy proposes ban on hard liquor ads on TV
Rep Joseph P Kennedy II introduced a bill mirroring the 1971 cigarette ban to bar radio and TV advertising for hard liquor after Seagram's Crown Royal began TV commercials in Corpus Christi Texas. The Distilled Spirits Council criticized the proposal as a free speech overreach while noting liquor sales decline may invite more industry responses.
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