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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1999

Page

3

GOP tax cut targets capital gains and marriage penalty

Republicans in Congress push a $778 billion ten year plan to trim top capital gains rates to 10 percent, fix the marriage penalty, and abolish the death tax while extending business credits. The proposal, backed by party conservatives and groups like the Christian Coalition, aims to energize supporters and force Democrats to choose between tax relief and Social Security Medicare and education funding.

Washington Congress Clinton Bill Archer Texas House Ways and Means Committee Senate GOP The Christian Coalition Family Research Council David McIntosh R-Ind Bill Clinton Dick Gephardt D-Mo Senate Finance Committee William Roth R-Del Jay Rockefeller D-W.va Rockefeller Democratic Finance Committee John Breaux Louisiana Trent Lott R Miss

Justice Department watchdog resigns from post

Washington AP Michael Bromwich the Justice Department inspector general who blasted the FBI lab in 1997 for shoddy work is resigning effective Aug 15 He has led the office since 1994 saying he wants to move on to other challenges The resignation comes after a career as an independent watchdog examining waste fraud and abuse The 1997 report faulted the FBI lab for flawed science and biased testimony in major cases including Oklahoma City and the World Trade Center bombings

Washington Michael Bromwich Justice Department FBI Crime Laboratory Bromwich Janet Reno FBI Lab Oklahoma City World Trade Center

New policy redirects donated livers to the sickest patients

The United Network for Organ Sharing approved a policy to send more livers to status 1 patients, aiming to boost the share from 14.5 to 22.3 percent. The change, tied to HHS pressure, keeps regional allocation and adds rules for split livers across 63 local areas and nine regions.

Washington United Network For Department of Health and Human Services HHS Congress Atlanta Cleveland Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Ohio

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