Farm aid sparks protests from Bush and House leaders
Proposals to spend nearly 4 billion dollars to aid farmers hit opposition in Congress with House leaders arguing Congress spends too freely and President Bush threatening a veto. Energy related payments totaling about 16 billion would go only to subsidized farmers, leaving others out. Environmental groups warn aid is uneven and energy relief would not reach all farmers, while senators defend the targeted payments as needed relief amid soaring fuel and fertilizer costs after Katrina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Bush
White House
Johanns
Chicago
California
North Dakota
Environmental Working Group
Judge approves two year extension of Microsoft oversight
A federal judge said she will extend by two years the U S government's oversight of Microsoft Corp. business practices to at least November 2009. The judge pressed the Justice Department to defend its view that Microsoft did not violate antitrust laws in its Internet Explorer design. Google contends the browser steers users to Microsoft search, but the DOJ said it will take no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Microsoft Corp
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
Justice Department
Microsoft
Google
Renata _ Hesse
House ignores pledge to disclose sponsors of projects
Washington reports that two weeks after a reform bill to name earmark sponsors passed the House, leaders push spending bills with billions in parochial earmarks whose backers stay anonymous. Critics cite Cunningham’s prison case and Lewis's ties to lobbyist Lowery, while leadership says disclosure applies to other committees, not the Appropriations panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Bil First
Tenn
Capitol Hill
Treasury
John Snow
George Allen
R-Va
Rick Santorum
R-Pa
House
GOP
Washington
Jeff Miller
R-Fla
Eglin Air Force Base
Pensacola
Appropriations Committee
Randy Cunningham
R-Calif
Jerry Lewis
Earmark
Bill Lowery
San Diego
Appropriations
House Republicans push budget plan vote amid moderates’ reluctance
House Republican leaders sought a last minute vote on a 2.8 billion budget blueprint after prior defeats. Boehner admitted insufficient support from moderates for the nonbinding plan despite conservative opposition to debt growth. The draft outlines tax and spending priorities for upcoming bills, with disputes over education health spending and debt limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington House
John Boehner
Ohio
Congress
Senate
Bush
GOP
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Associated Press
Scott Faber
Faber
Byron Dorgan
D-N.d
Kent Conrad
Conrad
Farm Aid
Dennis Cook
Sreginug
Reca
Morris Caffy
Odessa
el Seu
SORA
el Semanario
Maneacece
Semanario
el Coco Ehr
Malueye eeeWines Orcl
Sally Garcia
NIE
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!