Clinton and Congress Near Budget Deal In Lame-Duck Session
President Clinton and congressional leaders narrowed gaps on school spending and immigration as budget talks continue. Staff negotiations followed a White House Oval Office session that yielded cautious optimism about finishing bills next week, with GOP leaders pressing for deeper cuts and selective delays until after January.
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R-Miss
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D-S.c
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Texas
George W. Bush
Lott
Dennis Hastert
Bill
Bush
al Gore
GOP
United States
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Clinton postpones execution of federal prisoner
President Clinton stayed the scheduled federal execution of Juan Raul Garza for at least six months to allow further study of racial and geographic disparities in capital punishment. Garza, a Texas marijuana-ring boss convicted of three murders, awaits the next president's decision as the delay pushes the date to June 2001.
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European Union
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Gilchrist
Brownsville
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Terre Haute
Ind
Mervyn Mosbacker Jr
Southern District of Texas
Carnahan to pursue governor's work on children and schools
In her first interview as senator elect, Jean Carnahan says children and schools will be priorities after Jan. 3 swearing. She recalled discussing schools with late husband Mel Carnahan hours before the plane crash near St. Louis as she campaigns in Missouri.
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Jean Carnahan
Missouri
Carnahans
Randy
Carnahan
John Ashcroft
Robin
Tom
St. Louis
Russ
Missouri House
Senate
Ashcroft laments loss as Carnahan wins in Missouri
In a Senate floor statement John Ashcroft thanked Missouri voters while saying his reelection would have occurred if opponent Mel Carnahan had not died in a plane crash weeks before Election Day. Carnahan’s name stayed on the ballot and Missourians chose him over Ashcroft.
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Missouri
John Ashcroft
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Ashcroft
Mel Carnahan
Carnahan
Senate passes sweeping bankruptcy bill despite veto threat
The U S Senate approved a broad overhaul 70 to 28, aiming to curb debt erasures in court. Support from banks and credit card firms cited, while President Clinton criticized the bill as unfair to debtors and working families.
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Clinton
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White House
Patrick Dorton
Connecticut
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Peter Fitzgerald
Mary Landrieu
D-La
House
Sen
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Shuttle Crew To Meet Space Station At Houston Center
After a month in orbit the space shuttle Endeavour crew will visit the International Space Station Alpha in Houston. Station commander Bill Shepherd and Russians Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev began their four month mission on Nov 2. They will exchange supplies and retrieve items including a malfunctioning laptop and used water bags.
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