Angry Republicans press Clinton budget clash in 2000 policy war
The Oftewa Herald reports a sharpened budget battle as President Clinton defends a 1.84 trillion dollar 2001 plan aimed at erasing the publicly held debt by 2013 while expanding health care education and tax relief. Republicans critique new spending as election focused and pledge to draft a GOP alternative cutting taxes and trimming programs. Leaders from Kasich Domenici Archer Roth promise swift action and possible compromises on marriage tax penalty and prescription drug aid amid surging deficits and surpluses.
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Clinton
Congress
Rep
J.C. Watts
R-Okla
Cornet
al Gore
House Budget Committee
John Kasich
Rohio
Kasich
Senate Budget Committee
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
House
Ways and Means
Bill Archer
Texas
GOP
Domenici
Senate Finance Committee
William Roth
R-Del
Heating oil costs squeeze Northeast residents
Deb Moriarty faces hard winter choices as heating oil jumps to about 2.10 per gallon regionwide. Governors office notes higher bills, while federal relief of 45 million dollars and possible use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve are under consideration. Residents cut back on heat as prices soar and suppliers scramble to meet demand.
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Boston
Deb Moriarty
Scarborough
Maine
Moriarty
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
New Hampshire
William Gracia
Providence
R.I
New England
Washington
Clinton
Energy
Bill Richardson
New York
Long Island
Westchester County
State Planning Office
Massachusetts
Lisa Raines
Dorchester
Bob Chafe
Salisbury Gardens
Salisbury
Mass
Productivity best in seven years signals strong 1999
U S productivity surged in late 1998 and 1999, lifting annual growth to 2.9 percent the strongest since 1992. Fourth quarter rose 5 percent, beating forecasts, with unit labor costs down 1 percent. Markets reacted as Treasuries rallied and inflation remained contained amid economic expansion and a 107 month growth streak.
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Washington
Labor Department
Federal
Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Fed
Aeiret
Hackers Knock Yahoo Offline With Denial of Service Attack
Yahoo faced a denial of service assault that flooded its equipment with repeated requests, rendering the site inaccessible for hours. Spokeswoman Diane Hunt said attackers did not breach internal systems, and technicians later filtered the traffic to restore service. Industry experts viewed the incident as highlighting online commerce risks and management, infrastructure, and response gaps.
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Washington
Yahoo
Yahoo! Inc
Diane Hunt
Elias Levy
San Mateo
Calif
Granite Island Group
Massachusetts
Hunt
FBI
Clinton bars genetic discrimination by federal agencies
President Clinton will issue an executive order barring federal agencies from discrimination against workers based on genetic tests. He backs the Daschle Kennedy bill to extend protections to private sector employees, aiming to curb misuse of genetic information amid advances in testing. The move follows his long‑standing calls to ensure science serves humanity.
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Washington
Clinton
Sons
Tom Daschle
D-S.d
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Congress
American Association For the Advancement of Science
White House
Asteroid 2000 BF19 Could Hit Earth in 2022
New observations are needed to refine 2000 BF19 orbit after the asteroid, about a half-mile wide, was identified as a potential threat. The chance of collision is about one in a million, and Earth is not at risk of planetwide destruction.
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Earth
New York Times
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