Water Projects Cut From Bill
Washington AP The House by one vote eliminated 31 Corps of Engineers water projects from a 1985 supplemental spending bill amid a debate over pork barrel politics. Rep. Bob Edgar led insurgents against Appropriations Chairman Jamie Whitten as reforms push for merit based project approval and greater local cost sharing. The decision leaves 31 ongoing projects funded and 34 approved by Whitten’s panel but not yet authorized, with potential future restoration during conference.
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Washington
House
Corps of Engineers
Bob Edgar
D-Pa
Appropriations Committee
Jamie Whitten
Dmiss
Edgar
Whitten
Public Works and Transportation Committee
Congressional Budget
Public Works
Bureau of Reclamation
House Interior Committee
Congress
Reagan Administration
Budget Office
Silvia Conte
R-Mass
Joe Skeen
R-N.m
Public Works Committee
Senate
Joint Conference
Diversion Payments Deemed Ineffective in Dairy Aid
The Agriculture Department reports nearly $1 billion in payments to dairy farmers failed to curb overproduction. About 80 million of costs were shouldered by taxpayers. The 15 month paid diversion ended April 1 1985 with 955 million to 42 000 dairy farmers. Wisconsin led in payments, California topped in large individual awards, and lawmakers consider new dairy provisions tying subsidies to milk purchases.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Public Voice
Food and Nutrition Policy
House Agriculture Dairy Subcommittee
Tony Coehle
D-Calif
Je Agriculture
John Blocks
Wisconsin
California
Price Slump Deepens for Kansas Farmers in May
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service shows May prices for Wheat at $3.02 a bushel, down 22 cents from April and the lowest in 64 years. Soybeans fell 24 cents to $5.64, hay dropped $10 a ton to $60, while sorghum, corn, calves, cows and lambs rose modestly. The all farm products index stood at 149 percent of the 1977 base, five points below April and 17 points under May 1984.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Kansas districts share nearly $220K in asbestos cleanup loans
Five Kansas public school districts Bonner Springs Goodland Olathe Shawnee Mission and Beloit will receive interest free federal loans totaling about 220200 to address asbestos hazards in 15 buildings. The EPA program under the 1984 Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act was announced by Sen. Robert Dole with selections based on risk and financial need.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Robert Dole
Kansas Republican
Topeka
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Congress
Bonner Springs
Goodland
Olathe
Shawnee Mission
Beloit
Dole
EPA
Max Jones
Central
Grant
North
West
Area Vocational School
Ridgeview
Westview
Santa Fe Trail
Countryside, Elementary
Walt Riker
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R-Wis
Coehle
Knights of
Columbus
Arnie ‘Johnson and the
Lawrence
Richard
Pryor
Matinee
Sun
Pete
Prince
Fred
Hammer
Stacy Keach
Mike Hammer
Reading
England
Keach
St. John’s High School
St. John’s
Vassar Playhouse
Guys and Dolls
Pomona Lake
Creason-Stubbs Chevrolet, Olds Inc
Reason
Stubbs Chevrolet
Olds, Inc
Ottawa
Astro
S Blazers
K Blazers
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