Senate eyes final passage of education bill with amendments
Senate aims to finish debate on President Bush education program today with final amendments on discipline, contraceptives, and school access for Boy Scouts. Negotiators will blend House and Senate versions for a compromise, while math and reading tests stay mandatory for grades three to eight.
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Washington
Senate
Bush
Rod Paige
House
Tim Hutchinson
R-Ark
Ate
Jeff Sessions
Rala
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Boy Scouts
Ernest Hollings
D. S.C
Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
Oil Companies Considered Curtailing Refineries for Profit
Internal industry documents from Chevron Texaco and others indicate mid 1990s efforts to cut refinery output to lift margins. The memo notes excess capacity as a profit issue, while a Mobil email pressures to suppress Powerine’s return to production. Energy policy links refinery capacity with prices and fuel blends.
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Washington
Bush Administration
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
U.S
Chevron
American Petroleum Institute
Industry Trade Group
API
Jim Craig
Texaco
Wyden
White Plaines
N.Y
San Francisco
Bush
Dick Cheney
Energy Department
Bush Energy Plan
Mobil Corp
Exxon
California
Powerine Oil Co
ExxonMobil
Irving
Texas
House Republicans back White House on patients bill
House RepublicansENDORSE the patients bill supported by the White House aiming to expand Americans rights to sue health plans. Senate Democrats plan work next week on similar legislation as GOP defections surface and administration push continues for broader HMO coverage rules and federal court option.
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Washington
House
White House
Senate Democrats
Chamber
Marge Roukema
R-N.j
Georgia
Charlie Norwood
Bush
Europe
Bob Barr
R- A
Senate
Tom Daschle
South Dakota
Dick Gephardt
Missouri
Daschle
GOP
Norwood
Barr
John Dingell
Michigan
Greg Ganske
Iowa
Karen Ignagni
American Association of Health Plans
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