Supreme Court strikes down line item veto as unconstitutional
The 6 3 ruling holds that striking specific spending items from bills is a partial veto not allowed by the Constitution. Justices say a constitutional amendment would be required to authorize such a veto, despite congressional support and past Clinton usage. New York City and an Idaho potato growers group challenged the law, showing objections to pork barrel provisions.
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Government contact details for public officials
A list of contact addresses and phone numbers for President Bill Clinton and U.S. officials including Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, along with U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun and state offices in Topeka, Kansas, with Topeka and Washington addresses and phone lines for comments and inquiries. Includes fax numbers and local office locations.
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Dull Summer Reflections on Politics and Media
Charley Reese comments on a stagnant political scene and a lazy nation. He mocks the Clinton Starr saga, Gore misstatements, McCain jokes, and a media cycle obsessed with weather and spectacle. The piece laments public apathy, predicts a boredom-driven decline, and wonders if crisis must return to spur national vitality.
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al Gores
Charley Reese
OSCreese@aoLcom
Netanyahu redraws Jerusalem boundaries amid stalled peace talks
New York Times editors warn that Prime Minister Netanyahu pushes jerusalem boundary changes at a sensitive peace talks moment. Critics say good faith requires negotiating all core issues, not unilateral redrawing of greater Jerusalem.
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Raymond Byrd Jr
Buenos Aires Herald
United States
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Reader Forum: Liquor Ballot Sparks Faith and Policy Debate
Russ Daniels laments Ottawa liquor ballot as judges and city commission face alcohol’s social harms. He cites past drug lab eradication, argues alcohol fuels abuse and accidents, and questions pulpits silence in this clash of faith, policy, and taxes.
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U.S
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S. Main
Opposition grows against Sunflower Park nursery proposal
In Ottawa Herald coverage a group objects to Sunflower Park’s plan for an 9,600 head nursery southeast of Waverly. They note the facility would use 8,400 feeder pigs, question local grain sourcing, and raise odor concerns. They urge building a grain mill locally before any nursery, even suggesting overseas location.
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Waverly
Mike Croucher
Coffey County Commissioners
Halstead
Mark Burkdoll
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
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Seaboard
Abortion debate prompts questions on late term limits
A reader challenges Governor Graves on new late term abortion limits, asking who enforces the law, how it would be applied, and whether prosecutions would follow. The letter urges an investigative board, public accountability, and signs-off with a call for signed submissions in the Reader Forum.
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