Surplus grows as debt falls amid tax cuts and growth
Federal surplus remains strong with $158 billion more this year despite tax cuts and a sluggish economy. Democratic leaders claim the cut eroded $123 billion, but payroll taxes exceed benefit needs by $157 billion. Non Social Security surplus stays under $1 billion while debt drops to under 10 cents per dollar next year.
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Mitch Daniels
Bush
House
Dick Gephardt
Congress
Daniels
Federal Treasury
Gephardt
Taxpayers call for relief after county spending surge
In a letter to the editor, a reader rails against tax and spend policies, recounting a hospital sale by county commissioners for 63 million dollars, demanding the money be returned and taxes lowered. The writer criticizes voter apathy and links local governance to slow population growth in Chaves County.
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Congress
U.S
Bush
Chaves
Police cut to one motorcycle for traffic duty
Police Chief L M Hall says the department will use only one motorcycle for traffic work in the area where four were used before. Two patrol cars will be added to replace the cycles, with the shift described as expansion not reduction.
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L.M. Hall
Richard Garringer
Assumption Catholic Church
Kevin Moynahan
Senate
Harrison
Jack” Schmitt
Suzanne Harty
Spitting on Cop a Crime in New Mexico Courts
The New Mexico courts have wrestled with whether spitting on a peace officer can be battery a fourth degree felony. In Darrell Benjamin’s case he spat on Officer Phil Goodwin amid arrest and was imprisoned. Courts define battery on officers as unlawful touching and as meaningful challenge to authority and thus can apply a harsh penalty.
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Santa FE
Darrell Benjamin
New Mexico
New Mexico Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Benjamin
Phil Goodwin
Farmington
State Supreme Court
Danny Padilla
Curry County
Padilla
Supreme Court
State Court of Appeals
Appeals Court
Roosevelt County
Goodwin
Jack Fortner
Attitudes Shift on Mexican Immigrants From 1994 to 1995
A sweeping view shows California voters’ 1994 ballot measure punishing undocumented migrants with social service cuts, followed by a broader national shift. By 1995 support grows for legalizing and integrating Mexican migrants, backed by the White House, Congress, the U S Chamber of Commerce, and labor groups, while opposition remains strong in some Republican circles.
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Washington
California
White House
Congress
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Colin Pow
George Grayson
Mexico
William and Mary College
Vicente Fox
Bush
Phil Gramm
Texas
Gramm
First District a battleground in redistricting
The Legislature faces redrawing New Mexico districts with Heather Wilson at risk. Proposals from Democratic and independent thinkers would place Wilson in the 3rd District, reshaping Albuquerque and the state's three congressional seats to reflect the 2000 census.
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Santa FE
Heather Wilson
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Wilson
Albuuquerque Area
Albuquerque Area
Enrique Knell
Miguel Garcia
Garcia
Rio Arriba
Udall
Los Alamos
Otero County
Northeast Heights
Don Morrison
University of New Mexico
Morrison
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