America the insolvent and the balanced budget push
The piece argues the federal debt has risen to $5 trillion and criticizes Bill Clinton for deficits. It notes a 1996 deficit of about $140 billion, a Gallup poll backing a constitutional balanced budget amendment, and Congress near passage last year with six senators opposing. It frames Dole as championing the amendment against deficit-spending and urges lawmakers to vote for zeroing the debt by 2002.
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House
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Dianne Feinstein
Clinton
June 12 historical highlights from 1939 to 1971
This date marks the dedication of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 1939, the 1665 New York municipal government, Virginia's 1776 Bill of Rights adoption, Iowa Territory 1838, Philippine independence 1898, Stalinist purge 1937, Medgar Evers murder 1963, Loving v. Virginia 1967, and Tricia Nixon's White House wedding in 1971.
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Tricia Nixon
Edward F. Cox
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Roswell students named to OSU Dean's Honor Roll
Robert Dodson and Jerry Robbins, seniors from Roswell, are among 4 716 named to Oklahoma State University's Dean's Honor Roll for the spring semester. Dodson studies business administration while Robbins pursues arts and sciences.
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Oklahoma State University
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Jerry Robbins
Dodson
Business Administration
Robbins
Lela McKinley
LPN
David Salas
Dorothy Chandler
Red Cross
Community Action Program
Chaves County
The
American Red Cross
Why New Mexico leans Democratic in elections
Regular Santa Fe columnist Jay Miller notes in recovery that in New Mexico many regions offer little incentive to run outside the Democratic Party. He argues the state behaves like the old solid South, with primary races effectively deciding office and Republicans rarely mounting lasting challenges, leaving voters with predominantly Democratic choices and questions about the quality of candidacy.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Democratic Party
Solid South
Greens
Credit card banks act like loan sharks in rush to profits
Washington analysis says banks push high fees and interest, with credit card debt swelling Americans owe over 380 billion as card rates average 17.6 percent. Supreme Court allows extra late charges. banks profit from fees while deposits pay little. Political donations flow to banks, critics warn of a system that traps consumers in costly debt.
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Gravano
Robert McKinley
RAM
Robert Heady
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House Banking Committee
McKinley
Banking Committee
Center For Responsive Politics
Janice Shields
Ralph Nader
Consumer Finance Project
Dole seeks tough campaign voice as race shifts
Former senator Bob Dole, now running for president, faces a lack of a rival hardline attack figure like his past self. He will campaign full time after resigning his Senate seat, with Newt Gingrich limited by low approval. Dole defends his approach as truthful about Clinton while promising to return integrity to government.
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America
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