Congress Perk Privatization Sparks Budget Debate
Lawmakers would privatize most congressional services including barbershops and stationery shops to cut taxpayer subsidies. Reps. Mark Sanford and Scott Hugg argue privatization would remove payroll costs and reduce waste amid a $1.5 trillion federal budget.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Congress
Capitol Hill
Mark Sanford
R-S.c
Scott Hugg
R-Wis
Capitol
Pomeroy Urges Roswell School Superintendent Retention
A Roswell resident writes to the Daily Record urging the Roswell School Board to renew Dr. Fred Pomeroy as superintendent. He praises Pomeroy’s integrity and leadership, cites long local ties, and asks the board to reconsider after another meeting.
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Daily Record
Roswell
Fred Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Roswell Beauceant Meeting Confers Degree and Local Revive
Roswell Assembly No. 116 of the Social Order of the Beauceant held a regular meeting with Mrs. Paul M. Lattell presiding. The order conferred its degree on Mrs. William D. Haley Jr. Rev. Quinton Mount Montgomery will preach at a revival on April 5 at Washington Avenue Baptist Church. he is a Snyder Texas pastor and Roswell native. Chaves County Red Cross and Roswell YMCA offer a senior life saving course starting Wednesday.
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Roswell
Paul M. Lattell
William D. Haley Jr
Quinton Mountgomery
Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Snyder
Texas
Chaves County
The
American Red Cross
Loof Lirpa shapes NM legislature in mythic comeback
A satirical look at how Loof Lirpa supposedly guided New Mexico’s 1995 legislative talks. The piece riffs on past visits, detailing a fictional network of influence involving Gov. Gary Johnson, Manny Aragon, Raymond Sanchez, and other figures, with mock references to international diplomacy and oddball antics.
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Santa FE
Gary Johnson
Johnson
Senate
Manny Aragon
House
Raymond Sanchez
Loof Lirpa
Phoenix
Capitol
Bruce King
Loof
King
Cisco McSorley
Northern Ireland
Lirpa
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Bill Clinton
Newt Gingrich
United States
Target 7
Larry Barker
Barker
New Mexico
Moscow
Johannsen
Norway
X-Files
Scully and
Mulvaney
Cohen warns of tough choices on Social Security and budget
Senator William Cohen of Maine argues entitlement reform is needed as seniors groups oppose exempting Social Security from a balanced budget amendment. He notes the risk of a looming trust fund shortfall around 2018 and urges leaders to confront demographic pressures and hard policy decisions.
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Washington
William Cohen
Maine
Cohen
America
House-Senate
Social Security Trust Fund
American Association of Retired Persons
Immigrant critique of welfare reform bill questioned
The piece argues that cutting immigrant access to welfare is unjust and ineffective, noting only 2 percent of working-age immigrants use welfare versus 3.7 percent of natives. It highlights SSI cuts harming elderly immigrants and questions the political motives behind targeting immigrants over broader misuse, referencing Newt Gingrich’s prior stance.
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House
GOP
Congressional Republicans
Congress
SSI
United States
Newt Gingrich
America
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