Dissatisfaction with Farm Bill Divides Texas Delegation
A Texas delegation split over the House Farm Bill last week with Rep Stenholm, English, and others pushing amendments on set asides and storage for cotton, while opponents like the author voted against final passage. The bill strips major provisions, including quota and allotment systems, and leaves loan price support to the Agriculture Secretary.
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Washington,d.c
House of Representives
Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
Glenn English
D-Okla
Water tax and debt amendments dominate Texas debate
The article details multiple constitutional amendments on water funding and bond guarantees, with Gov. Clements, Lt. Gov. Hobby and Speaker Clayton backing a water program using excess revenues and a $500 million general credit guarantee. Critics warn of deficits, tax increases, and erosion of spending limits, while supporters cite drought readiness and veteran land bonds.
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Garry Mauro
State Capital Report
Texas
Historians honor Link Kenneth E Link for teaching excellence
Kenneth E Link, a history and social studies teacher at Cooper Intermediate School in McLean Virginia, was named northern region outstanding social studies teacher of the year by the Virginia Council for the Social Studies. He is a graduate of Abilene Christian University, earned an MA in history from Sam Houston State University in 1972, and has co authored Old Roads and New Insights with his students. He studied in programs with the Smithsonian Institute and George Washington University. His wife Barbara teaches French and they have a daughter Kristin.
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Kenneth E. Link
Northern Region
Virginia Council For the Social Studies
Link
Eldred Link
Stamford
Cooper Intermediate School
McLean
Abilene Christian University
Sam Houston State University
Fairfax County
Smithsonian Institute
George Washington University
Barbara
Kristin
Justice and politics mix in high court case notes
Clayton faces questions over a not guilty verdict while his water fund amendment is seen as a test of his political future. William Wayne Justice ordered Texas to pay nearly a million in fees to three minority voting rights lawyers, whose cases reshaped local districts and reached the Supreme Court.
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Texas
Texas State Teachers Association
Burnham A. Robinson
Clements
Glynn A. Williams
Brazos River Authority
Jones County Farm Bureau
Darrell Richards
Susan McBee
Texas Farm Bureau
John Hill
Texans For Equitable Taxation
W.R. Baker
Knox City
Clayton
Britain
Water Fund
William Wayne
Tyler
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Charles W. Stenholm
Congressional Comment
Rural Electrification Administration
Bill Hobby
House
Bill Clayton
Veterans’ Land Board
Bob
Beeve
LIN _ Jones Co
Eon Unt
Y Farm Bureau
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas 101
Congress Avenue
Austin
Money Market
Nets
Fach
First National Bank
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