Senate tries to halt drug law filibuster impasse
The Senate moves to limit debate on an anti drug bill amid a clash over a death penalty for drug related murders. Opponents vow to filibuster for up to 30 hours to block the capital punishment provision, risking delay to adjournment and passage of the drug measure.
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Washington lawmakers, the Reagan administration and environmentalists back a 16.3 billion public works bill to authorize 261 Army Corps of Engineers projects. It would shift costs, requiring local interests to cover about 4.3 billion of planning and construction, ending long pork barrel practice.
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