Ohio road dispute reshapes Ohio 6th district race
The White House threatened a veto over road funding in the omnibus spending bill tied to Ohio's 6th district congressional contest between Democrat Ted Strickland and Republican Nancy Hollister. Strickland pressured Clinton to strip the provisions, while Republicans sought to leverage the maneuvering in a tight race with issues centered on rural road projects and earmarks.
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Washington
White House
Ohio
Newt Gingrich
Clinton
Ted Strickland
Strickland
Nancy Hollister
Silver Spring
John Podesta
Gingrich
Sherrod Brown
D-Lorain
Ohio River
Hollister
Budget deal sheds light on pork in $500 billion bill
Washington lawmakers push forward a massive budget package with hundreds of special projects and a large emergency aid dispute. The plan awaits final passage next Tuesday after a government funding extension. Highlights include grants for caffeinated gum research, Alaska grasshopper study, Georgia peanut quality work, extra DC funding, and Colombia police helicopters.
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Boston
Mississippi
White House
Congress
House
Newt Ging
Alaska
Georgia
District of Columbia
Wilkes-Barre-Scranton International Airport
Bud Shuster
R-Pa
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Ohio Governor objects to budget language amendment
Strickland accuses a GOP budget tweak of a political ploy after Regula and David Hobson slipped the language into the bill without Strickland’s input. He says the change on low priority projects harms Ohio’s interests and was not a genuine effort to help the state.
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Strickland
Regula
Ohio
Other Appropriations Committee
Tuna surplus prompts federal purchase for food aid
The Agriculture Department plans to buy 1 250 tons of albacore on the West Coast and distribute to food banks and school lunch programs nationwide as a market glut persists into next season. Asian catchers and El Nino warming help fuel the surplus and higher harvests.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
University erects monument to Spanish Civil War brigade
At the University of Washington a granite monument honors the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, a 3,000 strong American unit of the International Brigade in the 1936 39 Spanish Civil War. Bob Reed, then 22, joined for a conviction to oppose fascism. Regina Malbin helped aid children and refugees in Spain.
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Bob Reed
Abe Osheroff
University of Washington
Seattle
Voluntarios Internationales de la Libertad
University
Michigan
International Brigade
Abraham Lincoln
Ernest Hemingway
Francisco Franco
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Germany
United States
Spain
Regina Malbin
Portland, Ore
NATO extends Yugoslavia air strike deadline
NATO extended its deadline for air strikes against Yugoslavia and Milosevic agreed to allow 2,000 OSCE monitors in Kosovo to verify troop withdrawal and refugee return. The U2 spy planes may fly soon as alliance hesitates to lift the deadline while monitoring and negotiations continue.
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Yugoslavia
NATO
Slobodan Milosevic
Kosovo
Milosevic
U.S
Richard Holbrooke
OSCE
Bronislaw Geremek
Poland
Zivadin Jovanovic
Geremek
Ibrahim Rugova
Pristina
Rugova
Kosovo Liberation Army
KLA
Serbia
Montenegro
Hashim Thaci
Associated Press
United Nations
U.N. Chief Criticizes U.S. Back Dues Standoff
U N Secretary General Kofi Annan warned the United States may squeak by on U N dues to keep its General Assembly vote while denouncing the United States for failing to meet obligations he called a mark of national greatness. He praised IMF funding but condemned U S back bills and U N funding blockage over abortion-related aid restrictions.
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United States
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Kofi Annan
Clinton
Congress
U.S
GOP
Swift delivers baby girl during campaign run
Republican lieutenant governor candidate Jane Swift gave birth to Elizabeth Ruth Hunt, a 7-pound baby girl, by cesarean section at Brigham and Women's Hospital after a breech diagnosis. Swift, 33, announced she was doing well and planned to continue her campaign.
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Jane Swift
Swift
Elizabeth Ruth Hunt
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Shawn Feddeman
Feddeman
Charles Hunt
Nione
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R-Ga
Senate
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Ryan Quaale
Quaale
Jane Burrows
Brandon
Kohl
Helmut Kohl
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Bachive
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Empower America
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