House Acknowledges Waste In House Audit Findings
Former House leader Richard Gephardt highlighted entrenched abuses and inefficiencies after a Price Waterhouse audit of the House. The report cited thousands in duplicate travel reimbursements, $31,000 in personal card charges, untracked lease costs, and habitual payroll and procurement mispractices across a 13,000-employee operation.
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Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
House
Price Waterhouse
House Office of Finance
Office of Finance
Open Letter Urges New School Funding Ideas
An open letter to school board members from frustrated voters and parents urges moving beyond property levy fights. It proposes new funding options such as a standing ability to pay formula, local sales tax, city or state income taxes, and calls for leaders to explore innovative approaches.
Letters to the Editor on the future of schools
A brief editoral letter urging readers and officials to act on school funding and policy. It emphasizes collective responsibility from current and future students and the community. The writer appeals to decision makers to prioritize education and outlines the stakes for districts and families.
Anti-terrorist bill should be rejected
Tom writes urging citizens to call Rep Gillmor to oppose HR 1710 The Counterterrorism Bill He argues it expands federal police power against constitutional limits and risks eroding local police control He references past government actions to warn of dangers from a powerful central authority and urges citizen vigilance against perceived overreach
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Tom
Rep. Gillmor
Weaver
Waco
Oklahoma City
Vince Foster
Call for lawmakers to defend the Constitution against Gingrich
A letter urges Congress and the administration to uphold the Bill of Rights and resist Gingrich's federalization plan. It criticizes alignment with his agenda and calls for strong congressional members who will stand for constitutional limits and accountability.
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Congress
Administration
Newt Gingrich
Rep. Gillmor
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Odd-couple candidates emerge from train wreck scenario
Ben Wattenberg argues that a seven way race could yield a plurality winner with 14.3 percent. He analyzes third party paths, naming Perot, Boren, Powell Bradley, Jackson Nader, Buchanan Keyes, and the shifting party dynamics as independents gain power.
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Clinton
Bob Dole
Perot
Washington
Dole-Wilson
Pete Wilson
California
Perot Boren
David Boren
D-Okla
University of Oklahoma
Dallas
Powell-Bradley
Jack
Colin Powell
Dole
Bradley
Jackson-Nader
Jesse Jackson
Ralph Nader
Jackson
Buchanan-Keyes
Pat Buchanan
Alan Keyes
Six independents poised in 1996 White House race
William A. Rusher notes six potential independents Bill Bradley Steve Forbes Jesse Jackson Ross Perot Colin Powell Lowell Weicker have talked about running but none has officially entered. Ballot access across 50 states, hefty campaign funding and federal subsidies shape the path, likely thinning the field as 1996 nears.
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Bill Bradley
Steve Forbes
Jesse Jackson
Ross Perot
Colin Powell
Lowell Weicker
Washington
Clinton
Ted Kennedy
Potentia Independent
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Arthur D. Mudnutt
A. Cooper
Andrew R. Young
Arnold Miller
Andrew W. Ruckman
Clinton-Gore
House of Representatives
Ben Wattenberg
American Enterprise Institue
Washington, D.C
Ee Beassic
White House
Bill Clinton
Tlast
William A. Rusher
The
Claremont Institute For the Study of
William Rusher
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