Texas faces child support gaps and reform push
A Texas Senate subcommittee studying enforcement of child support decrees invites input from the public. The piece notes that many noncustodial parents fail to pay, mothers bear financial burdens, and state savings could total about 60 million annually if support is enforced. It highlights visitation issues and seeks ideas via Senator Bill Sarpalius at P O Box 12068 Austin 78711.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Department of Human Resources
Senate Subcommittee On Public Health and Welfare
Trs
Bill Sarpalius
P.O. Box
Texas Prison Suit Talks Highlight Gubernatorial Campaign
Gov. Bill Clements seeks a final negotiating session with all parties in the Texas prison case, aiming to speed settlement and counter Democrat Mark White who questions credit for talks ongoing since April. The plan includes Justice Department officials and inmate attorneys, with White contesting single cells. The piece also notes GOP candidate shifts in other races and legislative moves, including bar exam plans for lawmakers and a bid-rigging suspension affecting several contractors.
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Bill Clements
Texas
Mark White
White
Clements
William Bradford Reynolds
U.S. Justice Department
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Jim Estelle
Justice Department
Tyler
William Wayne
Congressional Roll Call Highlights on CIA Agent Names Bill
The House approved the Intelligence Identities Protection Act by 315 to 32 as the Senate has not yet taken up the conference report HR 4. The measure targets disclosing CIA agent names with penalties steepened for classified information exposure. House members voting yea included Hall, Halil, Gramm, Archer, Brooks, Pickle, Leath, Wright, Hightower, Patman, de la Garza, Stenholm, Leland, Gonzalez, Loeffler, Paul, and Frost. A separate vote defeated partisan tax deductions for Washington living expenses, defining a $3,000 ceiling. subsequent action sent the matter to a conference with the Senate. The GOP budget projects a 1983 deficit of $99.3 billion and a defense rise of $7.9 billion, while social programs face deeper cuts. Democratic budget rejection followed. Public notices list names and places including Wilson, Collins, Mattox, Gramm, Arch er, Fields, Brooks, Pickle, Leath, Wright, Hightower, Patman, White, Stenholm, Leland, Hance, Loeffler, Paul, Karen, Frost, and others.
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Jack Brooks
Jake Pickle
J. Marvin Leath
James Wright
Jack Hightower
William Patman
Kika de la Garza
Charles Stenholm
Mickey Leland
Kent Hance
Henry Gonzalez
Tom Loeffler
Ron Paul
Abraham Kazan
Yea
Charles Wilson
James Collins
Jim Mattox
Richard White
Martin Frost
Congress
Wilson
Ralph Hall
Mattox
Gramm
Brooks
Pickle
Leath
Wright
Hightower
Patman
White
Leland
Hance
Gonzalez
Sam Hall
Collins
Archer
Fields
Stenholm
Loeffler
Paul
Karen
Frost
de la Garza
GOP
Reagan
We Want Your Letter to the Editor
The Wellington Leader invites readers to submit brief letters on topics of local or wider interest. Letters must be signed and include the writer’s address and phone number for contact purposes.
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