Category: Articles

Relief Report #63: March 20, 1998

Last December, Stephen Tvedten of Marne, Michigan received a terse letter from Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) informing him that he was in violation of the state's Environmental Protection Act. His alleged offense? Building two "wood debris" dams across ...
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Black Teen Suicide Study Alarming, Yet Misleading

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Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 reject a recent Center for Disease Control and Prevention study on teen suicide that says African-American teens reared in upwardly mobile families are not able to cope with the "stressful" environment created ...
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Political Money Monitor #11: March 13, 1998

Contents * Worker Protections Gutted in Washington * Teachers Union Members Support "Paycheck Protection" * Teamster Leaders: Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee * AFL-CIO Leaders Give Secret Testimony About Financial Wrongdoing * Pro- and Anti-Proposition 226 Campaigns ...
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Scoop #186: March 10, 1998

Contents* New Riley-Salmon Bill Would Eliminate the Marriage Penalty in a Simple & Fair Way, Sponsor Says * New Bill Would End Legal Extortion of Local School Officials * New Push Begins for Tax Limitation Constitutional Amendment * Inhofe Reviews ...
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Scoop #185: March 5, 1998

Contents* It's Goodbye to Sport Utility Vehicles if the EPA Has Its Way * Honesty First Casualty of Newest Endangered Species Act * If You are Pro-Life You're Anti-Environment, Says Group * Senate May Act on Gallegley's Private Property Bill ...
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Memo: Forbes Says “It’s Time to Abandon the Norwood Bill”

TO: REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS AND CONSERVATIVE LEADERS FROM: STEVE FORBES, HONORARY CHAIRMAN, AMERICANS FOR HOPE, GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY SUBJECT: TIME TO ABANDON THE NORWOOD BILL It is time for Members of Congress to abandon the "Patient Access to Responsible Care Act" ...
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Memo: Forbes Says “It’s Time to Abandon the Norwood Bill”

TO: REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS AND CONSERVATIVE LEADERS FROM: STEVE FORBES, HONORARY CHAIRMAN, AMERICANS FOR HOPE, GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY SUBJECT: TIME TO ABANDON THE NORWOOD BILL It is time for Members of Congress to abandon the "Patient Access to Responsible Care Act" ...
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Political Money Monitor #10: February 27, 1998

Contents* Talking the Talk, But Not Walking the Walk * Upping the Ante for Political Choice in Nevada * Union Dues Buys Ohio Democrats New Headquarters * AFL-CIO to Earmark $20 Million to Fight Paycheck Protection * Campaign Finance Reform ...
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Forbes Blasts National Governor’s Association for Trying to Impose Taxes on Internet

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(Des Moines, Iowa) Steve Forbes, Honorary Chairman of Americans for Hope, Growth and Opportunity, today sharply criticized the National Governors Association (NGA) for lobbying President Clinton and Congress to allow states to impose punishing new taxes on Internet commerce. Mr ...
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Scoop #184: February 20, 1998

Contents* House to Vote March 4 on Admitting a 51st State to the Union; Passage Would Transfer U.S. House Seats from Florida, Washington, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Mississippi to Puerto Rico * Iraq: This Third Way Ends Saddam Threat Without ...
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