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Praise Given for a Courageous Vote Against the Hurricane Aid Bill
"Some will criticize [North Carolina] Fifth District U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx for her vote against the hurricane aid package, but hers was one lone voice for fiscal sanity. The money is being appropriated in a rush, with little thought to how it will be spent and where it will come from. To her credit, Foxx asked for at least some accountability." After she was one of only 11 members of the House of Representatives to say No to the $51.8 billion measure passed on September 8, an editorial in the Winston-Salem Journal applauded Mrs. Foxx's stand.
New Envoy to Un Supports Its Goals
"There is no backing away by the United States in the support for the millennium summit declaration." Responding to charges that the U.S. is trying to gut the UN's current objectives, U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton reminded reporters that President Bush "unequivocally" supports the UN's goals.
Late Supreme Court Chief Had a Sense of Humor
"I did nothing in particular and I did it very well." Reporters recalled a humorous side of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist by remembering a comment about his role in the Senate trial after the House had impeached President Bill Clinton.
Judge Adamantly Decides Not to Condone Abortion
- UN hurricane aid: are UN "peacekeepers" far behind?(INSIDER REPORT)
- Magazine article from: The New American October 3, 2005 700+ words
...Little Rock, Arkansas' KATV in a September 10 broadcast on the UN relief operation, which is based at Little Rock Air Force Base. UN agencies involved in the relief effort included the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World...
- UN gives Cuba $5.7 million in hurricane aid.
- News wire article from: CubaNews November 1, 2008 700+ words
Almost two million Cubans affected by hurricanes Gustav and Ike will receive vital assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme over the next six months. Under the newly-approved emergency operation, WFP will provide $5.7 million in food rations, including rice, beans, vegetable oil,
- REGION: CONSULTATIVE GROUP REVIEWS COMPLIANCE WITH AGREEMENTS ATTACHED TO...
- Newspaper article from: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs February 17, 2000 700+ words
...23). "I say, just a minute, go back to your own countries to make those observations," said Aleman. Carmelo Angulo, UN representative in Nicaragua, replied that the donor countries were only asking the government to comply with commitments it made...
- Hurricane aid part of effort to open eastern Gulf to drilling.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) December 20, 2005 700+ words
...have thrown in billions of dollars of hurricane aid as an enticement to let the drilling...Alaskan wilderness or voting against hurricane aid as well as money needed to support...defense bill contains $29 billion in hurricane aid, though $24 billion is redirected...
- Bush administration increases hurricane aid to several states.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) October 8, 2004 700+ words
...E. Gibson WASHINGTON _ The White House upped the ante of hurricane aid for Florida and other stricken states on Friday by agreeing...members praised the Bush administration for quickly proposing hurricane aid and agreeing to increase the federal match of emergency management...
- Florida lawmakers call for probe of federal hurricane-aid distribution.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) December 2, 2004 700+ words
...congressmen Wednesday called for an investigation into federal hurricane aid distribution, while state lawmakers are considering legislation...Monday, a spokeswoman said. A FEMA official involved in the hurricane aid distribution in Florida said Wednesday it is "really too...
- UKRAINE-US-HURRICANE-AID.
- Newspaper article from: Ukraine News September 16, 2005 700+ words
UKRAINE-US-HURRICANE-AID Ukraine's government increases size of Hurricane Katrina aid to US Kyiv, September 16 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The Cabinet of...
- Networking renders hurricane aid.(Legal Roundup)
- Magazine article from: Florida Bar News November 1, 2005 700+ words
Networking Renders Hurricane Aid: Participants of the Solo/Small Law Firm Networking Group of the Broward County Bar contributed more than $900 to the American...
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