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House votes against bill to federalize air security.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
WASHINGTON _ The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday night to give the federal government a greatly expanded role in air safety but stopped short of a complete federal takeover of baggage screening, putting it at odds with the Senate.
As a result of that House-Senate dispute, Congress will continue to grapple over who should screen bags at airports, delaying enactment of the air-safety law indefinitely.
The key vote came on a bill favored by most Democrats that mirrored the Senate's and would have brought 28,000 screeners at more than 140 big airports into the federal workforce; screening at smaller airports would have been done by state and local police. That bill was defeated 218-214, on a largely party-line vote.
The House then approved overwhelmingly 286-139 a version of the legislation championed by President Bush and House GOP leaders. It would leave bag-screening to private companies as now but would ...
- House GOP leaders convene `therapy' session.(Nation)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Lambro, Donald June 25, 1997 700+ words
...of vice chairman of the House GOP conference, said that...doing wrong," said one House GOP member who did not wish...dissension that has plagued the House GOP leadership since the first...Rep. Peter T. King of New York, one of the speaker...
- House GOP leaders back Gingrich.(A)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Myers, E. Michael November 13, 1996 700+ words
The House GOP leadership yesterday endorsed...written by Rep. Bill Paxon, New York Republican and issued by...outside counsel. Confidential House GOP leadership sources told the...Rep. Peter T. King of New York also endorsed the idea of...
- House GOP Triples Fund-Raising
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post John E. Yang February 8, 1996 700+ words
The House GOP campaign committee raised $34.7 million...Gingrich (R-Ga.) is proving to be the House GOP's top attraction for raising money...generated $350,000 and June dinner in New York that took in $1.7 million -- the most...
- A BREAK WITH THEIR LEADERS House GOP moderates ask minimum wage boost Pressure...
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel April 18, 1996 700+ words
...further political damage on the issue. The break in House GOP ranks came when 14 moderates, mostly from Northeastern...wage they can live on," said Rep. Jack Quinn of New York, one of the House GOP moderates. Republicans have thwarted all attempts...
- Different ways to win at House GOP picks.(Commentary)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Pascoe, Bill July 16, 1997 700+ words
...vice chairman Rep. Susan Molinari of New York as a weekend anchorwoman put seats at...Dunn isn't conservative enough to be a House GOP leader, apparently on the basis of the...can count on the support of the 30-40 House GOP liberals, and may pick up some disaffected...
- HOUSE GOP MAY RELEASE STALLED STERLING FOREST BILL
- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) ADAM PIORE, Washington Correspondent April 18, 1996 700+ words
...Bergen County, NJ) 04-18-1996 HOUSE GOP MAY RELEASE STALLED STERLING FOREST BILL...the pristine tract, which straddles the New York-New Jersey border and provides drinking...Keywords: USA. CONGRESS. NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK STATE. REAL ESTATE. PARK Copyright 1996...
- House GOP rejects Dole's plan to reopen U.S. offices Senator gets support from...
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel January 4, 1996 700+ words
...continued. Until this week, Dole had officially hewed to the House GOP argument that the federal shutdown was the only lever Republicans...certain point, you run," a first-term Republican from New York, Rep. Michael Forbes, said of Dole's move. "Running...
- House GOP Balks at Leaders' Drug Plan for Seniors.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 27, 2002 700+ words
...Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 27--WASHINGTON -- House GOP leaders scrambled Wednesday to salvage their proposal for a...higher Medicare reimbursements, similar to those received by New York. On the other side, conservatives such as Rep. Mac Collins...
