Politics
Internal Bush Administration documents made public Tuesday show that senior White House officials played more extensive roles than previously known in trying to restrict information provided to Congress about the sale of sensitive American technology to Iraq.
July 8, 1992
Prospects for a mandatory seafood inspection program increased dramatically last week after a congressional committee voted to overhaul the present system of voluntary, and often irregular, federal oversight of fish and shellfish.
July 26, 1990
As Congress returns from its summer recess to tackle the farm problem once again, the lawmakers’ “mission improbable”--to rein in the soaring cost of federal subsidies while shielding debt-ridden farmers from bankruptcy--has become all the more difficult now that a fresh wagonload of budgetary and political pressures has been unloaded on Capitol Hill.
Sept. 4, 1985
The House Interior Committee on Thursday unanimously approved a long-controversial Central Valley Project water bill that authorizes the restoration of fish and wildlife, but removes an earlier proposal to guarantee 1.5 million acre-feet of water annually for such uses.
May 29, 1992
World & Nation
The Agriculture Department is rechecking some payments made under the 1988 drought-relief program and congressional leaders are urging policy reviews after the Associated Press found widespread misapplication of funds in the $3.9-billion emergency effort.
Jan. 28, 1990
In a landmark move toward cracking the Cold War wall around Cuba, key House Republicans on Tuesday endorsed a measure that would allow direct sales of food and medicine to the island nation for the first time in four decades.
June 28, 2000
When Congress tried to investigate billions of dollars in U.S. aid and technology sales to Iraq, the Bush Administration sought to restrict access to key records and minimize information given to committees, according to confidential documents and interviews.
March 8, 1992
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) tossed charges of unfair competition back at visiting Australian officials Monday as he vowed to press ahead with legislation to require the Reagan Administration to subsidize the sale of farm products to the Soviet Union, China and probably other countries.
Aug. 5, 1986
House Republicans decided to fill three vacant committee chairmanships Friday with the men next in line by seniority, including two lawmakers who were passed over for the posts under Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.).
Nov. 21, 1998
Over the opposition of Republican leaders in Congress and a veto threat by President Reagan, farm-state Republicans joined with Democrats Wednesday to steer emergency aid for the nation’s farmers through both the House and the Senate.
Feb. 28, 1985