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Riders on the Storm
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Ben White |
12 May 1999 |
Muckraker |
| No one in her or his right mind thinks the 106th Congress is going to pass a whole lot of actual free-standing legislation. It will likely take every ounce of strength this feeble Congress can muster to pass the essential spending bills that fund the government. So riders, those pesky little items that hope to escape scrutiny by hitching a ride on big money bills, are the name of the game, as noted in last week's Muckraker. The current vehicle for ... |
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| Topics: education, environmental non-government organizations, mining, Muckraker, politics, United States, waste, wildlife (all these topics) |
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