Congress attacked over species bill

Congress Acts Tonight On Summer Term Bill

Some 900 students paused Monday to pay tribute to “Sun­ shine,” who died that morning. ‘Sunshine” was a two-month old turtle. A funeral'procession of 15 cars, led by an 8-foot casket containing Sunshine’s body, wound its way through campus and stopped to hold a rally for the deceased. At the rally, 2S0 heard of Sun­ shine’s record of accomplish-, ments. The procession then moved on. ' Burial to...

Congress Considers Bill to Split Ninth Circuit

Bill Sponsorship in Congress: The Moderating Effect of Agenda Positions on Legislative Proposals

Positions of influence over the legislative agenda provide greater opportunities for shaping policy outcomes. Do legislators take advantage of this? If they do, when the median is pivotal and legislators’ goals reflect both position taking and policy seeking, greater influence over the agenda leads legislators to moderate their bills relative to legislators with lower agenda priority. Analysis ...

The Human Life Bill: personhood revisited, or Congress takes aim at Roe v. Wade.

Farm Bureau Urges Congress to Adopt Cropland Adjustment Plan Rather Than Cochrane-Freeman Bill

Known as S. 1643 in the Senate and H.R. 6400 in the House the bill has been characterized a~ a bid to concentrate unprecedented power over the destiny of American agriculture in the hands of the Secretary and the Executive branch of the federal government. It includes power to bring every segment of agriculture under complete government control on a step-by-step basis. While proposed as a plan ...