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OUTLOOK
Crunch Time For Supplemental, Farm Bill
Lawmakers will determine the fate of billions of dollars in military and domestic spending this week, as the House looks to vote on a supplemental appropriations measure to fund operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and both chambers look to dispose of the farm bill conference report.
DEFENSE
State Dept. Proposes To Relax Export Rules
The Bush administration has taken another key step to answer the aerospace industry's chronic complaints that the cumbersome process of approving licenses to export their products handicaps its ability to compete in an increasingly global market.
FORWARD OBSERVER
Suicide Watch
Congress, alarmed and saddened by the high number of military people driven to committing suicide to end the mental pain they suffer during and after serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, is moving toward making it the law of the land that the Pentagon and Veterans Administration do more to treat the invisible wounds inflicted in wars that have no fronts nor straightforward commands like "take the hill."
BEYOND THE BELTWAY
Voter ID Proponents Gearing Up For Another Push On Bills
Proponents of requiring voters to come to the polls with identification are again pressing their case in several statehouses, this time bolstered with a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the constitutionality of an Indiana voter ID law.
Connecticut Senate Votes To Limit Lead In Toys
Connecticut moved closer last week toward establishing limits for lead in children's products.
HOT TICKET
Hot Ticket
DRAGON TALES. With the Olympics approaching, and questions about its human rights record and effect on the global economy being asked, China has quickly taken center stage and become the topic of many conversations.
5/12/2008 AM Contents
- Voter ID Proponents Gearing Up For Another Push On Bills
- Connecticut Senate Votes To Limit Lead In Toys
