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Fall
2000 Headlines
Cara
Baruzzi
News Service Assignment - The Day, New London, CT Internship
- People Magazine
Connecticut
Delegation Asseses 106th Congress
WASHINGTON - Despite a target adjournment date of October
6, the 106th Congress remains in session, unable to
finish its work. Members, including the Connecticut
delegation, are held hostage on Capitol Hill and have
little time to get home to campaign.
New
Bill to Reform BIA Process
WASHINGTON -- Legislation creating a three-person commission
that would be responsible for granting or denying federal
recognition to Indian tribes is being met with skepticism
from some members of Connecticut's congressional lawmakers.
Dodd
to Co-Chair New Senate Biotech Committee
WASHINGTON - Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd announced last
week that he is co-chairing a new Senate Biotechnology
Caucus, which will educate Congress on how genetically
engineered food affects the public.
Hispanic
Group Awarded $438,000 Grant
WASHINGTON - The Connecticut Association for United
Spanish Action (CAUSA) has received a $438,000 federal
grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce for a new
program designed to improve education and economic opportunity
for state Hispanics.
The
Role of The Electoral College
WASHINGTON - While the nation waits to learn who will
be the next president in what could be the closest election
in 100 years, its attention has turned to the little-known
and somewhat mysterious institution known as the Electoral
College.
Connecticut
FEC Results
WASHINGTON - While he may seem preoccupied with his
bid for the vice presidency, Sen. Joseph Lieberman has
not forgotten about his Connecticut Senate campaign
and has spent $645,719.94 on the effort, according to
Federal Election Commission (FEC) reports filed last
week.
Connecticut
Senators Request Lobster Funding
WASHINGTON - Fearing Connecticut's lobster industry
will be overlooked as the 106th Congress draws to a
close, Senators Chris Dodd and Joseph Lieberman yesterday
asked the Commerce Department to immediately release
$6.6 million in funding to investigate the cause of
last year's lobster die-offs in Long Island Sound.
National
Museum of the American Indian
WASHINGTON -- Growing up as a member of the Cheyenne
and Arapaho tribes in rural Oklahoma, W. Richard West
was strongly influenced by his American Indian father.
Nader
Rallies Voters With Two Days To Go
WASHINGTON - In the downtown MCI Center - surrounded
by marquee advertisements for companies like America
Online, Budweiser, Sprite and U.S. Airways - nearly
10,000 people denounced corporate America's infiltration
into politics while supporting Green Party Presidential
Candidate Ralph Nader at the last "Super Rally" of his
campaign.
Lawmakers
Disagree on Nuclear Waste Storage
WASHINGTON - Although it closed in 1996, the Connecticut
Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Haddam continues to
pose environmental and health dangers because of the
high-level nuclear waste it produced that is stored
on-site in pools.
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