Sen . Charles Schumer of New York is backing a bill introduced by fellow Democrat Barbara Boxer of California that calls for outfitting all of the roughly 6, 800 planes in the U . S . commercial fleet with anti-missile defenses.
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"That money doesn't belong in the hands of a convicted killer, " said state Rep . Michael McGeehan ( D-Philadelphia ), who is backing a bill to change state law that would make it easier for victims to recover monetary damages.
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Reps . Dan Miller ( R-Florida ) and Charles Schumer ( D-New York ) have joined this year with Sens . Judd Gregg ( R-New Hampshire ) and Harry Reid ( D-Nevada ) in backing a bill to repeal this sugar policy.
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Sens . Charles Schumer, D-N . Y ., and Sam Brownback, R-Kan ., are backing a bill that would establish a commission to develop new methods for voting and administering elections and provide $ 2.5 billion to states for new voting systems.
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A similar coalition in New York, also put together by the foundation and involving 350 churches, more than half of them black or Hispanic, is backing a bill before the City Council that would set the pay floor at $ 7.50 an hour.
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Sens . Charles Schumer, D-N . Y ., and Sam Brownback, R-Kan ., are backing a bill that would establish a commission to develop new methods for voting and administering elections and provide $ 2 . 5 billion to states for new voting systems.
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A similar coalition in New York, also put together by the foundation and involving 350 churches, more than half of them black or Hispanic, is backing a bill before the City Council that would set the pay floor at $ 7 . 50 an hour.
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While urging Congress to work fast, Bush has guaranteed a legislative impasse by backing a bill that does nothing to help the immediate economy and gives out all but a fraction of its benefits to corporations, especially in the energy field, and the wealthiest taxpayers.
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In her one term in the State Assembly, Solis was prominent in the debate on illegal immigration to the United States, backing a bill to allow immigrants in the United States illegally to attend California colleges as long as they were residing in the state.
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Republican Rep . Jim DeMint said at least four dozen lawmakers are backing a bill he planned to introduce Thursday that would suspend the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the use of RU-486, also called mifepristone, pending an audit by the congressional General Accounting Office.
