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The Arts Turn On The Star Power; Actors, Advocates Push Congress To Preserve Funding
The Washington Post; Mar 12, 1997; ; 700+ Words ...Capitol. "I think they are forceful advocates," said Foley. "They come with a celebrity...Wyo., would draw the shades as the students watched films of Laurence Olivier, Judith...leaders held yesterday at the Library of Congress. "Creativity has to follow human logic...
Profile: General aviation advocates push for easing of post-9/11 restrictions
NPR Morning Edition; Jan 8, 2002; ; 700+ Words ...General aviation advocates push for easing of post...general aviation advocates continue to push...get to know their students. Freeway Airport...changes to screen students since September...In a report to Congress last month, the...
Tennessee Veterans Advocates Push for College Benefits for Short-Term Duty.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; Mar 25, 2003; 647 Words ...News Mar. 25--Veterans advocates in East Tennessee are among...Education Act set to go before Congress this summer, anyone who has...amendment, if approved by Congress, will be great news for students who serve short terms of duty...
I CAN'T EAT THAT; ADVOCATES PUSH FOR UNIFORM STANDARDS ON HOW SCHOOLS HANDLE STUDENTS WITH FOOD ALLERGIES.(CNY)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); Jun 10, 2007; 700+ Words ...under consideration - one in the state Legislature and one in Congress - that are aimed at setting up voluntary standards for how...where staffers already follow guidelines the proposed laws advocate. They are trained to administer the EpiPen and get to practice...
Immigrant Advocates Say Fight Isn't Over; Tuition Measure A Polarizing Issue
The Washington Post; May 22, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...two Republicans in Congress have introduced...figures for how many students would be affected...yesterday. Nationwide, advocates estimate that 50...000 immigrant students could benefit each...undocumented immigrant students to apply for green...reintroduced his bill, the Student ...
New push for NIH funding urged: Amid budget cuts, senators urge advocates to be more politically active.
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD); May 20, 2006; 700+ Words ...health spending, told the advocates to mobilize supporters to contact their representatives in Congress and floated the idea of a...funding," she said. Some advocates criticized the cancellation...already causing layoffs, and students are turning away from promising...
Congress favors credit industry over consumers.(COMMENTARY)(Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005)
Los Angeles Business Journal; Apr 18, 2005; ; 700+ Words ...bankruptcy under Chapter 7, and push more debtors--it targets...bankruptcy and enticing college students with easy credit. Consider...They have a point: Consumer advocates do push banks to loan money to the...have yet to hear any consumer advocate say banks owe it to the poor...business. ...
National Advocates Urge Congress to Reauthorize, Fully Fund Critical Domestic Violence Funding Source.
Science Letter; Mar 17, 2009; 700+ Words ...congressional briefing to push for the reauthorization...FVPSA). Survivors and advocates also met with more than...their doors. We need Congress to reauthorize and fully...Angela Rice, a college student and domestic violence...Senators and members of Congress attended and spoke...
National Advocates Urge Congress to Reauthorize, Fully Fund Critical Domestic Violence Funding Source
U.S. Newswire; Mar 5, 2009; 700+ Words ...congressional briefing to push for the reauthorization...FVPSA). Survivors and advocates also met with more than...their doors. We need Congress to reauthorize and fully...Angela Rice, a college student and domestic violence...Senators and members of Congress attended and spoke...
New push for vouchers
The Record (Bergen County, NJ); Oct 21, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...County, NJ) 10-21-2003 New push for vouchers -- Advocates work to build funding, political...voucher proposal now before Congress. The main voucher group in...spending public money to send students mainly to religious schools...
If the Democrats take over the Majority in Congress what would that portend for the country?; Push for withdrawal of troops from Iraq should gain steam
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); Nov 5, 2006; ; 700+ Words ...President Bush and Congress. Most Americans...Republican-controlled Congress and President Bush...Democrats would push for withdrawal of...operations, an awakened Congress and public opinion...leverage to the growing advocates of military disengagement...programs for college students ...
New push to raise private-activity cap begins.(Congress and tax-exempt financing)
The Bond Buyer; Jan 7, 1997; ; 700+ Words ...by municipal market advocates to relax the private...introduced during the last Congress, but which failed to...multifamily housing bonds, student loan bonds, and bonds...adjusted since. Municipal advocates are urging Congress...drawn support from IDB advocates like the Council of...
Bush Pushes Congress on 'No Child' Law
AP Online; Oct 9, 2007; 692 Words ...renewal fight in Congress. "There can be...was directed at Congress and critics of...educators and advocates for minority and disadvantaged students. Almost everyone...measure individual student progress over time...teachers who improve student achievement in...Hispanic and black ...
BAI PUSHES CONGRESS TO BOOST RESEARCH SUPPORT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; Apr 20, 2006; 486 Words ...29 to urge members of Congress to support increased...visited with members of Congress to lobby for support...President Bush called on Congress to support his American...chair of Temple's student chapter of IEEE and...They are all strong advocates for more research and...
Bid to Lift Gun Bans Infuriates Williams; Congress's Push Called 'Outrageous'
The Washington Post; Sep 29, 2004; ; 649 Words ...accused members of Congress yesterday of hypocrisy...against the whims of a Congress with no voting District...restraint. "For members of Congress to impose their will...is all but certain, advocates of the repeal acknowledge...would have to tell his students, "This is a textbook...
Distinguished Educators and Citizens Call on Bush, Congress, 2004 Candidates to Push Amendments to 'No Child Left Behind Act'; Open Letter to President Bush, Congress Says Not More Money, But Time Spent Preparing Teachers, Principals is Key to Education Reform.
PR Newswire; Oct 15, 2003; 700+ Words ...President Bush, members of Congress, the 2004 Candidates...of teachers so that students who are bored in class...educations, parents, and students use their time...enable virtually all students to become academically...science. You increase student learning by having...lawyer and school ...
Creationism Push in Congress Sparks Controversy.(Brief Article)
Church & State; Sep 1, 2001; 700+ Words ...schools that teach evolution to "help students to understand why the subject generates...California law professor and vigorous advocate of "intelligent design," the latest...executive director of Americans United. "Congress should not encourage this crusade, even...
Pro-choice activists turn lobbying push to Congress
Chicago Sun-Times; Apr 11, 1989; 700+ Words ...Capitol, lobbied members of Congress on Monday as leaders of the...effectively and that's good." Advocates who took part Sunday in the...Hollywood stars and college students, converged on the Capitol...about lobbying members of Congress rather than focusing on the...
Teens, Parents, Medical Groups and Business Leaders to Join Members of Congress to Push Enactment of Federal Law to Protect Teen Drivers in Every State
U.S. Newswire; Apr 21, 2009; 700+ Words ...prom season, members of Congress, parents, pediatricians, police, and safety advocates will hold a news conference...Hayford(Andover, MN), Students Against Destructive Decisions...Stoneand Jacqueline Gillanof Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety...
INSIDE CHOICE SCHOOLS / 15 YEARS OF VOUCHERS; Despite court rulings, few states offer vouchers; Political opposition to the programs remains strong
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Jun 12, 2005; ; 700+ Words ...D.C., where Congress approved creation...more than 1,000 students attending private...opens with at 786 students in 12 schools...for up to 7,000 students and up to 15...the cap. Choice advocates push hard to lift the...
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