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  • Lawmakers Seek Bipartisanship on Iraq

    09/04/2007 2:53:22 PM PDT · by SmithL · 16 replies · 273+ views
    AP via SFGate ^ | 9/4/7 | DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
    WASHINGTON, (AP) -- After a month at home with constituents, nearly a dozen members of the House issued a call Tuesday for bipartisan cooperation in Congress to stabilize Iraq and "bring our troops home" after more than four years of war. The letter, signed by six Republicans and five Democrats, many of them political moderates, contained no specific timeline for withdrawing U.S. forces and took no position on earlier calls to limit future funds for the war. Instead, it urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, to "work together to put an end to the...
  • Background Information on The ASPIRE Act and KIDS accounts

    02/08/2005 3:59:13 PM PST · by Sonny M · 8 replies · 257+ views
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    What are KIDS accounts? KIDS accounts are small savings accounts that were proposed as part of the Americans Savings for Personal Investment, Retirement, and Education Act (the ASPIRE Act), legislation introduced by Senators Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Jon Corzine (D-NJ) and Representatives Pat Kennedy (D-RI), Harold Ford (D-TN), Tom Petri (R-WI), and Phil English (R-PA) on July 22, 2004. The legislation would provide every child, at birth, a small savings account that can be used to build assets. The bill is S.2751 in the Senate and H.R.4939 in the House. ASPIRE will provide a KIDS account for every child born...