From CNN News . Gale Norton would be a disatrous Secretary of the Interior. Apparently, Bush's EPA appointee, Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey, also hired illegal workers at the very time Zoe Baird was being pilloried by the Republicans. The Washington Post article. On his second day in office, Bush denied international family planning funding to groups which use their OWN separate funds to speak up for abortion rights overseas.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
2001 Senate Democrats Make Case for Teacher Health Insurance Backing up their promise to make public education the state's top priority, Texas Senate Democrats on Thursday endorsed a statewide health insurance plan for public school teachers, employees and retirees. A plan sponsored by Sen. Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso was in the spotlight Thursday. Shapleigh's proposal would provide the same benefits currently extended to state employees - full coverage for teachers, retired teachers and other public school employees while covering dependents at 50 percent. Revenue sources for the plan would include capital gains from the Permanent School Fund and equity funds that have not been spent. The House Elections Committee on Monday approved legislation to reform the campaign finance system in Texas.