Word: stringent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Soft on crime? Next to being called a politician, that was every candidate's worst fear this season. The desperate need to talk tough gave rise to a clamor for three-strikes-you're-out laws and other stringent penalties. But do those measures have anything to do with what works in the real world? A street-level look suggests that the popular wisdom has it backward...
Hoping for Democratic blood in the upcoming November elections, Republicans used a barrage of procedural tactics to kill what was left of the Clinton legislative agenda as Congress moved to adjourn. A stringent ban on gifts from lobbyists perished in the intense last-minute partisan warfare, as did an overhaul of the Superfund law that would have speeded cleanup of toxic-waste dumps. Miraculous survivors were: a California desert bill that creates the largest wilderness area outside Alaska and an education bill that redirects more federal aid to poorer communities. Clinton assaulted the Republicans for their "stop it, slow...
With members itching to hit the campaign trail, Congress slogged through a raft of last-minute legislative business, including a pile of spending bills, in order to adjourn as quickly as possible. The House approved and sent to the Senate for its expected approval a stringent ban on gifts from lobbyists. The Senate, unable to overcome bitter partisan differences, walked away from campaign-reform legislation but agreed to go back for a post-election lame- duck session in order to vote on global-trade legislation...
Buell, who had originally pushed for a more stringent University-wide training requirement, says he is satisfied with the progress the departments are making...
PRODUCT LIABILITY: A backlash against stringent laws that hold manufacturers liable for the potential harm caused by their products bred a Senate effort to create national product-liability standards that would override a number of state laws. Manufacturers, insurance companies and other business interests supported legislation limiting the number of suits going to trial and restricting damage awards. Opponents, led by trial lawyers and consumer groups that argued the new law would leave consumers vulnerable, mounted a filibuster to prevent full Senate consideration of the bill. A vote to end the filibuster was defeated 51 to 47, thus blocking...