In a sign of Paul's influence, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved one of his pet projects, a bill known as "Audit the Fed" that would allow Congress to review Federal Reserve monetary policy decisions, even though the measure will probably die in the Senate.
One sign of industry confidence that it will succeed this time is that it was not environmental groups but oil companies -- in particular BP Amoco -- that suggested the impartial study to Alaska's Congressional delegation of three Republicans, who inserted $1.5 million for the project into a bill last year.
Manendo is currently working with the Beagle Freedom Project on a bill that seeks to limit animal testing in Nevada.
Now Ballet Memphis has taken up the theme with "The River Project," a triple bill of new ballets honoring the Mississippi's cultural importance.
The City Council would get frequent progress reports on all school construction projects under a bill passed by the Council's education committee yesterday.
India's "Aakash" project, a tablet billed as the cheapest computer in the world, hopes to revolutionize learning in Indian colleges and universities.
He has never requested an "earmark", meaning funding for a pet project slipped into a bill.
She has several new projects: a parents' bill of rights, to reassure her followers that they won't end up like the Meitivs ("I spent the first four years of Free-Range Kids trying to reassure people that there wasn't a pervert behind every bush.
She has several new projects: a parents' bill of rights, to reassure her followers that they won't end up like the Meitivs ("I spent the first four years of Free-Range Kids trying to reassure people that there wasn't a pervert behind every bush. And now I have to reassure them that there aren't police behind every bush"), and Free-Range Friend, a Web site that will allow parents to coördinate.
PAGE A10 Pork Critic Seeks $10 Million Senator John McCain, scourge of pork barrel projects, is sponsoring a bill to direct $10 million to establish a center to honor the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist at the University of Arizona.
