U.S. fiscal 2010 deficit narrows to $1.29 trillion
U.S. fiscal 2010 deficit narrows to .29 trillion
WASHINGTON: The U.S. budget deficit for fiscal 2010 narrowed to $ 1.294 trillion from last year’s record $ 1.416 trillion…
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Families vow to fight transfer of dementia patients to far away hospital
NORTH BAY, Ont. – The… Continue reading
New Drug Law Narrows Crack, Powder Cocaine Sentencing Gap
Read the Transcript: to.pbs.org President Obama signed a new law that will close the long-disputed 100:1 gap in federal sentencing for powder versus crack cocaine. Gwen Ifill sits down with former Arkansas congressman Asa Hutchinson, who served as the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration under President George W. Bush,… Continue reading
Congress narrows gap in cocaine sentences
Congress narrows gap in cocaine sentences
The measure changes a 1986 law, enacted at a time when crack cocaine use was rampant and considered a particularly violent drug, under which a person convicted of crack cocaine possession gets the same mandatory prison term as someone with 100 times the same… Continue reading