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From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 13, Issue 23)Senator James Jeffords plans to eliminate Labor's education subcommittee and move all action to his full committee. Jeffords will take over the Labor and Human Resource Committee, which is the main Senate panel...
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From:Health Management Technology (Vol. 26, Issue 5)In the wake of both houses of Congress passing different patient safety bills last year, but not reaching consensus, bill S. 544 would create a non-punitive way for providers to voluntarily report medical errors or...
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From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 18, Issue 12)A month after sending shock waves through the U.S. Senate, Sen. James Jeffords, I-Vt., has emerged with his membership on the Senate's education panel intact. Democrats carved out a seat on the Health, Education,...
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From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 47, Issue 38)Byline: STEPHEN BURD and RON SOUTHWICK Washington -- The impending shift in control of the U.S. Senate to the Democrats, prompted by Sen. James M. Jeffords's decision last week to leave the Republican Party, has...
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From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 16, Issue 10)Income eligibility is fast becoming a major sticking point between the Senate and House of Representatives on legislation to provide new tuition benefits for District of Columbia students. Testimony before a Senate...
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From:The American Enterprise (Vol. 12, Issue 5)From the minutes of the Kirby, Vermont Republican Town Caucus, back on April 24, 1984: "The caucus then unanimously adopted the following resolution: Whereas, Congressman James M. Jeffords has compiled a voting...
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From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 53, Issue 32)Byline: JEFFREY BRAINARD The U.S. Senate has voted, for what appears to be the first time, to strip an individual academic earmark from a spending bill: $2-million to the University of Vermont for an institute...
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From:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 55, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedIn a surprise move, Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords withdrew from the Republican Party in June to become an Independent, enabling Democrats to gain control of the Senate and most likely reshaping the political outlook for...
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From:Science (Vol. 292, Issue 5522) Peer-ReviewedU.S. CONGRESS A political earthquake has U.S. science advocates scrambling to survey a dramatically altered Washington, D.C., landscape. With Republican Senator Jim Jeffords's (VT) announced defection from his party,...
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From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 18, Issue 9)Full House approves White House-endorsed education reform bill College officials can expect a sea of change on Capitol Hill following the decision by Vermont Sen. James Jeffords to leave the Republican party and...
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From:The American Enterprise (Vol. 13, Issue 2)I don't like Senator Jim Jeffords. I admit my bias the way a Yankees fan admits his bias against the Red Sox, the way dog people admit their bias against cat people. I just wish venerable news outfits like "60 Minutes"...
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From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 13, Issue 22)Republican Senator James Jeffords will become the chairman of the Labor and Human Resources Committee and appointments to other education panels are being considered. Jeffords supports President Bill Clinton's proposals...
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From:Architecture (Vol. 93, Issue 9)Vermont Independent Senator Jim Jeffords and New Jersey Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg have introduced the High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2004 to the Senate. The legislation aims to improve indoor-air...
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From:Issues in Science and Technology (Vol. 15, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedSeveral bills were submitted to Congress to establish guidelines for patient authorization in the release of medical records while the private sector proposed stronger self-regulation. Senate Bill 578, submitted by Sen...
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From:Modern Physician (Vol. 5, Issue 10)Jeffords' defection boosts Democrats' patient rights bill Mired by a competing plan supported by President Bush, patient rights legislation backed by Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), John Edwards (D-N.C.) and Ted Kennedy...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 20, Issue 14)The Senate's unprecedented flip last month, which left Democrats in power, will likely have little or no effect on most information technology issues affecting federal workers. The change came after Vermont Sen....