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Monday, February 29, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Legislators rated Consumer Federation of America lists Senate, House 'heroes' and 'zeroes'
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The nation's largest consumer group says that Congress contains 48 good guys and 23 bad guys, based on its annual ratings of the voting records of Senate and House members.
While most of the nation's 535 members of Congress fall in between the extremes, the Consumer Federation of America singled out two groups which it termed "heroes" and "zeroes" for consumers.
The federation gave members credit for several obvious consumer votes, such as support for appliance energy efficiency standards, as well as some not so obvious votes, such as a vote against Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork.
For the first time since it started rating Congress in 1971, the Senate supported consumer interests in the vote counted, the votes counted, the federation said.
Senate heroes are Brock Adams, D-Wash.; Carl Levin, D-Mich.; Howard M. Betzenbaum, D-Ohio; Barbara Mikuski, D-Md.; George J. Mitchell, D-Maine; Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y.; Claiborne Pearl, D-R.I.; Paul S. Sarbanes, D-Md, and Robert T. Stafford, R-Vt.
House heroes, all Democrats, in conude Ronald V. Dellums, California; Brian J. Donnelly, Massachusetts; Dennis M. Hertel, Michigan; Dale Kildee, Michigan; Michigan; Joe Moakley, Massachusetts; Ted Weiss, New
York; Sidney R. Yates, Illinois; Anthony C. Beilenson, California; Thomas J. Downey, New York; Richard J. Durkun, Illinois;
Also Dennis E. Eckart, Ohio; Don Edwards, California; Lane Evans, Illinois; James J. Florio, New Jersey; Sam Gejdenson, Connecticut; Frank J. Guarini, New Jersey; Charles A. Hayes, Illinois; George J. Hochbreecker, New York; and Stenh H. Hover, Maryland.
On the other side of the coin, zeroes were listed as those in the House and Senate who voted as the federation thought correct either once, or not at all.
Senate zeroes, all Republicans, were James A. McClure, Idaho; Steven D. Symms, Idaho; Malcolm Wallop, Wyoming; Phil Gramm, Texas; Jesse Helms, North Carolina; and Don Nickles, Oklahoma.
House zeroes, also all Republicans,
were Connie M. Mack III, Florida;
Robert E. Badham, California; Dan
Burton, Indiana; Daniel Coats,
Indiana; Howard Coble, North Carolina;
Larry Combest, Texas; Tom D.
Delay, Texas; James M. Inhofe,
Oklahoma;
Also Jack F. Kemp, New York; Jon Kyl, Arizona; Bill Lowery, California; Edward R. Madigan, Illinois; Bob McEwen, Ohio; Michael G. Oxley, Bob O; Stump Bip, Arizona; Robert S. Walker, Pennsylvania; and David O'B. Martin, New York.
Slattery lauds education budget
Kansan staff writer
financing education programs.
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President Reagan's recommended budget increases for higher education may mean an understanding that the federal and state governments need to work together to support education, a U.S. representative said.
Rep. Jim Slattery, D-Kan, said in an interview Saturday that Reagan's recommended 4.2 percent increase in Department of Education financing showed that the White House had recognized the need for a federal role in
"The president in the past had this attitude that education funding was a state responsibility and that the federal government didn't have a responsibility to play in that area." Slattery said.
Reagan has recommended cuts in education spending for the last five years.
The federal government sponsors student loan programs such as Pell Grants and guaranteed student loans, while state and community governments pay the rest of the costs for higher education.
"All of us involved in the education delivery system are going to have to work together and challenge each other," he said.
State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Da Lawrence, said that a bill going into the Kansas House of Representatives Education Committee this week was an example of innovative methods that state governments were adopting to finance education
The bill would set up a state trust that parents could pay into to save
money for higher education for their children.
Reagan's budget for fiscal 1989 allots $23.1 billion for the Department of Education. Student aid represents 42 percent of the department's requested financing. Spending on student aid would increase by about 9 percent to $8.8 billion for the 1989-1990 academic year.
If enacted, about 5.9 million students would receive student aid, about 92,000 more than will receive aid in 1988-1989.
Law students argue international terrorism case
By Dayana Yochim
Case deals with a fictional Achille Lauro attack
Kansan staff writer
Law students from 17 Midwestern schools argued this weekend over national jurisdiction rights concerning an international terrorist incident
The mock hearings, part of the Midwest regional Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot court competition, took place Friday and Saturday in the Green Hall courtroom.
Law students argued a case based loosely on the 1983 Achille Lauro incident in which terrorists took a passenger ship hostage and killed one man. The fictional case dealt mainly with the question of which countries should have jurisdiction to prosecute the terrorists.
Seventeen schools participated in the tour, and the UC law school received third prize.
The winning team, from Southern Illinois University, will advance to the national competition later in the spring in Washington, D.C.
The team if from Loyola University in Chicago to took second place, said Don Peterson, regional administrator-Kent College of Law took fourth.
Peterson added the raw scores from two previous rounds to determine which team would advance to the final round against Loyola University of Chicago.
"It was a pretty clear sweep," Peterson said of Southern Illinois.
tie-breaker win. "They've always done well historically."
Paul Leader, KU team member,
the teams' performance in the tournament.
"I think we did pretty well considering we're all second-year law students," he said. "We almost made it to the top schools it's hard to make the top two."
Leader said the team had done most of its research for the competition in December and January.
"It's good practice. The average law student usually doesn't get a chance to practice international law." he said.
school for participating in the competition.
Other KU team members were Timothy Colton, second-year law student; Debra Haworth, second-year law student; Ronald Hemby, second-year law student; and Nancy Oswalt, first-year law student.
In 1977 and 1983, teams from KU won the international competition.
Two Southern Illinois team members tied for first place for best competition. The team also won the award for best brief in the competition.
Leader said the team members each got two hours credit in the
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