Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Selma (Ala.); Clergy; Religious gatherings; Military chaplains; Civil war; United States; Campbell, John P., 1801-1868; Cowan, Samuel Montgomery, 1801-1881; Chadick, William Davidson, 1817-1878; Borah, Jacob T.,...
Minutes of Cumberland Presbyterian Church convention held in Selma, Alabama, in 1863. Includes roll of ministers and elders present on each day of the convention, most from Alabama and Tennessee. The convention established committees for a...
Stennis, John Cornelius, D-MS; Health Education and Welfare; H.E.W.; Civil Rights; Whitten, Jamie Lloyd;
Senator Stennis comments on his struggle and fight against Civi Rights legislation since 1954. He discusses how he has fought against the H.E.W., and comments on his support for Congressman Whitten's new amendment to the H.E.W. appropriations Bill.
Columbus Air Force Base. Meridian Naval Air Station. Contract With America. Balanced Budget Amendment. Line Item Veto. Welfare Reform.
1- The military base closure process will soon begin when the Defense Department will make recommendations on which bases to close. What are your feelings today about the prospects for Columbus Air Force Base and Meridian Naval Air Station?; 2- It...
1- Indications are that the Senate will vote on the Constitutional amendment to balance the budget early this year and the house will follow suit. It takes a two-thirds majority in both houses to send the proposal to the states. What are the...
Unfunded Mandates. Balanced Budget Amendment. National Security Committee.
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1- The House is considering legislation to curb the practice of imposing federal rules and regulations on the states and cities without giving them funding to pay for them. These so-called un-funded mandates have increased over...
1- You have spoken out this week in opposition to a proposed exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution that would commemorate the dropping of the Atomic Bomb in Japan in World War II. What are your objections to the exhibit?; 2- The House of...
1-You have scheduled a Veterans Affairs Committee hearing in Meridian, Mississippi on January 21 to look further into the Persian Gulf Veterans health issue. What are the details on the hearing?; 2- You are co-sponsoring a Constitutional amendment...
102nd Congress. National Guard. Veterans Legislation. Highway Funding Bill. Higher Education Reauthorization Act. Counter-Drug Law Enforcement School.
1- The 102nd Congress adjourned last week. What is your assessment of its overall performance there past two years?; (He discussed these topics as plusses: Preserving National Guard and Reserve strength levels: veterans legislation: passage of a...
National Guard. Defense Spending. Voluntary School Prayer.
1- The Defense Department last week released a list of National Guard and Reserve units that would be deactivated around the country, but you said this was old news. What is the story on this?; 2- Mississippi was fortunate that the cuts for this...
Defense Spending. Federal Deficit. Veterans Affair Committee.
1- What do you think about plans to continue cutting defense spending over the next couple of years?; 2- In support of passage of a constitutional amendment to balance the Federal budget, 100,000 petitions, containing the names of Americans in all...
Defense Authorization Bill. Flag Burning Amendment. 104th Congress.
1- House and Senate conferees have completed work on the Defense Authorization bill for FY 1996. What will it mean for Mississippi?; 2- The Senate failed to get the two-thirds majority needed to pass the constitutional amendment to prevent the...
Congressional Term Limits. Capital Gains Tax. Balanced Budget Amendment.
1- Another amendment that may be considered in the early days of 1995 is that to require term limits to members of Congress. The idea has been popular, but it could create problems for smaller states if adopted. What do you think about it?; 2-...
Widnall, Sheila. Columbus Air Force Base. Balanced Budget Amendment.
1- On February 25, Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall will accompany you to Columbus Air Force Base. What will be on the agenda?; 2- While in Columbus, the Secretary will go to an area school that is now using computers donated by the Air Force. ...
