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The New York State Regents have tightened admissions for applicants to the City University of New York.
What happened in the Senate, the papers report, is that in successive votes to force floor consideration of two campaign reform measures--one simply a ban of the unregulated campaign use of donations made to the national political parties ("soft money"), the other a broader bill that also would have tightened rules about "issue ads" that actually function in support of particular candidates--the pro forces achieved slim majorities, but fell short of the 60 votes required to cut off a filibuster against the measures.
He tightened the king’s control over legislation and taxes, enraging the Vatican by daring to impose a new levy on the Church.
After the "Keating Five" scandal of the late 1980s (in which five senators, including John McCain, were accused of interfering with the investigation of a large donor's savings and loan), the Senate ostensibly tightened its own ethics rules to go beyond the legal requirements.
The Post says that the NTSB tightened security at its headquarters.