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Washington Watch

Selecting just the right assisted living communit y is•not an easy task. There are
many things y ou need to know before y ou can make the right decision. When
y ou call or visit the building there are important questions you should he sure

to ask:

1. What are the extra charges above and b eyond the
monthly room and board costs?

Most places charge extra for care and assistance. The extra charges
can quickly add up making the cost much more than y ou expected.

At REGENT STREET the care and assistance is included
in the monthly fees.
2. Is there an entrance fee, what is it used for, is it refundable?

Most places ask for a large entrance fee. It ma y or may not be
refundable or used for resident care.

At REGENT STREET there is no entrance fee.
3. Are licensed nurses on duty 24 hours a da y, 7 days a week?

Most places have nurses on call but not on the premises.

At REGENT STREET licensed nurses are in the building
24 hours, daily 7 da ys a week.

4. Who owns the building?

Most assisted living buildings are owned b y large, publicl y held out-
of-state corporations.

At REGENT STREET the on-site owners and managers
are from and live in this 'community. You never have to
deal with a corporate structure headquartered thousands of
miles away.

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aturday's Sharm el-Sheikh
agreement, known as Wye II
or the Sharm Accord, will put
new pressure on U.S. lawmak-
ers to appropriate the $1.9 billion in
extra aid promised to help implement
last year's Wye Agreement.
But with Congress heading toward
a bloody budget shootout with the
administration, supporters of the
package face an uphill battle for rea-
sons having nothing to do with
Mideast policy.
With Israel's newest West Bank
redeployment scheduled to begin in a
matter of days, administration sources
say they'll begin lobbying immediately
for the package, which includes a
whopping $1.2 billion to help Israel
pay the heavy costs of withdrawing
forces from new West Bank land and
setting up new security outposts.
Lawmakers support the concept of
extra aid, especially for Israel, but
appropriating real dollars will be a
problem as Congress and the adminis-
tration fight over GOP-sponsored tax
cuts, plans for spending the current
budget surplus and restrictive 1997
budget caps that allow almost no lad-
tude in government budgeting.
"The major challenge is that the aid
package is part of the larger budget and
tax discussion," said Howard Kohr,
executive director of the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee. "There's a
significant divide between the adminis-
tration and Congress. The good news is
that there appears to be strong send-
ment regarding the Wye package; the
bigger issue is how to pay for it."
AIPAC lobbyists and other pro-Israel
activists will be seeking creative ways to
pay for the new aid to get around the
current budget impasse, he said.
"It will require patience; this will not

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$400 million
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be a quick or easy process because of the
magnitude of the resources involved," he
said, noting that AIPAC supports aid to
Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians,
which it wants treated as one deal.

What About The Embassy?

The Sharm agreement, which calls on
both sides to avoid unilateral actions
that could disrupt the "final-status"
negotiations that are due to resume
almost immediately, could slow efforts
by some lawmakers to force the
administration to move the U.S.
embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Congressional sources say that with
the talks on Jerusalem about to begin,
lawmakers are more likely to defer to
President Bill Clinton's explicit request
that the embassy debate be deferred in
the interests of the peace process —
and the almost-explicit request by
Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
"As long as there's progress in the
region, the majority of the Congress
will listen to the prime minister," said
Jess Hordes, Washington director for
the Anti-Defamation League.

Aiming For Gun Law

Polls show that the public is increas-
ingly concerned about gun violence,
but lawmakers do not appear deter-
mined to do much about the issue. So
the American Jewish Congress has
decided it's time to escalate the debate.
Next Tuesday, the group will
announce a national "Stop the Guns,
Protect our Kids" petition drive. The
goal: 1 million signatures on a petition
that presses for much tougher gun
measures than Congress is currently
considering.
The AJCongress effort will demand
mandatory Justice Department back-
ground checks before every gun sale
— at gun shows and through both
unlicensed and licensed dealers — and
the registration of every gun by some
federal, state or local agency. The
group will also demand mandatory
safety devices on all weapons sold.
That, the AJCongress leaders believe,
will tap into rising voter frustration — a
feeling that they say is being ignored by
a NRA-dominated Congress.
"This isn't pegged to any specific legis-
lation," said the group's new Washington

