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he major business before
Congress as it returns from
its summer vacation this
week are the annual spend-
ing bills. But Jewish groups such as
United Jewish Communities are hop-
ing for action on other fronts, among
them the proposed Patients' Bill of
Rights and various plans for prescrip-
tion drug benefits for Medicare
patients.
UJC is also supporting efforts to
restore funds for nursing homes and a
stalled proposal to provide $128 mil-
lion to the Immigration and
Naturalization Service to speed up the
sluggish naturalization process. And it
is urging lawmakers not to pay for
other funding increases by cutting
more from programs for senior hous-
ing, an issue that affects Jewish com-
munities around the country.
A number of Jewish groups, led by
the National Council of Jewish
Women (NCJW), are lobbying hard
for renewal of the Violence Against
Women Act (VAWA), which provides
funds for a variety of victim service,
law enforcement, shelter and violence
prevention programs. VAWA expires
on Oct. 1; NCJW leaders say many of
the programs it funds have become
vital elements in the fight against
domestic violence.
Jewish groups are also fighting for
an expanded hate-crimes measure. The
Senate has already passed the bill,
which expands the list of groups cov-
ered by federal hate crimes statutes to
include those victimized because of
gender, sexual preference or disability.
The measure also makes it easier for
federal officials to get involved in
investigating and prosecuting local
cases.
But the House has been sitting on
the bill, in part because of opposition
from conservatives who view it as just
another gay-rights law.
Jewish groups report good progress
in lobbying for the bill over the
August recess, but admit that the elec-
tion-year calendar is working against
them.
The Orthodox Union is pushing the
oddly named Pain Relief Promotion

Act — known in other quarters as the
assisted-suicide bill, since it would ban
physician-assisted suicide as well as
promote more aggressive treatment of
intractable pain.
The measure has passed the House;
the Senate is slated to take it up by the
middle of the month.
The issue has all kinds of interest-
ing Jewish twists. The chief opponent
is Sen. Ron Wyden (R-Ore.), a Jewish
lawmaker who represents the only
state currently allowing physician-
assisted suicides. But a lead sponsor is
another Jewish senator — Sen. Joe
Lieberman (D-Conn.), now the
Democratic vice-presidential nominee.
His running mate, Vice President Al
Gore, has indicated that he has con-
cerns about the current measure.

Fighting For Charity

On the church-state front, Jewish
groups that oppose charitable choice
plans, which would expand the ability
of religious groups to get federal funds
to provide vital health and welfare
services, are gearing up to fight provi-
sions of a New Markets Initiative bill.
The problem for some Jewish
groups: The measure, intended to spur
private investment in low-income
communities, includes charitable
choice language. The fact that it is
supported by both House Speaker
Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and President
Bill Clinton represents an ominous
turn in the charitable-choice debate
for groups opposed to such plans.
"It's a kind of Hobson's choice,"
said Richard Foltin, legislative director
for the American Jewish Committee,
which opposes charitable-choice plans.
"Do we try to stop a bill that has a lot
of very useful elements because of the
charitable-choice provisions? It's going
to be difficult for some groups."
But it could be just a little easier
because Sen. Charles Robb (D-Va.)
has offered an alternative version that
includes charitable-choice provisions,
but also more restrictions aimed at
insuring that they are not misused by
religious groups.

The Lieberman Watch

Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic

