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State voters decided Election Day to abolish rent control--but the state legislature voted to provide a grace period of up to two years for some elderly, disabled and low-income tenants...
...Gingrich wrestled with logistics. There were meetings to parcel out office space, much of which the new Speaker had never been allowed to see until after the election. There were meetings to decide whom to hire, as well as which of Congress's more than 10,000 jobs to abolish. Among the first to go in the campaign to show that Gingrich's team is serious about rooting out waste: the scores of people whose political connections have landed them full-time jobs punching buttons on automatic elevators. Gingrich has even held meetings to decide what meetings he should...
Question 9, the state ballot referendum to abolish rent control, was passed by a 51 to 49 percent margin on November...
Question 9, the initiative to abolish rent control, was passed by a 51 to 49 percent margin on November...
...House, Gingrich said he had two over-riding goals: to achieve a balanced budget by 2002 and "to truly replace the current welfare state with an opportunity society." He swore in the new members of the House and began debate on rule changes that would slash committee staffs, abolish three House committees and require a three-fifths vote to raise income tax rates. Republicans now have majorities in both chambers: 230-204 with one independent in the House, and 53-47 in the Senate. Congressional Democrats said they'd cooperate with the GOP majority; however, House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt...