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...providing enough tax relief to the working poor and middle class. The legislation, however, suffered a surprising setback after a half dozen Republicans lined up with Democrats to defeat a provision which sought to impose new taxes on Indian gambling casinos. In other action, the committee rejected an attempt to increase cigarette taxes for health insurance for poor children and backed Archer's plan to eliminate ethanol subsidies. But the bill's restrictions on education provisions are sure to become the focus of debate with the White House in the coming weeks...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Brother, can you spare $250,000? That?s the plea President Clinton will make to 40 or 50 of his wealthiest supporters over dinner Wednesday night in a desperate attempt to balance the Democrat's sagging books as the midterm election season fast approaches. Clinton will ask each of his pals to raise or donate $250,000 over the next two years to help retire the party's $14.5 million debt. The DNC has met all its money targets so far this year, and expects to raise at least $50 million in 1997. But while the flush...
Your item on Planned Parenthood's attempt to garnish affinity payments earmarked for Operation Rescue from the LifeLine telephone company [NOTEBOOK, May 12] may cause some readers to think that Planned Parenthood could grab money from LifeLine that American Family Association supporters intended to go to us. This is not the case. Planned Parenthood cannot interfere with LifeLine's payments to the American Family Association or any organization other than Operation Rescue. PATRICK J. VAUGHN Assistant General Counsel American Family Association Tupelo, Miss...
DENVER: Stephen Jones began his attempt to persuade jurors that although they've convicted his client on 11 counts in the most devastating terrorist act ever on U.S. soil, Timothy McVeigh does not deserve the death penalty. It's an almost impossible task after prosecutors spent two and a half days building a succinct and horrifying case that jurors should do exactly that. Witness after witness piled on details so gruesome that lawyers, journalists, U.S. marshals and members of the jury all wept: How, after the bomb went off, the floors of the Alfred P. Murrah building pancaked...
...welfare reform. Democrats were crying foul after two Republican-backed provisions passed the House Ways and Means human resources subcommittee. One would cut benefits to disabled noncitizens, while the other would deny minimum wage and workplace protections to some welfare recipients working for the government or nonprofit organizations. The attempt to slash welfare benefits for noncitizens particularly peeved the Clinton Administration, leading OMB director Franklin Raines, to inform GOP leaders that they would have a fight on their hands if they fail to live up to the agreement...