Word: bans
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...contingent of 26 House Democrats, under heavy lobbying by the National Rifle association, sent Speaker Newt Gingrich a letter Wednesday pledging to help him repeal the assault weapons ban passed last summer as part of President Clinton's hard-won crime bill. The letter, delivered the morning after Clinton vowed during his State of the Union address to fight to turn back any attempts to repeal the ban, says the conservative Democrats are "resolute in our commitment to repealing this ill-conceived measure at the first opportunity." Gingrich has called the repeal "inevitable." But the Speaker "doesn't want...
...radio rightists offer a cloaked version of the same. But they don't care to admit it. Hot talk? Shock talk? Ban that speech! "To me," says Tradup, "shock talk is Howard Stern. Period. It's for 12-year-olds who get excited when they hear the word penis." Stern, natch, considers himself a political commentator and motivator. So does George Pataki; supported by Stern, he unseated New York Governor Mario Cuomo and saved an honored seat at his inauguration for Stern. But Howard, whose mixture of sex, politics and humongous self-pity has made him the morning star across...
...Reye Syndrome caused about 360 deaths per year, as well as brain damage to many survivors, but the administration met privately with aspirin manufacturers who feared losses of $100 million, and was able to block warnings for three years. Another example is the administration's fight to block a ban on certain asbestos products which had been linked to cancer...
...keep the option to fight on principle where necessary. In fact, Clinton aides actually look forward to the first presidential veto -- perhaps to counter G.O.P. moves against Head Start, the Goals 2000 education bill, the Brady bill or attempts to strip the crime bill of the assault-weapons ban. The White House has seen polls and focus-group studies that show voters do not believe Clinton will stand by any principles. Where Clinton draws the line and has fights, says a top White House official, is going to be crucial to the "President's image with the American people...
...three-fifths majority in the House for passage of tax increases and approved and sent to the Senate a measure imposing on Congress the same labor and antidiscrimination laws imposed on other employers. In the Senate, Democratic proposals to make it easier to break a filibuster and to ban gifts from lobbyists failed...