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Later that day, Treasury chief Lloyd Bentsen told Texas Instruments workers in Representative Sam Johnson's north Dallas district that the firm would add 2,000 jobs if NAFTA is approved. Johnson's vote too is up for grabs...
...efforts on behalf of the budget and health care. Every Tuesday or Wednesday in the Roosevelt Room, Clinton meets for at least an hour with 10 to 20 undecided House members from both parties. The goal is to meet all waverers by the end of October. Once a week, Bentsen, Vice President Al Gore, Trade Representative Mickey Kantor and economics counselor Bob Rubin invite to Washington 100 business and opinion leaders -- mostly handpicked by undecided House members -- to learn more about the pact. Every visitor receives a follow-up note from the President and a call from someone...
...Christopher initiative, however belated, indicates that Washington is eager to mend fences. After Shattuck, Agriculture Secretary Michael Espy will visit Beijing to discuss trade issues, and there is talk of a subsequent foray by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen. Finally, Clinton will meet with Jiang in Seattle around Nov. 20 during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit...
Clinton wouldn't go that far. Aides let it be known that the issue would wait until July, well, maybe September. That gave Magaziner three more months to crunch numbers. It gave skeptics from Lloyd Bentsen's Treasury Department and Laura Tyson's Council of Economic Advisers time to gather ammunition to scale back the proposal. Clinton wavered, but not for long; he still wanted to introduce it in the fall...
...high-tech investments in Clinton's economic-stimulus package "had Gore's fingerprints all over them," says an Administration aide, but the package did not survive. And Gore's influence was not enough to save the BTU tax from sniping by Senators and from Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen's willingness to carve out exceptions to it until there was nothing left. Budget Director Leon Panetta recalls, "When it was dropped in committee, there was a moment when I followed the Vice President into his office. He said...