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This tax would pit Northern oil users against Southern producers and has already stirred a cat fight within the energy industry. Nineteen Congressmen from New England, which depends more heavily on imported oil for electricity and home heating than any other region, last week sent Bentsen a letter opposing an import fee. Complains William Whall, a blind Korean War veteran who lives in New Hampshire: "I just converted to oil heat, and now Clinton wants to whack me with an oil-import fee. I can't stand it. It seems like you get taxed if you do and taxed...
...Lloyd Bentsen Treasury...
...Senator from New York, a giant intellect who has succeeded Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen as chairman of the powerful Finance Committee, these few whispered words are a warning shot at least the equal of the spontaneous outpouring of public outrage that doomed Zoe Baird last week. Finance's domain, Moynihan rightly says, "covers everything the President cares most about -- economic recovery, trade issues, health care, welfare, Social Security, just about everything he got elected on. He's right when he says nothing he's proposed matters unless it passes the Congress. So he either talks to us sooner...
...deal," says a top Administration official. "Moynihan supported Bob Kerrey during the primaries. He's not one of us, and he can't control Finance like Bentsen did. He's cantankerous, but he couldn't obstruct us even if he wanted to. The gridlock is broken. It's all Democratic now. We'll roll right over him if we have...
Clinton aides argue plaintively that there is almost no way to keep a secret, given the vetting process and political courtesy calls required for a major appointment. The Treasury choice, for example, was telegraphed in late November when Clinton called Texas Governor Ann Richards to discuss filling Bentsen's soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat. Some in the Clinton camp fear that the two transition teams doing background checks may be the source of some leaks. The vetters are given the names of the nominees but not their positions. That may help explain why the press mistakenly speculated that Shalala...