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...version will charge more -- $506 billion as opposed to $368 before -- and offer less liability protection against lawsuits. "That's giving the industry a conniption," says TIME Congressional correspondent Jay Carney. But McCain can deal with tobacco's demands later -- right now he's more concerned about getting bipartisan support for the bill in his own committee. And the sticking point, as negotiators prepare for a weekend of haggling, is FDA nicotine regulation. "The White House and Koop's public health camp want the FDA to have tight control over nicotine content," says Carney. "The Republicans hate regulatory agencies...
...called intersession break, the President addressed the country and declared the state of our union to be strong. To no less than 90 thunderous interruptions, President Clinton unleashed what the New York Times dubbed his midterm political manifesto. On the face of it, the whole evening--bipartisan applause, soundbites, no mention of the dangerous M. L.--seemed not much more than politesse, a perfectly orchestrated performance in which a scandal-torn government and a scandal-fixated media pretended that the state of the union was, indeed, sound...
However, there seems to have been another force driving the bipartisan show of support besides political etiquette. A quick review of what occurred during the State of the Union Address reveals a stunning array of new proposals. In little over an hour, the President proposed to increase the minimum wage, to spend over $7 billion dollars on hiring 100,000 more teachers, to double the number of children eligible for subsidies to the tune of $21.7 billion dollars and to increase federal medical-research spending. In fact, the list goes on to include a host of other, somewhat costly social...
President Clinton sent a letter last May to the islands' Governor, complaining that the labor practices "are inconsistent with our country's values." Last week a bipartisan congressional commission on immigration released a scathing report that said, "Only a few countries, and no democratic society, have immigration policies" like Saipan's. Representative George Miller, a Democrat from California who has sponsored legislation that would end Saipan's exemptions, visited the island two weeks ago and said he was "deeply troubled" by conditions...
...already pending. The White House is not overly optimistic about this plan. G.O.P. Senators are still mad over Clinton's end-run appointment of BILL LANN LEE as acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, and Congress is moving into an election year, not usually a season of bipartisan goodwill...