Word: bipartisanism
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...with peacekeeping troops in the region, andtrigger a commitment of 25,000 American troopsto helpevacuate the peacekeepersand protect the Muslims from a predicted new Serbian assault. (If European peacekeepers withdraw, however, McCurry said, "it may well be that lifting the arms embargo proves unavoidable as a last resort.") A bipartisan chorus of senators, meanwhile, predicted that the full Senate would nonetheless follow the House lead. Said Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.): "At least Bosnians ought to have an opportunity to arm themselves, to defend themselves. We may not be left with any other choice...
...White House's defense was -- well, defensive. Clinton's apologia basically was Congress made me do it. In truth, the heat from Capitol Hill could no longer be ignored. Although pressure was strongest from Republican conservatives who swept congressional elections last November, sentiments in favor of Lee were bipartisan: nonbinding resolutions for the visa passed both the House and Senate by nearly unanimous votes. While Clinton's advisers refused at first to budge on the issue, they began worrying about a Republican bill that would force their hands and, in effect, remove China policy from presidential control. In their view...
...only. Actual dollars spent would still rise every year-just not as much as they would under the current budget. Moreover, nearly all analysts believe Medicare spending is rising at an unsustainable rate, and will have to be reined in, tax cuts or no. Senate Republicans have suggested a bipartisan commission to identify how to make those savings and twitted the White House for partisanship in refusing to join up-though the g.o.p. is also playing politics by trying to get Democrats to share the blame...
President Clinton and Republican leaders spent the week sniping over Medicare. Against a background of partisan budget wrangling, the President declined G.O.P. invitations to come up with a bipartisan solution to the program's ballooning costs. While the White House took the political cover of gravely insisting that Medicare remedies be linked to overall health-care reforms and a master G.O.P. budget plan, the President's strategists were not about to offer Republicans a hand with their balanced-budget/tax-cut promises by agreeing to deep slashes in Medicare...
...accusations that he knew of the Tuskegee experiments that withheld treatment from black men with syphilis. The two-day performance was a remarkable comeback for a nominee consigned just weeks ago to the valley of the shadow of death. By the end of last week, Foster had enough bipartisan support to break a threatened filibuster by Phil Gramm of Texas and Bob Smith of New Hampshire...