Word: bipartisanship
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Cellucci cited his tenure as lieutenant governor under William F. Weld '66 as examples of bipartisanship at its best...
Cellucci cited his tenure as lieutenant governor under William F. Weld '66 as examples of bipartisanship at its best...
...Slim and none," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "That call for bipartisanship was made in a partisan way, and on the big stuff like Social Security and Medicare, there?s just too much work to be done." But the incremental President may have a shot at some small gains. "He?ll probably win again on taxes," says Branegan. "The Republicans are in too much disarray, and the clamor for broad cuts is still a lot louder on the Hill than it is with voters." Gun control is another possibility -- though Clinton is just as happy if that...
...they can at least keep their conservative base happy by insisting on a full trial. And so at week's end they linked arms with both the House managers and Ken Starr in the effort to debrief Monica Lewinsky even before the question of calling witnesses was resolved. Bipartisanship was shredding as the two sides bickered over all the procedural issues they had sidestepped when the trial began...
...House already passed the Shays-Meehan bill in the last session, so it might not be too difficult to rally the troops on both sides of the aisle again. Passing the bill would put some meat behind the rhetoric of bipartisanship that dominated the opening of the new Congress. The obstacle this time, as it was last time, will undoubtedly be the Senate, where the legislation died last year. But even if the Senate fails to pass campaign reform again this year, the upper chamber may have its own opportunity to demonstrate that it too can salve wounds and move...