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Oklahoma Democrat David Boren declared himself "enthusiastic" about his group's handiwork, adding that "it has a chance to become law." And his colleague David Durenberger, a Republican who, like Boren, is not running for re-election, said the proposal "clearly provides the best opportunity in my 16 years ((in the Senate)) to do genuine health reform...
...however, as Congress seeks new ways to finance health coverage for the uninsured, the tax subsidy is losing its untouchable status, especially among members of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, who are working to draft a bipartisan alternative to the Clinton health plan. Two key Democrats, David Boren of Oklahoma and Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, last week endorsed a health- reform bill sponsored by Republican Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island that would limit the tax subsidy and use the saving to help the working poor buy health insurance...
...night before David Boren officially declared last week that he will leave the Senate to preside over the University of Oklahoma, he got a congratulatory call from President Clinton. The President was "really happy" for Boren, he said. But Clinton's feelings were probably much more complicated than that. While the President will be sending off an often rebellious Democratic colleague who opposed him on last year's budget bill, Boren could be replaced by an even more consistent foe: a Republican. Coming just eight weeks after Senate majority leader George Mitchell announced that he will not seek another term...
Hours before Clinton called Boren, five of the President's senior political advisers -- armed with charts, maps and polling data -- trundled into the Oval Office to illustrate the extent of the danger. With 22 Democratic Senate seats now up for election, compared with 13 in the G.O.P., the Democrats' 56-to-44 majority is in grave danger. With the sudden loss of proven vote getters such as Mitchell and Boren, the Democratic sure-bet states of Maine and Oklahoma are thrown into the toss-up column. As a result, political strategists can envision an outcome that could leave Democrats with...
There is some truth to that. White House officials hoot at Boren's idea that Clinton convene a bipartisan deficit summit. They believe they will win Boren over, but they don't know exactly how. "He's playing an emotionally needy game," said an official. "He just wants attention...