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...fifty that the first quarter of 1991 will be negative too." If that proves correct, the economic contraction would fit the generally accepted definition of a recession. Despite the bad news, the White House does not plan to change its wait-and-see attitude. "Nobody here or up on Capitol Hill has anything in their bag of tricks to help the economy right now," says another presidential aide...
...Keating Five hearings are probably giving Capitol Hill veterans a sense of deja vu. The familiar faces lurking near the witness table prove the maxim that there's nothing like a good scandal to bring lawyers out of the woodwork. Principal witness Edwin Gray was represented by Leonard Garment, who served as Richard Nixon's chief counsel throughout Watergate and advised Robert McFarlane during the Iran-contra fallout. Charles Ruff and Jim Hamilton, who are defending Senators John Glenn and Dennis DeConcini, respectively, served in the Watergate special prosecutor's office. Two lawyers besides Garment have hit the scandal triple...
Similar pleadings for patience resounded on Capitol Hill last week. In various congressional hearings, the Administration's gulf-policy point men did their best to convince lawmakers that war was the only way to dislodge Saddam from Kuwait if he did not leave by the U.N.-imposed deadline of Jan. 15. But Democrat after Democrat, including many who early on had heartily supported Bush's handling of the crisis, took the floor to rebut the Administration's witnesses and press them to give economic sanctions against Iraq time to produce results. "If we have war," said Senator Sam Nunn...
...giving content to the "one last chance" aspect of the latest U.N. resolution, Bush had, for the time being at least, confounded his domestic opponents -- especially those on Capitol Hill. Few will dispute the President's assertion that he is attempting to "go the extra mile for peace." Few will seek to constrain his handling of the crisis, at least not until the Baker-Saddam meeting is concluded -- and by then it may be too late to again cry "Wait...
...country's biggest users of the mails. Through the franking privilege, which enables members of Congress to use their signatures as postage, elected officials can deluge voters with mail at taxpayers' expense. During the past presidential election year, 805 million pieces of political literature spewed from Capitol Hill, at a cost of about $113 million...