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...leaving the American worker behind. It's a delicate dance for Republicans who normally applaud brisk economic growth, especially since they have been arguing all year that Clinton's tax increases would strangle expansion. "Politically, this growth figure is just what the White House needed," says TIME's James Carney. "It shoots down the Republican argument that the economy, though it is growing, would be growing faster without Clinton's tax increases. If the economy is doing well, Clinton will take credit for it and will benefit on the campaign trail." While Clinton is well-positioned on a wide range...
...President's desk before the August recess. Clinton has already vetoed two welfare reform bills that included turning Medicaid into block grants controlled by the states. "President Clinton will undoubtedly face a lot of pressure from liberal Democrats not to sign a welfare bill," says TIME's James Carney. "But early indications show that he will sign the bill into law." Republicans, led by former Senate Majority leader Bob Dole, had fought to keep the Medicaid legislation attached to the welfare bill in the hopes of denying the President an election year victory. With Thursday's shift in strategy...
...have learned their lesson. On the Finnish leg of an 11-day tour through Europe, Hillary said she's looking forward to jumping into the campaign but declined to discuss her role. It's likely to be a much lower profile one than four years ago. TIME's James Carney notes Hillary has become at once one of her husband's best assets and one of his biggest liabilities. Although she virtually rescued the 1992 campaign by rallying staff and putting the campaign's best speech writer James Carville in charge, recent polls show Americans would rather have Hillary stay...
...selling them there. In Boston, according to The Times, the gun program and increased police efforts against guns have been so successful that no children have been killed by guns this year. The announcement seems conspicuously well-timed for his re-election campaign, notes TIME Washington correspondent James Carney: "Politics always plays a part in these announcements, which doesn't mean that this is bad policy, just that it's also for Clinton's political benefit." So between now and November, says Carney, Americans can expect more Clinton-proposed feel-good measures. Jenifer Mattos
...that probe. White House press secretary Mike McCurry said the Administration would welcome an outside investigation, and hoped that it would "shut up" GOP critics. Reno's decision to assign an independent prosecutor will deflect GOP allegations that the White House is influencing the investigation, says TIME's Jay Carney. In addition, Starr, Reno's original choice for the job, seems to be the most logical choice, because it was his Travelgate inquiry which brought the mishandling of confidential FBI files to light. Starr's discovery that the White House had requested a background materials on fired travel office chief...