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...Barbara Mikulski. On July 26 the diminutive but unquestionably ferocious Senator from Maryland went to the White House with several Democratic colleagues to review major legislative problems like health care with Bill Clinton. But she pressed a different priority: removal of Wilhelm as party chairman. If the Democratic caucus were polled, she said, it would be unanimous -- Wilhelm must go. Party elders, notably Senate majority leader George Mitchell, demurred. But Mikulski's complaints had wide resonance. Last week the White House informed Wilhelm that Tony Coelho, a tough and controversial political pro, would be given a large role...
...rural lawmakers susceptible to the National Rifle Association, which opposed the bill's ban on 19 kinds of assault weapons and related models. Because the measure would also establish 50 new offenses punishable by the death penalty, which falls disproportionately on black defendants, 10 members of the Congressional Black Caucus voted against the bill...
...sources tell TIME Washington Correspondent Julie Johnson. But negotiators from the Democratic side hope to get enough votes simply by shifting $315 million currently slated for prevention programs into law enforcement, Johnson says. Meanwhile, President Clinton scored a few points today by convincing three members of the congressional black caucus to allow a full chamber vote on the crime bill. A vote should go down by the end of the week...
Church leaders intended to keep the 68-page report under wraps until the bishops had voted on it Aug. 24 during the church's convention in Indianapolis. But last week a conservative caucus, Episcopalians United, of Solon, Ohio, defiantly published the secret document in an effort to rally opposition...
...mandates: $32.4 billion. What's missing from the grab bag is the controversial Racial Justice Act, which would have allowed death-row inmates to appeal their sentences if, using racial statistics, they could indicate bias. That battle was fought, and lost, by the Congressional Black Caucus. The crime bill's biggest winner would be President Clinton, who spent a year lobbying...