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...tighter gun laws. The Brady amendment enjoyed broad support from gun-control opponents, including an unusual coalition of eleven national police organizations. Even the President praised the idea of a waiting period, citing how well it has worked in California. But with elections only six weeks away, many Congressmen who favored the proposal could not ignore the powerful N.R.A...
Their logic did not prevail against the N.R.A.'s cold cash. Collectively, the Congressmen who voted to doom the waiting period have received $1,167,908 from the gun lobby in the past five years. The 70% of Americans who support tighter gun controls are rarely as passionate, vocal or generous...
...selection of Quayle also resurrected stories about Paula Parkinson, the shapely Washington lobbyist known for her legislative affairs. On a golfing vacation in 1980, Quayle stayed in a Florida house with two other Congressmen and Parkinson. He left the next day and was never accused of intimacy with her; no evidence has emerged to dispute his claim that he did nothing more exciting than play golf. But in the November issue of Playboy, due on newsstands Oct. 1, Parkinson (who is pictured posing nude) will make some new allegations about Quayle's activities that weekend. Her charges are unsubstantiated...
...without the presence of the military. The Pentagon's Office of Economic Adjustment reported that barracks and bunkers had been transformed into industrial parks, colleges, vocational schools and airports. Where the 100 bases had once provided 93,000 civilian jobs, there were now 138,000 jobs -- a statistic Congressmen may want to have handy in December, when the base hit list is made public...
...National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has assembled a formidable "truth squad," including Senate Minority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.), New Hampshire Governor John Sununu, and a host of other congressmen to crow about the Reagan administration's accomplishments and question Dukakis' record...