Word: controopt
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...closer it comes to reality, the more controopt pageitversy swirls around the long-gestating amendment (the idea has been debated for at least 15 years). Pro-amendment forces "are fragmenting by the day," crows House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt. Even Speaker Newt Gingrich predicts that the House vote "will be tough" -- although it was supposed to be the easiest part of his vaunted Contract with America to pass. Even if the measure is enacted, the temptation to undermine it over the next few years will be huge, since the cuts required to balance the budget would be deep and painful...
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