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...absolutely in the race," said his spokesman. The impact of a Daschle victory is unclear: Both are centrists, although Dodd has, historically, been more outspoken.In the House, the picture is more certain: Ex-presidential candidate Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.), the current majority leader, is expected to beat off a conservative challenge from Rep. Charlie Rose (D-N.C.). Rose claims support from 110 House members, while Gephardt says his supporters are in the 150 to 160 range. (At least one of them probably has it a little wrong, since only 204 Democrats will remain in the House next session...
...involvement -- with a $5 billion price tag. With the funding, U.S. forces could increase air strikes, supply weapons ranging from tanks to rocket-propelled grenades and train the Bosnian military. The price tag brought gasps of bipartisan congressional shock. "This is quite an eye-opener," said Sen. Frank Lautenberg, (D-N.J.), while House Foreign Affairs chairman Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.) warned that the strategy could "Americanize the war." And Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), the future House Speaker, said there was no way the Administration could spend that amount of money, "given the current budget constraints."Congress is simply...
...indicate Quayle's political growth was that he resisted the temptation to gloat and take credit for inaugurating the family values sound bite. Instead, he said the idea was actually nor his at all; rather, that he was drawing on ideas brought up by Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan (D-N.Y.) years ago. Quayle looked supremely reasonable and the press looked like the distorting villain, just the tack he hopes to take to restore his credibility...
...John Chafee today huddled with Senate leaders on how to draft a bill that could get a filibuster-proof 60 votes. But in nearby chambers, Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., pronounced the effort dead. Key Democrats weren't much jollier: Senate Finance Committee chairman Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., has said the Chafee bill would harm Medicare and Medicaid. And Sen. Bob Kerrey, the Nebraska Democrat now often at odds with President Clinton, waxed cynical, saying the public fears "we're going to cook a deal in the last three or four weeks of Congress...
Representative L.H. Fountain (D-N.C.; left office...