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...have any chance," Boren insists, "we must knock out the triggered mandate." The fate of Mitchell's plan may lie in the hands of a dozen or so Senators in both parties, including Boren, Nebraska Democrat Bob Kerrey and Republicans John Chafee of Rhode Island and Missouri's John Danforth...
...hope of delaying such a showdown that Senate Finance Committee chairman Daniel Patrick Moynihan had cut a deal with his colleague John Danforth in late May. In return for the Missourian's attempt at compromise, the pro-choice New Yorker signed on to the result: two pro-life amendments to the committee's health-care bill. Like many other senior Democrats, Moynihan hoped to put the issue off for another...
...compromise on abortion has been hashed out. The Danforth amendments to the Finance Committee bill explicitly state that it does not require the creation and maintenance of abortion clinics and allows individuals and companies to refuse to pay for a benefits package that includes abortion. But such a system would ultimately give employers the power to make the decision for all workers. Another route may be to try to pass a health plan in which the standard benefits would be named later by an independent commission. In that case, pity the commissioners who must decide. Claims Schroeder: "There...
...much he will deal. "I'm a pretty good judge of when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em," he said. "It's timing." The Senate minority leader is under pressure from his party's right wing to prevent moderate Republicans like Chafee, Durenberger and John Danforth of Missouri from signing on to any Democrat-brokered compromise that might give Clinton a victory. Of the Republican moderates, Dole said, "I like all of them, but we've got a party to think of." Dole announced that he and longtime ally Packwood would draft a G.O.P. alternative plan of their...
...Danforth Quayle has a funny way of introducing himself. Last time around, he presented his little-known face to America on a hot New Orleans afternoon in 1988, just hours after Vice President George Bush announced that he would choose the junior Senator from Indiana as his running mate. The news, which stunned even Bush's top aides, had hardly sunk in when a hyperexcited Quayle threw an arm around Bush's shoulders during a riverboat rally later that day and shouted, "Go get 'em!" The inelegance of the moment set the tone for things to come...