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That is one of several arguments DeLay hopes will bring home 150 Republican votes, probably the minimum to ensure passage of the bill. The Democrats have also made their pitch to those who doubt China's sincerity. The White House announced that it would establish a special compliance office at the Commerce Department to keep track of whether China is honoring its pledges to open markets and reduce tariffs. In addition, the Clinton Administration publicly endorsed a proposal by Representatives Sander Levin, a Michigan Democrat, and Doug Bereuter, a Nebraska Republican, to create a special watchdog commission that would keep...
Clinton's Democrats are proving a much tougher sell than DeLay's troops. Democratic leaders need the support of Big Labor to win back control of the House this November. And the unions are solidly against the bill. So most of the undecided Democrats--a group now fewer than 30 (perhaps 60 are yes or leaning to yes)--fear retaliation from labor, even though many are inclined to vote for the bill. Freshman Democrat Anthony Weiner received an assuring phone call from Clinton, and was invited to the White House residence for a pro-trade seminar with Martin...
Clinton and DeLay's most powerful lobbyist is Big Business, which has marshaled an unparalleled effort to sway the vote. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has 200,000 dues-paying members, fields a team of high-powered lobbyists that operates out of a Washington "war room" where staff members work the phones, churn out faxes and position reports around the clock. "We're going to win this one because it's the most important vote for business in decades," says Chamber president Thomas Donahue...
That is not enough for Tom and Bill. Late last week Clinton flew to Minnesota and Ohio to tout the bill's benefits for manufacturers and farmers in the heartland. For his part, DeLay has been seen, dripping wet, just out of the shower, delivering his China pitch to a colleague in the locker room at the House gym. "He's quite effective at getting votes," Clinton conceded recently. This time he is hoping DeLay succeeds...
...project. "It is a wall-to-wall carpet of mosaics, richer and more important than Pompeii," laments archaeologist Mehmet Onal. For a brief moment last week, Turkish officials hinted that the ruins might get a temporary reprieve, but those hopes vanished when the contractor announced that each month's delay would add $30 million to the $1 billion project. For disappointed archaeologists the only recourse is to scramble to rescue as many of the objects as possible before they disappear below the water at the end of the month...