Word: democratic
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...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 is no compromise on this issue." Louisiana Senator John Breaux, a conservative Catholic Democrat, maintains that "it can be worked out." At the moment, most people on the Hill seem to agree with Breaux. But if passions flame higher, America's most contentious issue could become a health-care deal breaker...
...Unfortunately, the study notes, the best parks tend to be clumped in the wealthiest neighborhoods. In Chicago the impressive lakefront has 41 acres of parkland for every 1,000 residents; on the less affluent West Side there is only half an acre per 1,000 people. In Congress, Minnesota Democrat Bruce Vento is trying to rectify such inequities by co-sponsoring legislation to provide more money for parks and programs. "Recreation," he points out, "is less expensive than incarceration...
...many rules Tyson wanted changed. The council threatened a new lawsuit if Puerto Rico didn't agree. "We didn't want that," says an associate of Puerto Rico's governor. Rossello, at the time unaffiliated with either mainland political party, was on the verge of declaring himself a Democrat. Continues the associate: "He didn't want to offend Tyson frontally and get in a lawsuit with the Feds when he was trying to position himself closer to Clinton, who he knew was a good friend of Tyson's. We decided to drag it out, to fight a rearguard action through...
After working for a year for New York City Mayor John Lindsay, Panetta returned to California, practiced law and became a Democrat. He won a seat in Congress in 1976 and rose quickly, tangling with Tip O'Neill when he and a group of other Young Turks grew impatient with the speaker's stewardship of the chamber. Though he fell out of favor with O'Neill, Panetta fought back, eventually taking control of the House Budget Committee in 1989. One longtime Panetta advantage has been his wife Sylvia, who ran his district office in California as an unpaid aide while...
...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...