Word: democratic
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: No more all-night vigils for the Democrats. They?ll be able to get some sleep now that both the House and Senate have overwhelmingly passed a stripped-down, White House-friendly version of the disaster relief bill, leaving Republicans to count their dead after yet another crushing public relations defeat at the hands of the Democratic minority. Said an exultant Kent Conrad, a Democrat from hard-hit North Dakota, of the bill that will provide $5.6 billion in aid for victims of disasters in 35 states: "Many of us wondered if this day was going to come...
HONG KONG: TIME Asia expert Oscar Chiang reports that the threat of violence on the night of the Hong Kong handover must be taken very seriously as the turf battles between free-speech and pro-China advocates intensify. A leading Hong Kong Democrat warned Wednesday that a planned free-speech protest in Victoria Park on the night of the handover could turn violent if China resorts to such ''dirty tricks'' as instead granting the permit for the space to the suddenly-interested pro-China Hong Kong Federation of Women. Hong Kong Democrats, says Chiang, see that they are about...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Brother, can you spare $250,000? That?s the plea President Clinton will make to 40 or 50 of his wealthiest supporters over dinner Wednesday night in a desperate attempt to balance the Democrat's sagging books as the midterm election season fast approaches. Clinton will ask each of his pals to raise or donate $250,000 over the next two years to help retire the party's $14.5 million debt. The DNC has met all its money targets so far this year, and expects to raise at least $50 million in 1997. But while the flush...
...People would ask her why she was a Democrat," MacFarquhar says, "She would always point to Roosevelt and Truman...
...both her masters degree and Ph.D. in Government from Columbia University by getting up at 4:30 a.m. and studying whenever she could. At about the same time, she got involved with former Maine senator Edward Muskie's re-election campaign, and that led to a job on the Democrat's staff as chief legislative assistant...