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...That sort of call from the hinterland got Washington's attention in 1991, when bookish Democrat Harris Wofford ran for the Senate on the health-care issue and pulled off a stunning upset over a two-time Pennsylvania Governor. The next year Bill Clinton deftly appropriated Wofford's message, vowing to "make health care affordable for every family," and toppled the first President Bush. But when Clinton tried to fix the problem--and almost lost his own presidency--he gave all the other politicians pause about making any such promises again...
...cheer went up among the reformers, and eight hours later--just before 3 a.m. Thursday--the House finally passed the campaign-finance bill, as 41 Republicans defied threats from their party leaders and voted for the measure. Sponsored by Democrat Martin Meehan and Republican Christopher Shays, the bill would ban unlimited and unregulated "soft money" donations, $500 million of which were raised and spent in the 2000 election. "This changes the architecture of American politics," said Gephardt, bleary eyed and still aching from his operation on the day after the vote. "This bill will allow the people to be heard...
...Mexico, of the rival bill - and he wrote the darn thing. But that won't stop senators from expending a lot of energy on it, and with everybody agreed on the need to reduce our dependence on that nasty foreign oil, some hybrid of the GOP and Democrat bills may even limp through into conference. But energy debates are extra tricky because of all the local interests involved. Everything's a hot-button for somebody, and it may be asking too much in an election year to have legislators compromise on anything. Or pass anything...
...footnote on the upcoming congressional races: Can George Bush, whose approval numbers now hover around 80%, keep his party from losing control of the House in November's elections? Democrats, who are within six seats of taking it back, hope not and are encouraged by a focus group one of their pollsters conducted during Bush's State of the Union address last month. Before Bush delivered his stirring speech, 50 swing voters from the Denver area were asked whether they'd vote for a Republican or Democratic congressmen in the next election. They were asked the same question afterwards...
...story "All Aboard The U.S.S. Pork," on the proposal that the Navy consider the purchase of cruise ships under construction in Mississippi [NOTEBOOK, Jan. 28], referred to Congressman Gene Taylor as a Republican. Taylor is a Democrat...