Word: democratizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plan proposed by President Clinton calls for strict government regulations and market reforms to extend health insurance to all Americans. It would be paid for by higher cigarette taxes and mandated employer contributions. Because the bill has been criticized as being too sweeping and too costly, some congressional Democrats have been working to forge a compromise version of the President's proposal that would take into account elements of rival plans. An alternative that is palatable to many conservatives, proposed by House Democrat Jim Cooper of Tennessee, would rely on improved market competition through voluntary purchasing cooperatives. While employers would...
...other end of the spectrum is a bill proposed by House Democrat Jim McDermott of Washington. Modeled on the single-payer Canadian system, it puts the government in charge of allocating health-care resources, financed by substantial taxes. McDermott's plan won 90 backers in the House last year, but polls show growing public skepticism of government-run medicine. A handful of other health-care bills that have been introduced may end up as amendments to the final legislation...
Fellow House Democrats are so sure of the departure of Rosty (everybody calls him either that or Danny) that they have already settled on his successor. The new chairman will be Florida Democrat Sam Gibbons, 74, an affable and experienced veteran of 31 years on Ways and Means but hardly Rosty's equal as a coalition builder or horse trader. Though Gibbons insists he is a leader, he concedes he has not steeped himself in the arcana of taxation to the extent Rostenkowski has; Gibbons' primary interest has been trade. Some Democrats talked of choosing a younger and more dynamic...
...another that he had trouble believing Sherman had called merely to ask how he felt. Sherman quickly adds, however, another aspect of Rosty's mastery: "In dealing with the committee members, he had a code he never broke. It included giving political cover to every member, Republican or Democrat, in fending off requests of lobbyists or contributors." A member was always free to reply to an unreasonable request by saying, "I'd love to help you, but the chairman says no." All in all, Rosty was well on his way to being remembered the way he wished, as the lawmaker...
...groups. It's all in support of a bill now in Congress, the Headwaters Forest Act, that would preserve most of the remaining old-growth redwood groves, which contain trees that have survived uncut, some of them, since before Rome fell. The bill, introduced by Congressman Dan Hamburg, a Democrat from Humboldt County, has 123 co-sponsors and the support of the Clinton Administration...