Word: dicks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...balking on promised GOP tax cuts that President Bush lost his 1992 re-election bid because he reneged on his "Read my lips: no new taxes" pledge. "It destroyed his presidency," Gingrich told a U.S. Chamber of Commerce town meeting broadcast around the country. Gingrich andHouse Majority Leader Dick Armey(R-Tx.) called on voters to put grassroots pressure on the rebel representatives -- 102 of the 230-member GOP caucus -- to "keep our word on theContract." The rebels want to restrict tax credits to families with incomes no higher than $95,000, instead of $200,000. Rubbing salt...
...With reporting by Dick Thompson/Washington
...waiving fines for firms that violate minor rules, and letting pharmaceutical companies change the way they make some drugs without requiring them to get permission from the government. The House has approved deeper cuts in existing regulations and a moratorium on putting new rules into place. TIME Washington correspondent Dick Thompson says the Republican legislation would block these Clinton reforms from taking effect...
...Reported by Tammerlin Drummond/Miami and Dick Thompson/Washington
...Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) made it official: he is running for president. The former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, who said he wants to be known as Dick, portrayed himself as a trustworthy international affairs expert who is better qualified than President Clinton in that area. "I'm somebody who tells the truth, points out what our problems are . . . and is prepared to offer recommendations about how we solve them," Lugar said. He chastised the president for his "bogus" portrayal of Republicans as isolationists. Lugar also said he is confident that he will be able to compete on the campaign...