Word: doled
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Locke, who spent two years as a manager at the Hanford Reservation's Pacific Northwest National Lab, has alleged that opponent Richard Hastings didn't object forcefully enough to an implicit threat by presidential candidate Bob Dole to cut funding for the Lab if he is elected. But in a district that generally leans Republican, it remains to be seen if he can break Hastings' hold...
Karpan, who calls herself an "independent Western Democrat," is pro-choice but thinks public funds shouldn't be used for something many taxpayers find morally corrupt. She supported the recent welfare-reform bill and says more jobs should be created to help people work their way off the dole...
...existing one--controlled by Republicans, but lacking the margin needed to force through their agenda--we are likely to experience a government much like the one that has operated in recent months. If Republicans manage to retain control of both houses and win the White House, Bob Dole could move quickly on a broadly conservative agenda that would include a balanced-budget plan and his across-the-board 15% income...
...both--would allow House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt to pursue his Families First agenda, which calls for expanded health insurance for children, greater pension security and increased aid to education. Whether a re-elected Clinton would support those measures, however, is uncertain. Least likely is the combination of a Dole presidency and a Democrat-led Congress--an outcome that could render Dole's entire agenda, from tax cuts to shrinking government, dead on arrival on Capitol Hill...
Their reasons for leaving vary. Bob Dole (R-Kans.) stepped down because he wants to be President. Fourteen of the incumbent seats being vacated in the House belong to those (all men) who wanted to run for the Senate--seven Republicans, seven Democrats. (Four of them did not survive the primary...