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Robert Dole. The once stolid, sardonic and brooding Senate minority leader has seemed positively giddy since Clinton moved into the White House. Dole has never before enjoyed the luxury of being minority leader against a Democratic President -- and he clearly likes the work. To be sure, the President has yet...
Despite the flak from interest groups, the Administration has some powerful political levers it can pull. Congressional Democrats are eager to help their President, though apprehensive about the costs of the reform the Administration is contemplating. Says a conservative Southern Senator: "Everyone knows that health care will be the issue...
Kennedy then strayed from the topic of labor unions to voice his support for President Clinton's $16 billion economic stimulus package, which was recently killed in the Senate by a Republican filibuster. He also applauded the president's proposal to raise taxes on wealthy Americans.
So far, it does seem politically impossible for Clinton to get his economic plans passed, as witnessed by the recent Republican filibuster of his $16 billion stimulus bill.
SOME G.O.P. SENATORS ARE THREATENING A FILIBUSter against Clinton's new campaign-finance proposal. The plan calls for some public financing of campaigns, and would bar big donors from dodging contribution limits by funneling funds through a presidential candidate's political party. The problem is that the proposal is heavy...