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...small and mid-size companies, were made optional. Clinton's vague talk of a broadly-based payroll tax was trimmed back to a 1% levy on self-insured companies with more than 1,000 employees. And parity for mental- health costs was dropped. Still, says House majority leader Richard Gephardt, "it's clear that for all of the public pronouncements and cynical assessments, Congress is actually moving forward on health reform, quietly, deliberately and responsibly...
...debate. It was time to close your notebook." No one has suggested that Clinton invested such power in a dummy or straw man. Like the President, Stephanopoulos has a sovereign command of policy issues. Unlike him, thanks to his tenure as floor assistant to House majority leader Richard Gephardt from 1989 to '91, he also understands the Hill. "He knows the Speaker," says a colleague. "He knows the Leader. When the time comes to pass legislation, he knows what it will take to get it done." Despite a well-documented left-of- center tilt (during his House years he could...
Michel never got the recognition that other congressional leaders received. The media treats Bob Dole as if he were President--and he acts accordingly. Gingrich, the House minority whip, captures headlines with his quotability and his flamboyance. House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt has never met a TV camera he hasn't liked. And Michel, the quiet man with the kindly gaze, remains in the background and does his job. He is certainly the least wellknown of Congress's leaders, and most Americans would not recognize him if they passed him on the street...
...Gephardt on NAFTA...
Though he agreed to keep quiet two weeks ago when a trio of former Presidents declared their support for the North American Free Trade Agreement, House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt was loud and clear last week when he announced his intention to vote against the pact. But NAFTA got a boost when a federal appeals court in Washington ruled that the White House could submit the pact to Congress without an environmental-impact statement, which might have taken a year to prepare...