Word: gop
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...bloc of ethnic Catholics. Hispanics and blacks are strongly Democratic, whether Catholic or not, and so are Jews, but it's impossible to win without solid support from the 60 million American Catholics. F.D.R. floated to victory with an overwhelming Catholic margin, but Eisenhower made big inroads for the GOP. Since the Kennedy election, when Catholics gave the first Catholic President the White House through a lopsided 80 percent voting margin, they have become the classic swing voters. Clinton needs them...
...task seems especially daunting to the workers on the Republican side, because not one of the GOP candidates has emerged as a clear favorite in next year's primary...
...senior Republican Senators put on the brakes Tuesday, voicing doubts about the wisdom of a Republican plan that combines cuts in the Medicare and Medicaid programs with a tax cut. Orrin Hatch, Alan Simpson and Alfonse D'Amato raised questions as the Senate Finance Committee began work on the GOP legislation. "I have never been for a tax cut for the rich or anyone else," Simpson said. D'Amato, whose constituents include millions of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries as well as a huge medical industry, seemed to agree with the Clinton Administration, saying that the Democrats' argument that the Republicans...
Following months of anticipation, the GOP could turn its budget axe on federal student loans today...
...Boston Globe reported yesterday that the GOP proposal, introduced by Committee Chair Sen. Nancy I. Kassenbaum, (R-Kan.), targets federal PLUS loans as well, increasing interest rates by 0.9 percent. These loans are used by parents to pay for nontuition costs...