Word: gop
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...year plan. "The proposal represents a break from the past," Carney says. "What has remained the same is his failure to follow through when he's made major proposals. He's made a big speech, and there's no follow-through in sight." Since Clinton can't veto the GOP budget agreement, Carney adds, the battle now moves to the congressional appropriations committees that craft the actual spending bills...
...budget cuts for the six major federal enforcement agencies even as the workload is expanding due to the passage of new anti-discrimination laws, mainly theAmericans with Disabilities Act. The four Republican appointees to the panel said they would not have released the report, which Democrats approved when three GOP members were absent...
...GOP leaders inthe House and Senate agreedlate Thursday on a compromise plan that would balance the budget within seven years, cut taxes by $245 billion and slow Medicare and Medicaid spending. "We have a deal," House Speaker Newt Gingrich told reporters, as he came out of a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, Senate Budget Chairman Pete Domenici andHouse Budget Committee Chairman John Kasich."You're going to love it," Gingrich said. "You get more take home pay." President Clinton, who favorsa 10-year balanced budget with fewer cuts in social services,has his veto pen ready...
Henry Foster lost his second and finalchance to become surgeon generalin a 57-43 Senate vote, identical to Wednesday's, that narrowly denied the Tennessee physician the 60 votes he needed to beat a threatened GOP filibuster. SinceSenate Majority Leader Bob Dolehad set a deadline of today to decide the issue, that's the end of the nomination. Democrats and Republicans alike seized on the outcome in a war of words on abortion. "By choosing to side with extremists who would do anything to block a woman's right to choose," said President Clinton, Republican opponents "have done a disservice...
...what turns out to be a piece of disastrous timing,California Gov. Pete Wilsonwill declare his candidacy for the GOP presidential nomination tonight on CNN's "Larry King Live." The Immigration and Naturalization Service said today that it is investigating whether Wilson's former maid, an illegal immigrant, faked a marriage to stay in the country legally...