Word: gop
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some observers say that Massachusetts has already succumbed to the GOP revolution...
...federal and state leaders, today told the National Governors' Association that he wants to gives states more flexibility in fashioning plans to get welfare recipients off the dole. But Clinton, whose Administration has already granted several states carte blanche to do just that, cautioned that he would fight GOP-led attempts to gut welfare if they endanger benefits to children. "We must pass welfare reform this year, but it ought to be the right kind with the right results," Clinton said. In a vote later in the day, the 30 Republican governors in the NGA failed to enlist enough Democratic...
...right, reportedly told associates he could not mount a viable campaign at a time when he is out of step with the Party's increasingly aggressive agenda: He opposes term limits, favors tax cuts instead of a balanced-budget amendment and, unlike the vast majority of GOP members, backs federal incentives to combat urban poverty...
...Senate easily approved, by a margin of 86-10, a bill to end the longstanding practice of imposing "unfunded mandates" on states. The House is still debating its version of the bill, which has President Clinton's grudging support and enthusiastic backing from governors and the GOP congressional majority. Amendments to it were defeated, including one that would exempt programs affecting children and the elderly...
President Clinton, who hopes to jump-start hiswelfare reformeffort with a 5 1/2-hour bipartisan summit Saturday, today cautioned the GOP against trying to cut off benefits to people "without regard to what will happen to their children." But eager Republicans, especially House freshmen, warned in return that Clinton would have to jump to their tune. "I think the train is way down the track on welfare and that the president is jumping on the caboose. But I'm happy to have him on board," said Rep. Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.), who will attend the high-level meeting of Congress members...