Word: gop
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...GOP leaders advanced two small, but significant steps closer to fulfilling theirlegislative agendatoday, as two Senate committees approved bills that would require the federal government to fund new mandates imposed on the states. The Governmental Affairs and Budget committees passed the Unfunded Mandate Reform Act. The bill, said Senator William Roth of Delaware, chairman of the Governmental Affairs panel, would end the "steady stream of dictates from Washington on how to spend locally raised tax dollars." The full Senate is expected to take up the legislation on Wednesday, while the House will turn to the issue next week. The legislation...
...after theRepublicans took charge in both housesof Congress, President Clinton and GOP leaders met to look for ways to cooperate in the coming legislative season. Speaker Newt Gingrich characterized the White House session as "a very, very positive meeting overall" and warned reporters "not to rush off and immediately try to find some way to get a catfight started." For his part, Clinton said he would be glad to sign the first piece of legislation now racing through Congress: one that will force the body to obey the same rules that apply to private businesses. "My job is to work...
...different day," said Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, asNewt Gingrich, the new speaker of the House of Representatives, wielded a large, custom-made walnut gavel to begin the GOP campaign to fulfill the party's "Contract With America" today. In a 43-minute address to the House, Gingrich said he had two over-riding goals: to achieve a balanced budget by 2002 and "to truly replace the current welfare state with an opportunity society." He swore in the new members of the House and began debate on rule changes that would slash committee staffs, abolish three House committees and require...
...more than two-thirds of U.S. radio gabbers lean to the right. Gingrich will also host a monthly breakfast or lunch for favored talk show hosts from around the country, and he guarantees that at least 20 other members of Congress will show up. The motive, he told new GOP lawmakers, is pure soapbox: "We need you on that talk radio. We need you writing letters to the editor when you see some piece of nonsense being printed by whatever liberal publication you happen...
...GOP -- long thought of as a party resistant to change -- is about to defy its conservative description and usher in a series of far-reaching reforms. As Republicans take control of Congress tomorrow, "the American people will see more reform in 24 hours, on the very first day ... than they've seen in decades," pledged Representative John Boehner (R-Ohio) today. Most of the initial votes will concern internal congressional procedure, and the action tomorrow is likely to be concentrated in the House. After new members are sworn in, they will elect Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) to the post...