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Labor Secretary Robert Reich -- shocking most of the Administration -- dared both Democrats and Republicans to match the GOP's Monday proposal to curtail welfare benefits with drastic cuts in "corporate welfare," his term for billions of dollars inbusiness tax credits and subsidies. The address to the moderate Democratic Leadership Council had originally been billed as the last of Reich's triptych on "the anxious middle class." But Reich, apparently reacting to the election results and the new GOP attack on welfare policy, delivered a tirade against what he identified as $225 billion in tax benefits for particular industries. "Since...
...disappointed to read of the Harvard-Radcliffe Republican Club's intention to drop "Radcliffe" from its title ("GOP Club May Strike 'Radcliffe' From Name, news story, Oct. 27, 1994). The article indicated that the change, according to some students, is intended to slight Radcliffe, or women undergraduates' role in the Club...
Journalists had many colorful options for describing last week's GOP victories...
Incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein today finally claimed victory in her race against GOP challenger Michael Huffington as her share of absentee ballots grew large enough to give her a lock on the race. Huffington, she said, had still had not contacted her to concede.Post your opinion on theElection '94bulletin board...
...White House aide today said the Clinton Administration might pursue legislation allowing a moment of silence in school, but not a constitutional amendment, which President Clinton on Tuesday had indicated he'd discuss with incoming GOP leaders. "We think we can get it done legislatively without going down the constitutional path," Deputy White House Counsel Joel Klein said. Incoming House Speaker Newt Gingrich, nonetheless, plans to force a House floor vote on an amendment. But the tide may be turning against him. Rep. Bill Goodling (R-Pa.), incoming head of the House Education and Labor Committee, today indicated that...