Word: gop
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...their election to Gingrich, are calling for his head out of a growing feeling that he has led them down several politically disastrous blind alleys. An anonymous letter on Congressional stationary, circulated after last week's disaster relief bill debacle, called for a vote of confidence in the GOP's leadership: "How can we survive when we are led down the road of confrontation with President Clinton only to have our leadership capitulate after political damage is done?" The freshmen who survived the disaster of last year's government shutdown during budget negotiations believe that the problem...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The House Ways and Means Committee brushed aside Democratic concerns and sent Bill Archer's $85 billion tax cut package to the House floor Friday. If passed, the legislation will give Americans their first major tax cut in 16 years. The GOP successfully beat back a barrage of attacks from Democrats who tried to bring the legislation closer to the tax package envisioned by the White House, which has criticized the Archer plan as not providing enough tax relief to the working poor and middle class. The legislation, however, suffered a surprising setback after a half dozen Republicans...
...raise or donate $250,000 over the next two years to help retire the party's $14.5 million debt. The DNC has met all its money targets so far this year, and expects to raise at least $50 million in 1997. But while the flush and comparatively clean GOP continues to set the pace, the Democrats have had to stay ahead of Janet Reno's Untouchables; DNC officials say they will in the next two weeks return another $1.5 million in donations identified as coming from foreign or other suspect sources, bringing the refund total to more than $3 million...
...that flush government coffers brought to budget negotiations is ending as Democrats and Republicans heat up the fight over specifics of the deal. Although both houses overwhelmingly approved a final, nonbinding outline of an agreement to balance the budget by 2002, cracks in the consensus are appearing as the GOP tries to push through its version of welfare reform. Democrats were crying foul after two Republican-backed provisions passed the House Ways and Means human resources subcommittee. One would cut benefits to disabled noncitizens, while the other would deny minimum wage and workplace protections to some welfare recipients working...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Clinton Administration opposes the renewed GOP push to use medical savings accounts to bolster Medicare's finances, but at a meeting Tuesday with GOP leaders, President Clinton agreed to go along with a test run of the plan. As part of a proposal to reduce projected Medicare spending by 12 percent over five years, House Republicans wanted to establish accounts for all 38 million Medicare recipients, on the premise that patients faced with the opportunity to salt away money they don?t spend on medical care will spend less of it. Tuesday?s compromise: a test program...