Word: gop
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...security and to preserve the integrity of criminal investigations," Clinton said. "Ultimately, those things almost have to be solved on a case-by-case basis (and) where there's doubt, by the attorney general." Freeh, whose relations with Clinton have become increasingly strained, has come under fire from the GOP for his handling of Travelgate and Filegate. While excessive caution may have led the FBI to avoid tipping off the President about an inquiry that could end up involving allegations against Administration officials, the result has severely strained trust between the agency and the White House...
...bill's final tally was 295 to 136, enough to override a Presidential veto. If the proposed legislation passes the Senate and survives Clinton's desk, it would penalize anyone who performs the procedure with fines and up to two years in prison. While the bill found widespread GOP support, many House Democrats said it violates a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and does not contain provisions to protect a woman's health. This last point of contention is what caused Clinton to veto the bill in the first place last year. The Administration Thursday made it emphatically...
...workers have had since 1938. Under the legislation, each hour of overtime worked would equal 1/1/2 hours of paid time off with regular pay. Employees would have to consent to the comp time option and employers would have the right to not offer it. While the bill had strong GOP backing in the House, most Democrats and union leaders were against it from the start. The chief concern was that employers may be tempted to abuse the law by forcing employees who want overtime pay to accept comp time instead. "In the real world, if your boss tells...
...only too happy to provide. According to Dick Armey, Americans spend 5.4 billion hours a year complying with the tax code, more than is spent building every car, truck and van in the U.S. Rather than upgrade the computer system to deal with a complicated tax structure, the GOP says that the government should simplify the existing code. "We have as an objective ending the Internal Revenue Service as we know it," Newt Gingrich said in Congress Monday. Whether the reforms come at the margins or at the fundamental structural level of the tax code, the Speaker's objective...
...wave of al legations of campaign finance improprieties on both sides of the aisle, Senate Republicans reversed course by agreeing to allow Senator Fred Thompson's campaign finance investigation to look into "soft money" donations. Fearing that any probe woul d wind up biting them as well, the GOP leadership had previously rammed through a deal that would limit Thompson to investigating only "illegal activities" that took place during the 1996 race. The Republican turnaround was spurred by the growing re alization that, while the White House fundraising scandal certainly looks like a mess, it is not clear whether laws...