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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Republicans are wasting little time in reopening the debate over partial-birth abortions after a prominent abortion-rights activist admitted he lied about how often the procedure is performed. GOP leaders are busy lining up votes as the House prepares to once again take up a bill banning abortions using the controversial partial-birth technique. So far, Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum says he's counted 62 'yes' votes, enough for Senate passage but still five short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto. An opportunity to renew the debate opened up after after Ron Fitzsimmons...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a move that probably means the end of any GOP hopes for a balanced budget amendment this year, Senator Robert Torricelli, the last Senate holdout on the issue, said he will not support the measure. With 11 Democrats already on their side, Republicans had been counting on the New Jersey Democrat to provide the deciding 67th yes vote. Torricelli reportedly told a Democratic colleague he would not back the measure after he failed on a 63-37 vote Wednesday to win changes to the language of the proposed amendment. He wanted to make it easier...
...extended list of all $100,000-plus supporters. He added: "Ready to start overnights right away -- give me the top 10 list back, along with the 100." Four of the ten eventually spent the night at the White House. The memos were exchanged in a flurry after the GOP?s 1994 midterm election sweep left Democrats uncertain about their future and Clinton defending his relevancy in the national media, a time when replenishing the party campaign war chest was a top priority. According to a list released Thursday, at least 938 people have spent have spent a night...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The razor-thin margin opposing a balanced budget amendment in the Senate got a lot thinner Tuesday when Louisiana freshman Democrat Mary Landrieu announced she would vote with the GOP on the bill despite some reservations about its language. With Landrieu's qualified support, the Republican leadership is just one vote shy of the needed two-thirds supermajority. With all 55 Republicans and 11 Democrats supporting the measure, the move means that freshman Senator Robert Torricelli will cast the deciding ballot in a vote that could come as early as next Friday. The New Jersey Democrat is being...
...trillion 1998 budget package Thursday containing much that even Republicans will find to their liking. The White House maintains that it is setting a course that will produce not only a balanced budget, but a modest surplus by the year 2002. Taking its cue from years of GOP initiatives, the budget promises $98.4 billion in middle-class tax cuts, mostly in the form of tax credits. Republicans and professional number-crunchers, though, reacted cautiously to Clinton's package, pointing out that it rests on rosy assumptions. What's more, most of the President's spending cuts won't kick...