Word: gop
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...aides say a plan to deliver a $600 billion cut over six years is under "serious consideration." A universal 15 percent cut, to roll back the 1990 and 1993 Bush and Clinton tax increases, could deliver that total. Either way the price tag is $100 billion a year. A GOP workup indicates that Dole would rely on a combination of extraordinary economic growth, reduced corporate tax loopholes, tighter enforcement of customs laws and cuts in domestic spending. "A tax cut of this size would require Dole to turn away from what he has defended for his entire career," observes TIME...
...celebrated his 73rd birthday Monday at Sara's Circle, a senior citizen's center, where he donated his first pension check of $6,650 to the elderly residents. "I was thinking about next year, how great it would be to have this Party in the White House," said the GOP presidential nominee. If elected in November, Dole would be the oldest first-term President ever. And yet: the septuagenarian has lower cholesterol and blood pressure levels than the soon-to-be 50-year-old Bill Clinton. Still, to counter perceptions to the contrary, Dole said last week that he would...
...bringing a child into this world," Clinton said. Coupled with a welfare bill, he added, his proposals could move 800,000 women and children off the welfare rolls. Congress, he reiterated, would have to send him a welfare bill to begin with. The President has already vetoed two GOP welfare bills because he thought the cuts were too deep. -- Lamia Abu-Haidar
...reneging on a pledge to repeal the assault weapons ban. The organization, which claims 3 million members, says it will now concentrate its efforts on Senate and congressional races. Dole has also upset Ralph Reed, the influential executive director of the Christian Coalition, by supporting the GOP's decision not to allow conservative Pat Buchanan to address the convention in San Diego. Buchanan, who is still officially in the running, is vowing to speak on the sidewalk if not permitted into the convention hall. Birnbaum notes that while Dole might have upset Reed, the Christian Coalition is not threatening...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Pat Buchanan still won't call it quits. In an appearance on Larry King Live Wednesday night, the conservative Republican hinted that anti-abortion delegates would storm out of next month's GOP convention if Dole chose a pro-choice running mate. "My belief in life and the innocent unborn is even deeper than my love for the Republican party," said Buchanan, who has also threatened to give a speech outside the convention hall if he is not given a chance to address delegates inside. "If the delegates do walk out, they will be a large enough group...