Word: gop
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...pieces of legislation that would separate the tax cut from the balanced budget. Republicans would first pass a budget plan, and then address tax cuts." While the idea is likely to get a good reception in the Senate, Tumulty notes, it faces steeper opposition in the House from GOP freshmen still intent on achieving the Contract With America goal of a balanced budget combined with tax cuts. Republicans have been pushing for a $200 billion tax cut over seven years. The Clinton Administration has countered with an offer of $130 billion in cuts, while Congressional Democrats and many hard-line...
WASHINGTON: Perhaps the best indicator that Steve Forbes has attained the rank of "serious" presidential contender is this: the press is now investigating his campaign as seriously as those of his GOP opponents. The Washington Post reported Thursday that the Federal Election Commission is looking into whether the Forbes campaign received improper advances from Forbes Inc., the candidate's family firm. At the same time, questions surfaced about two of the candidate's top media advisers, Carter Wrenn and Tom Ellis, whose nonprofit group lost its tax-exempt status after failing to deliver on promises made to donors. Even...
WINDHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Rushing to be the first to candidate this year to stake out an environmental position first claimed by Ronald Reagan, multimillionaire publisher and GOP presidential hopeful Steve Forbes opined that a lot of the acid rain falling on New England is a natural phenomenon. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Forbes said "It turns out a lot of it is created by nature, not by smokestacks." Asked if he remembered President Reagan's 1980 assertion that trees are a source of deadly pollution, Forbes advised restraint. "I'm not sure about trees, but I do know...
While Clinton focused on the common ground, Bob Dole stressed the differences. Giving the official GOP response to the President's speech, Dole said that while the President spoke of change, "his deeds are a contradiction. The President claims to embrace the future while clinging to the policies of the past." Dole said the President is the chief obstacle to a balanced budget, and out of step with the public on welfare, education, Medicare and taxes. "For three years this administration has valued dependence on government over self-reliance. Federal power over community, federal planning over individual enterprise...
...emotional appeal to vote to end the federal shutdown two weeks ago. Gingrich later offered to reschedule the event, but Hostettler rebuffed him, saying, "I am today declining your unsolicited offer to attend a fundraiser in Southwestern Indiana to benefit my re-election." Not all is lost in this GOP family feud. Dick Armey, House Majority Leader, will atte