Word: gop
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JOHNSON CITY, TN: Calling President Clinton a "do-nothing liberal president who is not interested in passing the reforms the country wants," Newt Gingrich said Friday that Republicans have given up on negotiating a budget compromise with the White House. Next month the GOP will unleash a television ad campaign blaming Clinton for the breakdown. "We've now shifted gears," Gingrich said, in one of the more dramatic understatements of the week. At the White House, President Clinton maintained an upbeat tone, offering a new plan to eliminate the home sales tax and lower the top capital gains rate from...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Republicans called off a new round of budget talks scheduled to begin Wednesday after a 40-minute phone call between President Clinton and GOP leaders. GOP leaders said that they saw no point in meeting with President Clinton until he is ready to propose a budget that comes closer to what they call a bipartisan solution. Both sides say negotiations may resume soon. But Republicans say Clinton's latest budget wouldn't even be supported by a majority of House Democrats. "Having made such a big deal over the seven-year timetable, the GOP now realized that Clinton...
...Kemp's tax commission issued its long-awaited report on tax reform, which endorsed the flat tax while leaving out specifics on what percentage should be taxed and what, if any, deductions should be preserved. Both announcements point to the promise and problem of the flat tax for the GOP, notes TIME's Jeffrey Birnbaum. "The flat tax is the hottest new issue on the campaign trail and has launched Steve Forbes into second place," he says. But, the idea may rapidly be overtaken by politics. Since Jack Kemp is a longtime flat tax advocate, it seems odd that...
WASHINGTON, D.C. Yet another U.S. senator has announced plans to retire. This time it's three-term Republican William Cohen of Maine, a GOP moderate, who surprised his fellow Senator by announcing that he is abandoning the increasingly polarized Senate. Cohen cited the budget stalemate as "instrumental in crystallizing this issue for me." Cohen raised party hackles by voting against the GOP's original budget last fall. But his reputation for independence goes back to 1974 when Cohen, then a freshman representative, voted to impeach Richard Nixon. He called it "the most difficult decision of my life." Having served...
...House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, Congress' primary investigative panel. The 66-year-old Clinger is the third House committee chairman and the 12th House Republican to announce plans to retire or seek higher office. Part of his decision, he said, was based on his beliefe that the GOP will win the White House this year: "I've said in the past that whichever party has the presidency, government reform and oversight should be controlled by the other party to do an effective oversight. It would be hypocritical for me to continue in that role...