Word: gop
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...veto, his 12th, the reaction from Republican congressional leaders was anything but sanguine. "He must now demonstrate what he is for," House Ways and Means chairman Bill Archer (R-Tex.) said. "No vague statement of principles. No unkept promises. I expect a complete bill, nothing less will do." The GOP reaction is mostly posturing, notes TIME's James Carney. "The Republicans fully expected this veto and are trying to use it to paint Clinton as abandoning welfare reform, but the issue is still very much alive pending the restart of budget talks." A key Clinton objection concerns GOP proposals...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: "We are doing everything we can to reach out in a bipartisan way," a frustrated Newt Gingrich told reporters today after leaving the White House with budget negotiations once more at an impasse. Gingrich, Bob Dole and other GOP leaders met reporters this afternoon armed with charts to show how much ground they have ceded to President Clinton during the months of negotiations. Back at the White House, the President was conciliatory, saying talks could be resumed by next Wednesday, and that a budget "is clearly within reach." Bob Dole took a similar line: "We stand ready...
...going to beat Bill Clinton by being moderate." --Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.), responding to a question at the debate between GOP presidential candidates in Columbia, S. C., was quoted in the Boston Globe...
...GOP measures were not exactly brimming with compromises. In addition to cutting the EPA budget by 21 percent, federal housing programs by 21 percent and arts funding by roughly 40 percent, they would have eliminated the President's Americorps service program entirely, and replaced his high-profile promise to hire 100,000 new police officers with block grants...
...which may help close the gap between congressional Republicans and the White House. "It's not clear how much further Clinton can go," Carney says. "His budget is increasingly alienating congressional Democrats, and the President is fast approaching the familiar territory where he is satisfying nobody. But politically, the GOP, and especially the freshmen, have the most to lose if negotiations fail and they can't deliver on their big promise -- a balanced budget...