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...nearly two thirds of that to money going to Republicans—and another $6 million on lobbyists, including top presidential advisor Ralph Reed. In June, the Justice Department announced that it would seek to settle a Clinton-administration suit against the tobacco industry, which donated millions to the GOP in the last election cycle. The administration should not send corporations the signal that a strong lobby or a change in the political winds can buy a get-out-of-jail-free card. The concern that the government’s decision might have been politically motivated also calls into...
...taxes by $1.4 trillion over ten years. This was basically a back-of-the envelope number Bush came up with, and Republican senators were telling me privately at the beginning of the year that it was probably too high. But a promise is a promise, so the GOP pushed a $1.4 trillion cut in Congress, and eventually compromised with the Democrats at $1.27 trillion. Even that number is probably too much, what with the economic downturn shrinking projected surpluses during the decade...
...Domenici's trial balloon was met with deafening silence by his Republican colleagues. Pry open the Social Security lock box? Not a chance, says the GOP. Democrats can't wait to blast Republicans for dipping into that trust fund. So just the opposite is happening. "People are beginning to figure out where their foxholes and gun emplacements are to be located and where they're going to start the war," a Senate Republican leadership aide tells me. "The first shots have been fired over Social Security and the economy. On the economy, Republicans have the high ground because we believe...
...Republicans have 21 seats up for grabs while the Democrats have only 14. The Republican leadership claims those numbers aren't as bad as they look because they believe that more Democratic incumbents will face serious challenges. Gramm's seat, for example, will likely stay in the GOP column, as will Helms' and Thurmond's. Even so, Republicans are making very private predictions that their party could suffer a net loss of four more Senate seats. "We may not be returning to the majority for a long time," says one seasoned GOP senator...
...psychology may be taking hold in the Senate's GOP caucus, some of its members tell me. They worry that some Republican senators who have been toying with the idea of retiring may decide to do so now, with the chance of their party retaking the chamber in 2002 looking bleaker. Senators who are good friends with Gramm say he was becoming increasingly bored and frustrated with being in the minority. Gramm, who had chaired the Senate Banking Committee, has had frosty relations with its new Democratic chairman, Sen. Paul Sarbanes. Gramm has been mentioned as a successor...