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...Director Alan Simpson reserved highest praise for his GOP cohort...
...President embarks today for the traditional capital of Xian, where he will receive an emperor's welcome -- a far cry from the chorus of criticism of GOP legislators and other groups demanding a harder line with Beijing over human rights. Clinton's primary objective is to change the way Americans view China. "He has to de-demonize the place, to show its great potential and that it's worthy of being treated like a normal country where a lot can be achieved," says Branegan. "His trip is to show the U.S. media the parts of China he wants them...
...rights groups are understandably indignant. And Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone, a Democrat, wants to use the furor to break the deadlock over the nomination of James Hormel -- an openly gay San Francisco philanthopist -- who was tapped to be ambassador to Luxembourg. Sensing a way to make points with the GOP's right wing, Lott has kept Hormel's nomination tied up for a year. But Wellstone's initiative notwithstanding, Dickerson says Hormel is no closer to Luxembourg. "Lott promised that he'd sit on the nomination, and that's what he'll do," says Dickerson. It's good...
...that? As TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson says, "This was awfully hard to be against. It's a middle-class tax cut in an election year, and it gives the Republicans cover." The GOP, after all, is supposed to cut taxes, not raise them. Gramm is happy because it's a tax cut. McCain is happy because his bill is still alive. But more than a few Democrats are starting to worry that the money in the tobacco kitty, which was supposed to save our children from Joe Camel, is being handed out in all the wrong places...
WASHINGTON: For John Kasich, this was like a primary win. The GOP budgetmeister and fiscal watchdog got a new line on his Kasich 2000 résumé Friday when the House approved a GOP plan to slice domestic spending by an additional $101 billion through 2003 and trim taxes by the same amount...