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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The GOP is scrambling to return $102,400 in donations, prompted by a TIME report that $122,000 in soft money contributions to the Republican National Committee may have come directly from a Hong Kong real estate and aircraft brokerage. Until Thursday, the party had said there was "nothing in our records" to show that the money came from foreign sources rather than Young Brothers Development-USA, the company's Florida-based subsidiary. In a statement, R.N.C. Chairman Jim Nicholson said RNC lawyers did not verify the source of the money until late Wednesday. "Upon learning those facts...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: With the great partisan budget battles over and his ethics troubles behind him, Newt Gingrich is returning to the social side of the Contract With America's agenda. In a speech before the National Religious Broadcasters, Gingrich said the GOP should now focus on drugs, education and teen pregnancy. The Speaker's goal? To achieve a drug-free America by January 1, 2001, following a "national crusade fully as intensive as the effort to balance the budget." As part of that get-tough initiative, Gingrich said that second-time offenders caught crossing borders or producing commercial quantities...
...democracy, is rather mild compared to that of past White Houses. Historical scandals such as Watergate or the Teapot Dome had ramifications orders of magnitude greater than the present-day fundraising scandals will ever have. So before my fellow Democrats and I go banging down the door of the GOP, it is worthwhile for us to keep in mind that the last two Republican administrations to reach their second terms have produced scandals significantly more pernicious than the one plaguing Clinton...
...security and to preserve the integrity of criminal investigations," Clinton said. "Ultimately, those things almost have to be solved on a case-by-case basis (and) where there's doubt, by the attorney general." Freeh, whose relations with Clinton have become increasingly strained, has come under fire from the GOP for his handling of Travelgate and Filegate. While excessive caution may have led the FBI to avoid tipping off the President about an inquiry that could end up involving allegations against Administration officials, the result has severely strained trust between the agency and the White House...
...bill's final tally was 295 to 136, enough to override a Presidential veto. If the proposed legislation passes the Senate and survives Clinton's desk, it would penalize anyone who performs the procedure with fines and up to two years in prison. While the bill found widespread GOP support, many House Democrats said it violates a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and does not contain provisions to protect a woman's health. This last point of contention is what caused Clinton to veto the bill in the first place last year. The Administration Thursday made it emphatically...