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WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Clinton latched on to a piece of the GOP's Contract With America Monday by endorsing legislation that gives adoptive parents a $5,000 tax credit and penalizes states that discourage interracial adoptions. White House spokesman Mike McCurry denied that the President was co-opting a Republican idea and said that identifying ways to help prospective adoptive parents overcome administrative obstacles has been a goal since the President entered office. But in wooing moderate Republicans, Clinton risks alienating a core of black constituents that oppose interracial adoptions. Opponents, such as the National Association of Black Social Workers...
...rights of states to set limits on awards and took away consumers' best weapon against large corporations. The bill had passed both houses of Congress, but proponents did not have enough votes to assure an override. Republicans had pushed hard for the bill, one of the elements of the GOP's Contract With America, which they said would lower prices of many goods and services by cutting the insurance and litigation costs of manufacturers. As Clinton vetoed the measure, Bob Dole cried foul and charged that the President, whose campaign received $2.5 million dollars from lawyers and law firms last...
...getting this done, is getting that done in the Senate. He has been good at working the floor and knowing the crucial moment to act in order to get things done, but he has to make sure that he doesn't get blindsided by the fairly independent, free-thinking GOP freshmen in the House." Or by Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, whose clever maneuvering in recent has sidetracked votes on several key issues, denying Dole the legislative victories he needs. With his campaign facing a severe budget crunch Dole's best option is still to make his case...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The GOP's internal debate over abortion heated up when California Governor Pete Wilson said Monday that he would work with New York and New Jersey governors to remove the anti-abortion plank from the party's platform at the Republican national convention. The words put Bob Dole's California campaign manager at odds with the GOP nominee. Dole has said he has no intention of changing the Republican platform in regards to abortion. Wilson dropped this political bomb on the putative nominee during a Washington visit to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on affirmative action...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The GOP's internal debate over abortion heated up when California Governor Pete Wilson said Monday that he would work with New York and New Jersey governors to remove the anti-abortion plank from the party's platform at the Republican national convention. The words put Bob Dole's California campaign manager at odds with the GOP nominee. Dole has said he has no intention of changing the Republican platform in regards to abortion. Wilson dropped this political bomb on the putative nominee during a Washington visit to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on affirmative action...