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...senior Republican Senators put on the brakes Tuesday, voicing doubts about the wisdom of a Republican plan that combines cuts in the Medicare and Medicaid programs with a tax cut. Orrin Hatch, Alan Simpson and Alfonse D'Amato raised questions as the Senate Finance Committee began work on the GOP legislation. "I have never been for a tax cut for the rich or anyone else," Simpson said. D'Amato, whose constituents include millions of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries as well as a huge medical industry, seemed to agree with the Clinton Administration, saying that the Democrats' argument that the Republicans...
Following months of anticipation, the GOP could turn its budget axe on federal student loans today...
...Boston Globe reported yesterday that the GOP proposal, introduced by Committee Chair Sen. Nancy I. Kassenbaum, (R-Kan.), targets federal PLUS loans as well, increasing interest rates by 0.9 percent. These loans are used by parents to pay for nontuition costs...
...Quayle has agreed to chair Campaign America, Bob Dole's political action committee, and to take a high-profile role helping shepherd GOP congressional candidates to victory in 1996 while the Senate majority leader runs for President. That doesn't mean Quayle has endorsed Dole, but it can't hurt the leading Republican's standing with the religious Right. "By adding Dan Quayle to a list of figureheads in the Dole operation, Dole is trying to reach out to conservatives who do not trust him," says political correspondent Michael Duffy. "To some conservatives, Quayle still has a kind of talismanic...
While President Clinton pledged to veto the sort of Medicare cuts the GOP is promising, House Minority leader Dick Gephardt blasted Republicans for releasing sparse details about their plan to overhaul the health program, and for scheduling only one day of hearings on changes in the plan. Gingrich did not immediately respond to Gephardt's challenge. Although broad details of the Gingrich plan have been made public, congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty reports that no detailed numbers have been provided to show just how the proposal would save $270 billion over the next seven years. "Gingrich's office says they haven...