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...Dole today said Republican legislators returning from August recess were in no mood for an "autumn of compromise" as controversial GOP proposals on Medicare, welfare, and the budget come up for votes over the next few weeks. But congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty says that's probably just what Republicans will do: "Welfare reform could come up as early as next week, but they probably won't get very far on it," she says. Instead, the GOP may "attempt the impossible" by lumping Medicare and welfare together in a mammoth budget reconciliation bill...
...last report he's got less than $4 million." The Wilson campaign, he adds, is upbeat and heartened by recent polls that showBob Dole's lead is slipping. His own standing, however, is still rock-bottom. According to a TIME/CNN poll, Wilson is drawing 6 percent of GOP voters, well behind Dole (35 percent), Phil Gramm (9 percent) and Pat Buchanan (8 percent...
California Governor Pete Wilsonhas come up with a novel way to advance his war on affirmative action: suing the state that he runs. Moving to build on momentum from a recent Supreme Court decision that frowned onracial preferences in awarding federal contracts, the GOP presidential candidate today asked an appellate court to invalidate "various state laws granting racial and gender preferences" to minority- and women-owned companies. Wilson, recognizing that he once swore to uphold the California Constitution when he took office, reasoned as follows: "A public official has legal standing to challenge the constitutionality of laws which...
...with the federal government to report toxic chemical emissions. "This is an insurance policy," said Carol Browner,Environmental Protection Agencychief. "The idea is to prevent another Love Canal," says TIME's Andrea Dorfman. The move by the President is seen by some political observers as a response to the GOP's attempt last week in the house to weaken right-to-know laws...
...Dole's biggest challenge this week," says TIME's Karen Tumulty, "is getting conservative Republicans to go along with his bill." The debate on the Senate floor has laid bare deep divisions within the GOP over the right way to reshape the program. Dole's bill would shift control of funding for welfare to the states in the form of block grants. Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.), who is leading the conservative opposition on the Senate floor, believesmore draconian measures must be taken to discourage out-of-wedlock births. His amendments would ban cash assistance to unwed mothers under...