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Speaker of the House Gingrich laid the groundwork for the stunning Republican landslide last November with his Contract with America, a list of proposals which would be voted on in the first 100 day should the GOP win control of Congress...
...Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass).has been a leading opponent of the proposed cutsin financial aid and in recent weeks has sharplycriticized the GOP for their plans...
Rowe added that the higher education fundingcuts will become reality unless Harvard continuesto mobilize an intense campaign against the GOP'sbudget blueprint...
...million voters signed petitions urging him to do so. "Gingrich simply refuses to close the door on a presidential bid," saysMichael Duffy, TIME's national political correspondent. "If anything, he has opened it a bit with these comments." The immediate effect is tosteal thunder from the nine GOP candidatesalreadytrying to raise money and support. Gingrich maintained today that he was only half-serious in his comment to Business Week. Maybe so, but the excited reaction among GOP activists to renewed talk of a potential Gingrich candidacy was telling. Duffy notes: "The longer he stays out there playing footsie with...
Speaker Gingrich said today that if President Clinton follows through on his threat to veto key GOP legislation,the House will shut down parts of the federal government by denying appropriations. "You can veto whatever you want to, " he said in a speech before George business leaders. "But as of October 1, there is no government." Gingrich said that withholding funding for programs the Democrats care about would be a more effective tactic than trying simply to override Clinton's veto. "There's a lot of stuff we don't care if it's never funded," Gingrich said. Withholding...