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...began in the House on a constitutional amendment mandatingterm limits, Speaker Newt Gingrich acknowledged that adivided House GOPcannot pass it without help from Democrats. "If we get half the Democrats, we will pass the term limits constitutional amendment," Gingrich said. He also predicted that more than 85 percent of GOP lawmakers would vote for it, even though some senior Republicans oppose what Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), who has served since 1975, called a "dumb idea." Republican leadership sources say that roughly 190-200 GOP members and about 40 or 50 Democrats would vote for term limits, far short...
...just inside Iraqlast week were U.S. saboteurs. The two, civilian workers William Barloon and David Daliberti, were sentenced Saturday to eight years in prison for entering the country illegally, though they said they were visiting a friend just across the border from Kuwait. At home, the White House fought GOP calls to consider a military rescue mission if Iraq does not release the men. Sunday, presidential candidate Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) said President Clinton should publicly weigh military options, while House Speaker Newt Gingrich joined the chorus today: "We want this nonsense to stop." White House spokesman Mike McCurry...
Given the inevitability of some kind of tax being offered, a 'human capital (gains) tax' cut is good economics and good politics. This approach may enhance the currently distracting, draining and harmfully digressive debate that appears taking shape between the GOP and the Democrats as both parties attempt to deal with what is surely first among the American public's concerns...
House Speaker Newt Gingrich sternly reminded rebellious House Republicans who are balking on promised GOP tax cuts that President Bush lost his 1992 re-election bid because he reneged on his "Read my lips: no new taxes" pledge. "It destroyed his presidency," Gingrich told a U.S. Chamber of Commerce town meeting broadcast around the country. Gingrich andHouse Majority Leader Dick Armey(R-Tx.) called on voters to put grassroots pressure on the rebel representatives -- 102 of the 230-member GOP caucus -- to "keep our word on theContract." The rebels want to restrict tax credits to families with incomes no higher...
...Democrats can come together andbreak gridlock." He added: "This bill is another acknowledgment that Washington doesn't necessarily have all the answers." The law -- which allows states and localities to ignore most federal regulations that cost them more than $50 million a year -- is the second part of the GOP "Contract With America" to go on the books.In January, Clinton signed a bill forcing members fo Congress to abide by the same employment laws as the private sector...