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Lawmakers from both parties defended Sen. Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.) as GOP members sought revenge against the only Republican senator who voted against the balanced budget amendment. Several GOP Senate freshmen, led by Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), have called for Hatfield's ouster as chairman of the powerful appropriations committee, but Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole today seemed reluctant to make such a harsh move. Other, more senior Republicans said Hatfield should not be condemned for a vote of conscience. "It's not a healthy concept, in my opinion, to think everyone has to fit into the same keyhole...
...Clinton Administration made another strategic retreat today before the House GOP juggernaut, this time proposing to soften provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt released a set of 10 guidelines that would "balance endangered species protection with economic development," including a proposal to forgo enforcement in single-home residential tracts, or on issues that affect areas smaller than five acres. The plan also requires more scientific study before declaring species in danger and gives states and local officials more discretion. The House passed a tougher bill Friday by a vote of 277-141 that would require federal...
...first full-scale press conference of the year, President Clinton criticized GOP reform efforts, even as he exhorted both parties to "go back to work" on behalf of the American people. Calling his record "pretty good," the president compared his economic and foreign-policy accomplishments to the agenda of the Republicans, who he said "target children in order to pay for tax cuts for upper-income Americans." Clinton underplayed the GOP's failure Thursday to pass the balanced budget amendment, saying he'd stand by the budget he sent to Congress last month. In doing so, he brushed...
...former party over the defeated balanced budget amendment. It was good news to Republicans, for a change, the day after their amendment was defeated in a close vote. They used the announcement by Campbell -- a 61-year-old who sports a ponytail and rides a motorcycle -- to celebrate GOP diversity. Senate Majority Whip Trent Lott (R-Miss.) pointed out that his great-grandmother was a Chickasaw Indian. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) wore a beaded Navajo tie. Democrats suggested Campbell should quit the Senate and submit himself to a special election to find out how voters feel about his switch...
...change the Constitution. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, who led the fight to pass the amendment, voted against it in an obscure parliamentary procedure that gives him the right to force another roll call on it next year. President Clinton, who opposes the amendment, blamed the defeat on the GOP's refusal to protect the Social Security trust fund from budget cuts. Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.) said the vote showed the Senate cannot shake its "addiction" to deficit spending. The amendment, which cleared the House, would have required the government to start balancing its budgets by 2002. TIME Congress...