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...different day," said Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, asNewt Gingrich, the new speaker of the House of Representatives, wielded a large, custom-made walnut gavel to begin the GOP campaign to fulfill the party's "Contract With America" today. In a 43-minute address to the House, Gingrich said he had two over-riding goals: to achieve a balanced budget by 2002 and "to truly replace the current welfare state with an opportunity society." He swore in the new members of the House and began debate on rule changes that would slash committee staffs, abolish three House committees and require...
...more than two-thirds of U.S. radio gabbers lean to the right. Gingrich will also host a monthly breakfast or lunch for favored talk show hosts from around the country, and he guarantees that at least 20 other members of Congress will show up. The motive, he told new GOP lawmakers, is pure soapbox: "We need you on that talk radio. We need you writing letters to the editor when you see some piece of nonsense being printed by whatever liberal publication you happen...
...GOP -- long thought of as a party resistant to change -- is about to defy its conservative description and usher in a series of far-reaching reforms. As Republicans take control of Congress tomorrow, "the American people will see more reform in 24 hours, on the very first day ... than they've seen in decades," pledged Representative John Boehner (R-Ohio) today. Most of the initial votes will concern internal congressional procedure, and the action tomorrow is likely to be concentrated in the House. After new members are sworn in, they will elect Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) to the post...
TIME's Duffy says Clinton will likely use the basic philosophical underpinning of his speech Thursday night as a standard to judge his response to the final, GOP-endorsed tax-cut package. "He's tried to insert himself in this debate and lay down what will be some tests for what he signs or vetoes," Duffy says. "Does it help the middle class or the upper class? Does it help people pay for college and their house, or not? Does it give people, as he termed it, the tools to take control of their future?"Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin...
...looked back on as his last important address as a major political figure. "Now the politicians are following the sheep: Read the polls! They'll tell you where to go to pasture!" Cuomo, who was defeated last month by Republican George Pataki, painted a picture of the GOP as tainted with racism and devoid of compassion, then admonished voters to be careful which signals they send to Washington. "If you tell them you want the death penalty, you'll get it," Cuomo said. "If you tell them to ignore sick people, you'll get it. If you tell them...