Word: gramm
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...after the House voted to block the omnibus crime bill from coming to the floor, Senator Phil Gramm was only too happy to boil down the larger meaning. "Winning is a habit," said the Texas Republican, who relishes Bill Clinton's weaknesses the way Hannibal Lecter liked a nice Chianti. "And so is losing." You don't have to tell that to the Democratic leadership, which was a trauma unit after the 225-to-210 defeat, in which 58 House Democrats jumped ship. Or to the White House officials who use terms like "devastating" to describe their loss...
...describe a hypothetical. If (Bill Clinton) called Bob Dole right now on the telephone and said, 'O.K., I'll do your deal with five changes,' Phil Gramm would have diarrhea for a week. That's a political reality." -- SENATOR BOB KERREY (D., NEBRASKA), COMMENTING ON THE HEALTH-CARE BATTLE WITH AN EYE TOWARD THE RIVALRY BETWEEN DOLE AND GRAMM FOR THE G.O.P. PRESIDENTIAL...
...debate on Senate Democrats' health care proposal began in earnest with harsh partisan sniping on both sides. Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas) invoked the threat of a filibuster, calling the bill floated by Sen. George Mitchell (D-Maine) "anathema to everything I believe is right for America." This prompted Hillary Rodham Clinton to call Gramm a political opportunist "ranting and raving about socialized medicine." The bill calls for employer mandates as a backup measure and aims to cover 95 percent of the population. No vote is expected before next Wednesday...
...PHIL GRAMM (Senator from Texas...
...PHIL GRAMM. The Texas Senator is a powerful fund raiser and works tirelessly on behalf of G.O.P. candidates. Respected for his toughness and his ruthless resistance to federal spending, he remains abrasive and little liked. As a Reagan White House veteran put it, "Gramm hasn't had a personality transplant...