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...been subverted over the years by the proliferation of lobbyists and the spiraling cost of election campaigns, two trends that go together like a hand and a pocket. The result has often been institutional paralysis. The very fact that Congress and the White House felt compelled to enact the Gramm-Rudman measure, requiring automatic spending cuts, is a monument to the inability of weak-willed legislators to say no to the lobbyists who buzz around them...
...firms. Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly, a lobbying operation, represents Bethlehem Steel, the Tobacco Institute, Herbalife, Angolan "Freedom Fighter" Jonas Savimbi and the governments of the Bahamas and the Philippines. Black, Manafort, Stone & Atwater, a political-consulting firm, has helped elect such powerful Republican politicians as Senator Phil Gramm of Texas and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Jesse Helms...
City Councilor Saundra Graham said, "We [the city] are not going to bear the burden of all the homelessness in this city." She said that Harvard needs to work with Cambridge in this area and in developing strategies to deal with the Gramm-Rudman budget cuts that threaten both university and city revenues...
...resolve issues here; we only talk about them," Gramm said. She characterized the evening as one of informative conversation and "another good dinner." However, she added, "It's always frustrating when you talk to Harvard...
...national party is burdened by Gramm-Rudman and service cuts. The party looks to Governor Dukakis as a man who knows how to balance the budget and provide services," he said yesterday...