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...that the resulting torrent of suits would pump up premiums as much as 8.6%--a claim that lost some currency when, in a similar study, the Congressional Budget Office concluded that costs would rise only 1.2%, a mere $7 per covered employee per year. House Republicans, led by Dennis Hastert of Illinois, now Speaker, opposed the plan largely on financial grounds, and Norwood's proposal languished. On the state level, intense industry lobbying torpedoed one reform plan after another...
...further complicate the vice president's task, he had to beat Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert to his feet for every standing ovation. Otherwise, it would look like Republicans were the real champions of hundred dollar tax credits and measures to save social security for a few more years. While Gore enjoyed several natural advantages over Hastert--he is younger, trimmer, and thus more fit--he still wins high marks for being such a spirited cheerleader...
According to my observations, Gore rose faster than Hastert on all of the most feel-good issues. Hastert stood up first on only two occasions. One was to support fast-track legislation, the other when Clinton offered words of thanks to his vice president. By refusing to pay tribute to himself, Gore showed either humility or latent self-hatred. Either quality would be a welcome change in the person who replaces Clinton...
Aside from the Gore-Hastert competition, the most interesting moments came during the periodic close-ups on faces in the crowd. It seemed that no one's anonymity was safe from Clinton's all-encompassing agenda. Most people thrust into the spotlight didn't know how to handle their fifteen seconds, with the exception of Sosa, who blew kisses to the crowd and nearly broke into a home run trot around the House Chamber. All other honorees took Madonna's advice and struck a pose, or at least stuck to one. The Desert Fox serviceperson looked like he had recently...
Newt Gingrich 2,111 Bob Livingston 1,093 Dennis Hastert...