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Clinton will soon face a barrage of issues far tougher than school prayer. When the new Congress convenes in January, Gingrich plans a fast and furious start in the House, with quick thrusts on taxes, term limits, welfare and crime. Even in the generally more collegial Senate, a new lineup...
The smell of blood in the air has encouraged some Republicans to challenge the President even on an issue that their party has long supported. Clinton faces real trouble next week in the Senate, when the lame-duck Democratic Congress convenes to take up GATT. The General Agreement on Tariffs...
Sen. Jesse Helms may still end up atop the Foreign Relations Committee come January, but the North Carolina Republican's snipe Monday that President Clinton had "better have a bodyguard" if he visited bases in Helms' state is playing badly throughout military ranks,TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompsonsays. Predictably, Democrats...
The Secret Service today said it dropped a review of Helms' comment since -- surprise -- it did not constitute a threat. "We always knew the senator was never a threat or a target of an investigation, but we had to follow up," said Secret Service spokesman Jaime Cagigas. Jim Rosen, the...
After telling a reporter that President Clinton "better have a bodyguard" if he plans to visit North Carolina military bases, Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) today expressed regret -- without apologizing -- for the remarks. "President Clinton will of course be welcomed by me and other citizens of North Carolina . . . anytime...