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Dukakis is the only candidate who has run a government. Sen. Paul Simon, Rep. Richard Gephardt, and Sen. Albert Gore '69 have built their careers on Capitol Hill, while Jesse Jackson has never held elected office. Dukakis is the only one who has balanced a budget, formulated a legislative program, led a cabinet, and acted as an executive. He has learned the need for compromise and agreement, which will serve him well in Washington. He has drawn his experience from the act of governing, not sitting in a comfortable Washington office building worrying about PACs and interest groups...
...bill overhauls procedures for notifying Congress about intelligence actions. The chief provision requires that notification be sent to Capitol Hill within 48 hours of the time a covert operation begins...
What's to account for such a significant departure from the Administration's highly controversial policy of attempting to slash funds for financial aid whenever it could? Education Department officials admit that one factor is their desire to gain more influence on Capitol Hill. In previous years, when Education Secretary William J. Bennett sought massive cuts in student financial aid, Congress would simply ignore his requests and gave the Reagan Administration no say. As Loye W. Miller, Bennett's press secretary, admitted, "when you have a budget that is so unpopular that even key Republicans ignore it, then you simply...
...Sandinista leadership was heartened when Congress cut off new aid to the contras. But contra-Sandinista talks were suspended late last week with no agreement, and most Nicaraguans no longer believe the country is headed toward peace and prosperity. The Sandinistas may have won a political battle on Capitol Hill, but back home they risk losing the war for hearts, minds -- and bellies...
Unlike its predecessors, the thick document did not spark explosions of anger or snorts of derision as it landed on Capitol Hill last week. When Ronald Reagan submitted to Congress his eighth budget, a $1.09 trillion spending package for fiscal 1989, not even the Democrats pronounced it D.O.A., as they have in years past...