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...afraid that he might put his foot in his mouth, especially when he speaks to a tepid or hostile audience," she says. "The campaign might have calculated that Dole has more to lose by addressing the convention, and potentially saying something offensive." Dole did offer, unsuccessfully, to have former HUD Secretary Jack Kemp, the GOP's highest-profile progressive, speak instead. -- Lamia Abu-Haidar
...helped my cousin get a HUD house. Well, if you didn't help your cousin, who would you help?" --D'AMATO...
...credit that allows people to support local social initiatives, he contends, would keep both donor and recipient accountable. "If you want to know that your money is really going to make a difference," he asks, "would you rather give $1,000 to Habitat for Humanity or to HUD?" Yet one study that Catholic Charities cited in Senate testimony earlier this year estimates that private giving in the year 2000 would have to be 50 times greater than it has been to replace government support for social services...
...issue of housing vouchers represents "the next great American debate on the subject of race," suggesting that the proposal is objectionable to those who want to keep poor minorities concentrated in the inner cities. Such a notion is hardly news to Maxine Evans, 27, who last year used a hud voucher to move out of public housing in Robbins, Illinois, to a more spacious private apartment in the racially mixed community of Blue Island. "Some people make it hard," she says. "They think folks that come from the projects don't take care of things. But I'm proud...
...platform of inclusion" was the most likely to position the party for long-term strength. Kemp tempered his endorsement by stressing that he was not campaigning against Dole, but his announcement will hurt the Kansas senator in tomorrow's New York primary. Kemp, a former New York congressman and HUD secretary, is one of the few prominent Republicans with strong support from both moderate and conservative voters, and had been touted as a possible white knight who could claim the Republican nomination himself if the party arrived at its August convention without a consensus. Today's announcement, along with Dole...