Word: jay
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...laundry list of new initiatives, from a modest tax break to big spending initiatives in health care and education, and pressed his Republican opponents on gun control and on a patients' bill of rights. "This is an ambitious agenda for a lame-duck presidency," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "But then his popularity is very high compared with, say, Ronald Reagan's at the end of his term. Most of these things, though, are simply extensions of programs Clinton has proposed for years, and it remains to be seen whether there's that much left to spend when...
...Richard Lacayo. With reporting by Jay Branegan/Washington and David S. Jackson/Los Angeles
...things are going to make it easier for him to pass this through this year," says TIME political correspondent Jay Branegan. "It involves a tax cut, which Republicans like, and it involves the elderly, which Democrats like." The timing should also help. Right when the President is starting to unleash one billion-dollar proposal after another, Republicans have opened up to his ideas. "There's been an incredible shift among House Republicans to vote for Clinton's proposals in recent weeks," notes Branegan. "They're now voting for a tax cut the size Clinton proposed and they've proposed paying...
...high-energy beauty is nearly popping from the chair outside her local Starbucks. It's not the Tazo Awake tea that's got her this way; it's her schedule. "The ninth is the New York Film Critics Awards," she begins, beaming a toothy grin. "The 10th I do Jay Leno, the 11th I fly to Paris to find a dress, the 18th is the National Board of Review, the 19th is the Los Angeles Film Critics and the 23rd is the Golden Globes...
...great weekend," said Harvard Coach Jay Weiss. "These kids took a big jump this weekend. We had a very inexperienced group and they still battled for two big wins and came extremely close against Virginia Tech...