Word: karens
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...repair war damage in Bosnia. The White House has declined to say whether President Clinton will sign the measure but Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle said the President told him he will. "If it's Friday, it must be time to pass another spending bill," says TIME's Karen Tumulty. "The Federal Government is just limping along and the closer we get to the election, the incentive to reach an agreement will diminish." Congressional negotiators will continue working on the broader spending bill, but Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Mark Hatfield says the short-term bill will remove the pressure...
...line-item veto was one of the Repulicans' cherished provisions in their Contract With America, and many U.S. presidents have asked for line-item veto authority in recent decades. "This bill is going to make it harder for local interests - pork - to make it into law," says TIME's Karen Tumulty. "It will not, however, have a huge impact on the size of the deficit or produce a balanced budget. Its a gimmick which Congress is using to show they can act decisively...
...Karen Tumulty/Washington
...KAREN TUMULTY learned two years ago that Tom Daschle is not entirely the mild, cautious politician he pretends to be. As a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, she spent several days with the U.S. Senator in his home state, South Dakota. Never an enthusiastic flyer, she was dismayed one foggy night to learn that Daschle had booked them onto a tiny airplane. Even worse, he let her know with a big grin that he planned to pilot the craft himself. This week the tables are turned. Daschle is Clinton's point man on Capitol Hill, and Tumulty is TIME...
...Reported by James Carney, J.F.O. McAllister and Karen Tumulty/Washington, Tamala M. Edwards with Dole and Michael Kramer/New York