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...about the death of American innkeeper Michael Devine. But Studeman declined to answer claims that the accused killer received $44,000 from the CIA after the agency learned he was suspected. That wasn't good enough for Sen. William Cohen (R-Me.), who -- joined by Democrats Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) -- said theCIA's actionswere ""designed not to inform, but to obscure...
Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey, chairman of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, spent the day downplaying reports that he said four more Senate Democrats will retire next year, leaving a threatening seven seats open toGOP challengesin 1996. In Thursday's editions of the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, Kerrey was quoted as naming Sens. Sam Nunn of Georgia, Howell Heflin of Alabama, Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island and David Pryor of Arkansas as potential retirees. Today, Kerrey demurred: "There are additional members who have not decided whether or not they're going to run for re-election." Pell, 76, said...
Lawmakers still regard talk of reforming the system as the supreme act of political recklessness. A detailed program was recommended last year by Senators Bob Kerrey, a Nebraska Democrat, and John Danforth, a Missouri Republican (since retired), who were appointed by President Clinton to head a bipartisan commission on entitlement reform. Their plan called for raising the retirement age to 70, cutting the benefits of upper-income retirees, and recalculating the Consumer Price Index...
...Kerrey and Danforth's principal idea was to slash the worker's share of the Social Security tax from 6.2% to 4.7% (the employer's share would remain the same), but require workers to invest the tax money saved in iras or 401(k)s. Future Social Security pensions would also be reduced to reflect the drop in taxes. In a superb example of the political cowardice that blocks any change in Social Security, Kerrey and Danforth could not even get the backing of their own commission. They had to submit their plan to the White House on their...
...cited "the ever-increasing vicious polarization of the electorate" as a major reason for his departure. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.), who chairs the national Republican senatorial committee, said winning Exon's seat would be a GOP priority. D'Amato's Democratic counterpart, Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, now has to comb his largely Republican state for a replacement. Says TIME congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty: "It's just one more headache the Democrats don't need...