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...Kinder, Gentler Conservatives Dept.: The homeless should be happy to learn that Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp has pledged to aggressively enforce the McKinney Act, a measure that would transform unused, federally owned buildings into homeless shelters. Kemp's new-found enthusiasm for the bill is strange, considering that he voted against the act as a member of Congress...
...Unless the easement goes away, they can't tear down the Harvard Motor Inn," said Peter D. Kinder, vice president of the Harvard Square Defense Fund (HSDF), before last week's vote. "If they don't tear down the Harvard Motor Inn, there's no need for the Quincy Motor...
...some of the kinder, gentler items like the child-care tax credit may have to wait...
Symbols all. But something else was going on last week, something of substance and paramount importance: the beginning of what may be an exquisitely orchestrated retreat. The flip side of "kinder, gentler" is embodied in Bush's famous campaign pledge, "Read my lips: no new taxes," a politically expedient stance that helped him win election and now threatens his ability to govern successfully. "Backing off that promise could destroy his presidency," says a senior Administration official. "But we'll probably have to do just that. How we do it without making the President out to be a liar...
...surprise, then, that a careful reading of Darman's statements (which also hinted at few, if any, dollars for the President's "kinder, gentler" programs) led some to conclude that he was allowing the Administration considerable wiggle room to raise taxes without using the dreaded T word. Watching Bush and Darman play out the game may become a full- time occupation. They could succeed. Congress is not eager to force legally mandated across-the-board budget cuts next fall. After posturing for partisan effect, the Hill may be more than willing to become a co-conspirator in permitting Bush...