Word: loaned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...building in the occupied territories, but we can see that they don't use our taxpayers' money in a way that is contrary to American policy," Leahy said. Even House majority leader Richard Gephardt, a frequent critic of the Administration who had been pushing for quick approval of the loan guarantees, rushed to the floor to denounce the "polarizing comments" coming from Israel's leaders...
That is why Bush has carefully cast his fight over the loan guarantees in terms that average Americans can appreciate. In the speech he pointed out that the U.S. spends nearly $1,000 for every man, woman and child in Israel each year. Then he suggested that the aid was not so much charity as it was extortion at the hands of AIPAC. "I'm up against some powerful forces," he said. "They've got something like 1,000 lobbyists on the Hill working the other side of the question. We've got one lonely little guy here doing...
...approve the guarantees without a 120-day delay, agreed to wait for Baker to return from the Middle East before taking the bill any further. Meanwhile Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, who chairs the Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, said he would hold off pushing for the $10 billion loan program and planned to toughen restrictions on any future aid, so that Israel would, in effect, be punished for every dollar it spends on the settlements...
...will not do at home: he stands for principle, explains himself and takes risks. But in the delicate strategy game of securing Israel's presence at the negotiating table, Bush may find himself on the losing side. The Israelis have said emphatically they will not allow the tempest over loan guarantees to keep them from taking part in the peace talks. But they have also suggested that without the U.S. in their corner, they cannot engage their Arab neighbors with confidence and goodwill. That would make, in the end, for a brief and barren conference...
West European leaders have remained mostly mum as PRESIDENT BUSH has gone toe to toe with the Israelis over the housing-loan guarantees they have requested to help them absorb new Soviet immigrants. But behind the scenes, many Europeans are delighted. They have told Washington officials that by insisting that peace talks and an Israeli pledge to halt settlements in the occupied territories must come before the money, Bush is demonstrating a long-overdue evenhandedness to the Arabs as the delicate negotiations loom. Says a senior French diplomat: "At last Bush is stopping the tail wagging the dog. Without that...