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Late last week, Gingrich postponed the term-limit votes until midweek, in part to give backers time to gather votes. But his biggest test will come in early April, when his overall package of spending and tax cuts is on the table. Already, a small group of moderate Republicans has...
Affirmative action is already a hot topic on the presidential campaign trail, and it is sure to get even hotter. The trend in the G.O.P. field is running decidedly against the programs. Senator Phil Gramm and commentator Pat Buchanan call for their abolition. Lamar Alexander opposes preferences based "solely" on...
Nonetheless, Jackson perceives slights and policy failings, which fuel his repeated hints about challenging Clinton. Says a party official who knows Jackson well: "He wouldn't be doing this if the White House just gave him a hearing once in a while." But the White House sees any conspicuous effort...
Even from its first giddy day in power, the House leadership was smelling trouble. On Jan. 4, when majority whip Tom DeLay of Texas did a head count of support for the balanced-budget amendment, he came up as many as 30 votes short. Depending on how the amendment was...
The Outside Moderates: Two newly re-elected Governors, William Weld in Massachusetts and Pete Wilson in California, have proved that government works. Both are fiscal conservatives and social moderates. They are pro- choice. "Most of the possibilities will be cookie-cutter candidates running to the right to get well with...