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SENATOR BOB DOLE White House wannabe can't muster votes for his touted welfare bill...
...selfish but I much prefer belated knowledge or wrongdoing. If I had seen the videotape of the Serbian capture of the "safe haven" of Srebrenica, I might have been compelled to fly over there and take up arms. But as it is, regret is the best I can muster from reading yesterday's news...
Senate Democrats blocked a sweeping G.O.P. overhaul of the nation's health, safety and environmental laws that seeks to curtail the rulemaking powers of agencies and expand the ability of businesses to challenge regulations. Majority leader Bob Dole failed to muster enough votes to cut off debate, forcing him to shelve the key G.O.P. Contract measure...
...exploiting new counterprogramming opportunities. "I think ABC will probably steer away from the more lurid programs, which might make the other networks go in that direction," said Time's Jeffrey Ressner in Los Angeles. The merger, already approved by the boards of both companies, is expected to pass regulatory muster as well...
Succumbing to a lethal combination of abortion politics and presidential aspirations, the nomination of Dr. Henry Foster for Surgeon General died on the Senate floor. Democrats were unable to muster the 60 votes required to force a vote on the nomination, which backers said Foster would have won. Presidential aspirants Bob Dole and Phil Gramm vied to take credit for scuttling the nomination, which became particularly controversial after Foster offered differing accounts of how many abortions he had performed. President Clinton said the vote sent the "chilling message" that the G.O.P. had aligned itself with antiabortion "extremists." As for Foster...