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House Speaker Newt Gingrich fanned the flames of conspiracy theories today, telling reporters he's "not convinced" Vincent Foster's death was a suicide, although two previous inquiries have ruled that Foster did take his own life...
Flanked by original sponsors ofMedicare, President Clinton commemorated the program's 30th birthday and vowed to a crowd of mostly elderly Americans, "I'm not going to let the government mess with your Medicare." Right on schedule,GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrichaccused the President of "a despicable strategy" to scare seniors: "He knows his numbers are false. He knows his anlaysis is false." Republican leaders challenged Clinton to present a plan to save Medicare within a week, though they gave themselves more time: "Republicans will have in 50 days a specific plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy," promised House Ways...
...congressional recess to examine other alleged ATF abuses and the enforcement of firearms laws in general. In short, congressional Republicans aim to ask whether the bureau should be allowed to survive. One of this week's inquisitors will be Representative Bob Barr of Georgia, an N.R.A. member who heads Newt Gingrich's Firearms Legislation Task Force. Barr asks, "At this point, do we really need...
...anonymous sources, have already been publicized over the past year. But doctors hope repetition will arouse the public to demand action, including bans on all cigarette advertising, tobacco exports and industry contributions to scientists and politicians. Any such action seems unlikely in the current antiregulatory political climate. House Speaker Newt Gingrich's comment on the FDA proposals was that the agency had "lost its mind." President Clinton guardedly endorsed stronger controls on smoking by youths, but stressed that he had not yet seen the new report from...
...while Gephardt, Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and other Democrats will attend a ceremony marking the anniversary on Sunday in Independence, Mo., where President Johnson signed the legislation into law, sitting beside former President Harry Truman, who had fought long and hard for national health insurance.House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who spent the day in Iowa not running for President, offered this curt dismissal: "They plan a week of cheap shots and nostalgia. We're not cutting anything, we're increasing...