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WASHINGTON, D.C.: As President Clinton prepares to present a balanced budget plan to Congress on February 6, he finds himself treading on ground that turned to quicksand for Newt Gingrich a year ago. Aides confirmed today that the President proposes to pare $100 billion over five years from Medicare and Medicaid by cutting reimbursements to hospitals, HMOs and doctors. Under the President's plan, spending for the two giant health care programs, which cover 75 million poor, disabled and elderly Americans, would not be allowed to grow faster than about 5 percent annually. "Clinton has to hit these big ticket...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Republicans are sending a letter to Janet Reno asking for an investigation into who taped an embarrassing phone call in which Newt Gingrich appears to have violated an agreement with the House ethics committee, and released a transcript of the conversation to the New York Times. According to the Times, the call was taped by a Florida couple who picked up the call on a police scanner, apparently because at least one of the parties in the conversation was using a cell phone. The Times story showed that on December 21, the same day he admitted to making...
...House Minority Whip David Bonior (D-Mich.), after Newt Gingrich's re-election yesterday as Speaker of the House...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Republicans delivered a victory present to Newt Gingrich by imposing a January 21 deadline on the Ethics Subcommittee investigation into his fundraising activities. In an unusual Inauguration Day floor battle, Democrats attempted to extend the investigation. They were supported even by the Republican members of the subcommittee, who argued that members could not process the reams testimony and evidence collected on Gingrich in the time allowed. TIME's Tamala Edwards reports that a Republican leadership wanting to put the Gingrich investigation behind them has been helped by the extremely slow pace of the inquiry: "The problem...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Support for Newt Gingrich continued to weaken Monday as House Banking Committee Chairman James Leach said that Gingrich should step down as Speaker. Leach argued that the reputation of the Congress and Republican control of the House "are clearly jeopardized by (Gingrich's) continued stewardship of the House," adding that the GOP has to choose between "rejuvenated leadership or an ethically damaged speaker." His surprise statement came just hours after a weakened Gingrich predicted he would win the Tuesday vote. Even with defections by Leach and New York Representative Michael Forbes, most House Republicans are expected to endorse...