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...This is truly one of the historic days of American governmental history." --Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich in an attempt to make an otherwise tedious budget debate actually sound interesting...
...Congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty. The House has already passed two non-binding resolutions objecting to the President's plan to send 20,000 U.S. soldiers to Bosnia to help enforce the peace. Clinton began his own lobbying effort last week with a long letter to Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Today, in announcing the accord, the President argued that the American troop commitment was "essential." "Without us," he said, "the hard-won peace would be lost, the war would resume, the slaughter of innocents would begin again, and the conflict that already has claimed so many people could spread...
...just didn't seem to respond to him. While Specter is a very passionate senator, he doesn't have the stature a person needs to fill the office of the presidency." Specter, 65, is the second declared candidate to leave the race. California Governor Pete Wilson quit in September. Newt Gingrich said yesterday that he has virtually decided not to enter the race, and will announce his decision next Monday. "It just wasn't in the cards for Gingrich," reports political correspondent Michael Kramer. "He probably made the right political decision. Gingrich has real problems with polarizing voters...
...MISSING SOMETHING? THE ELEphants want to take money and health care away from the poor elderly and give it to the wealthy [THE ECONOMY, Oct. 30]. What's wrong with this picture? If Newt Gingrich and his gang think the $245 billion tax cut is going to encourage an outpouring of philanthropy, they are sorely mistaken. History has proved that the haves do not take care of the have-nots. Or maybe Newt et al. want the cut because it benefits them personally. KATE DOBBS Indianapolis, Indiana...
...Newt Gingrich says that he has virtually decided not to challenge Bob Dole for the Republican nomination for president. Gingrich told CBS this morning that it is "very, very unlikely" that he will run. "It just wasn't in the cards for Gingrich," says political correspondent Michael Kramer. "He probably made the right political decision. Gingrich has real problems with polarizing voters. The budget impasse might have something to do with deciding not to run, but the main reason is that he doesn't want to give up the power of the Speakership to pursue an ephemeral goal that might...