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...face of rising protests, congressional leaders urged House members to "hold your nose and vote" for the proposal. Bush gave them as much support as he could, canceling a campaign trip to lobby House members in small groups. While Bush played the good cop -- winning the support of a Florida Congressman by telephoning his sick daughter -- some of his staff engaged in hardball. On Monday chief of staff John Sununu enraged Republicans at a White House meeting by suggesting that the President might actually campaign against members of his own party who opposed the deficit package. When Pennsylvania Congressman Bill...
...able to tighten the proposed investment loophole. It appeared that some Democrats would even be willing to vote for the package in the absence of a Republican majority. Predictions seeped out of the Speaker's office that supporters would probably prevail by the narrowest of margins. If the nose counters could not forecast the critical number -- 218 -- they would delay the showdown until Friday. Yet many members went to the floor still undecided, worrying about November...
...always asking questions," recalls Debbie. "She was always searching for answers. A seeker." To cope with her mother's klieg-illuminated life, Carrie repaired to a world of private musings in journals and diaries. "I always wrote," she says, "even when it was just bad poetry like 'My nose runs/ my mind follows...
Then fate took a hand. In mid-June, the economy took a nose dive, dragging corporate profits and federal tax receipts down too. In mid-June Darman boosted his 1991 deficit estimate to $159 billion, up from $138 billion just a month before. Unless a plan for cutting almost $100 billion could be produced by Oct. 1, spending cuts required by Gramm-Rudman would force the layoff of thousands of government workers. Within days, Administration officials began to utter dire predictions. It was the perfect opportunity for a sudden conversion, and Bush took...
...course, I never believe television anymore. But way back when--oh, maybe two or three years ago--I was an impressionable youngster. Imagine my horror, sitting at a cozy table for two at Skewer's, trimmed nose hair and clean socks, my eyes and hers meeting for a short, beautiful moment...and an army of angry white flakes storming into my field of vision...