Word: nunn
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Republicans claim the Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution, already approved by the House, needs just one more supporter to clear the Senate in tomorrow's vote. So all eyes are on Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), one of five undecided Democrats. Nunn today indicated that he is leaning towards voting "yes." He said his main problem with the amendment is that it could force the courts to make required budget cuts if Congress isn't up to the task. He plans to propose a change in the bill to limit court authority over the budget. Speaker Newt Gingrich said...
...lying low until the last U.S. troops leave to make their move. There have been unconfirmed rumors of plots around Mardi Gras," which culminates next Tuesday. In Haiti to help prepare for the June elections, former President Jimmy Carter was joined today by his partners in peace, Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) and former Joint Chiefs chairman Colin Powell...
...ruling junta to leave. Carter, who oversaw Haiti's first democratic vote in 1990, plans to help in preparations for the country's next round of elections in June. He'll be joined in Port-au-Prince Friday by the other members of the U.S. negotiating trio, Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) and former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell. Still, the former president is less than popular in Haiti, where many resent the fact that he allowed the dictators to remain in power for a month, then slip into exile. Both supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrande Aristide...
...lying low until the last U.S. troops leave to make their move. There have been unconfirmed rumors of plots around Mardi Gras," which culminates next Tuesday. In Haiti to help prepare for the June elections, former President Jimmy Carter was joined today by his partners in peace, Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) and former Joint Chiefs chairman Colin Powell...
...before the Senate on Tuesday, count 64 votes so far, three short of the 67 that would send the measure to the states for ratification. The only senators whose votes are in doubt, according to vote counters on both sides of the issue, are Democrats Sam Nunn of Georgia, Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Wendell Ford of Kentucky and John Breaux of Louisiana...