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Brown spent weeks trying to outtough Wilson with positions ill-suited to the task. She seemed overly studied in her statement that if elected, she would enforce the death penalty despite her philosophical opposition to it. And, courageously but at great cost, she has attacked Proposition 187. By last week Wilson was enjoying a 50%-to-42% lead...
House Democrats have responded with a bill that would specifically exclude cuts in food stamps, Social Security and veterans' pensions. Since Democrats think Gramm-Rudman is a Republican trick to avoid any painful budget slashing until after next year's elections, the House also tried to outtough the Senate by lowering the 1986 deficit ceiling to $161 billion and projecting a zero- deficit target by the end of the decade. Congress could not "put off the political pain" of budget cuts, said Illinois Democrat Dan Rostenkowski, adding, "We wanted a fair deficit-reduction proposal. The Senate wanted an incumbent protection...
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