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...toward the Republican-controlled Congress, President Clinton said he would "happily and gladly" veto the House-passed revisions of the Clean Water Act. Calling it the "Dirty Water Act," the President portrayed the legislation as the legislation of "the lawyers and lobbyists who represent the polluters." Bud Shuster (R-Pa.), the bill's primary sponsor, shot back: "It's pretty evident the president is reading off a script handed him by environmental extremists." At issue are provisions of theHouse bill that would ease pollution controls on industry, restrict wetlands protection,and give local officials more say in meeting water quality...
Last week, Harvard was graced by the presence of Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. In a speech at the Kennedy School, Specter staked out a tough stance against violence. At the same time, he defended another form of violence, speaking at some length about his pro-abortion stance...
...Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), a candidate for the Republican nomination for president, took a tough stance against violence and branded the religious right a divisive influence in a speech last night in front of 175 people at the Kennedy School...
...Alice Laurich of the Blessed Sacrament Church in Greensburg, Pa, on a judge's recent order to ban two women from the church for excessively loud praying. This is the second church that has banned the women...
...Arlen Specter(R-Pa.), a moderate who supports abortion rights, launched his long-shot bid for the1996 GOP presidential nominationby warning that Republicans would squander an historic chance to control both Congress and the White House if they abandoned the political center. "Let me say this as plainly as I can," Specter, 65, said in a speech at the Lincoln Memorial. "Neither this nation, nor this party, can afford a Republican candidate so captive to the demands of the intolerant right that we end up by re-electing a president of the incompetent left." Is he right? In an interview...