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...ready to approve the measure, Republicans mounted a filibuster. Concerned that most of the new votes would go to Democrats, they argued that the reform bill would make registration too easy, too expensive to administer and open to abuse. With only two Republicans -- Oregon's Mark Hatfield and Bob Packwood -- joining the Democrats in trying to end the filibuster, reform forces fell five short of the 60 needed to cut off debate. The bill died...
...assist 28 Caribbean and Latin American nations. By most measures, the CBI has failed. Its intelligent premise -- trade, not aid -- has never been fully realized. Pro-protection interests have consistently crippled Latin attempts to sell products in the U.S. on a cost-effective basis. Now Oregon Senator Bob Packwood is leading a charge on behalf of the region's apparel and footwear industries, an effort most everyone believes will be killed by domestic union opposition...
Only three other senators--Herbert Kohl (D-Wis.), David L. Boren (D-Okla.) and Robert Packwood (R-Ore.)--have chosen to forsake PAC money completely, said Common Cause lobbyist Randy Huwa...
...Schroeder of Colorado (she urged them to introduce a federal pro-choice statute), had a get-acquainted session with Democratic National Committee head Ronald Brown (she told him that Webster backlash will help the Democrats) and then capped off the day by conferring with Republican Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon (she pressed him about a pro-choice constitutional amendment, a dream of hers that other pro- choice groups privately consider a waste of time...
...Packwood isn't alone. Earlier this week, four Republican Congresswomen, all supporters of abortion-rights, met with President Bush to discuss the issue. They emerged from the meeting with a surprise. The President, they said, no longer rules out federal financing for abortions for poor women in the case of incest and rape. What a difference twelve months makes...