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Republican lawmakers today unveiled plans to cut government health care costs by putting the brakes onMedicare and Medicaid growth. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) said during testimony in the House that he wants to slow Medicare's 10 percent annual growth rate to 7 percent or less, while cutting Medicaid growth from 10 percent to 5 percent. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said a "reasonable cap" on Medicaid growth would be "well below 8 percent" if the program isturned over to the states, an idea being discussed with governors.TIME Washington correspondent Dick Thompsonsays the GOP is hoping...
LAST TIME IT WAS MARIO CUOMO. THIS TIME IT'S PETE WILSON. JUST AS the possibility of Mario loomed like a fatal disease over the 1992 Democratic presidential wannabes, so the current G.O.P. contenders are apoplectic about Wilson's running--a near certainty now, with an announcement possible this week...
California Republican Gov. Pete Wilsontoday established an exploratory committee to raise money and organize supporters for a 1996 presidential campaign.Former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexanderquickly tried to mute the impact, attacking Wilson at a press conference for breaking his 1994 campaign promise not to seek the presidency if re-elected governor. He also branded Wilson as more liberal than himself on taxes and abortion. Both candidates have raised taxes as governors...
...lakes and streams. Some 100 miles north of San Francisco, hundreds of people fled their homes as the 30-mile-long Clearlake overflowed. During the past two weeks, flooding throughout the state has forced 7,000 Californians to evacuate their homes and has left at least 14 dead. Gov. Pete Wilson expanded his request for federal disaster funding today, seeking to make 48 of 56 California counties eligible for government relief. The state has estimated $303 million in livestock and agricultural losses so far as a result of the floods. Forecasters are predicting another storm for the Northern California this...
...potential donors, have been courted so heavily by Dole, Gramm and Alexander in 1994 and 1995. "The objective is to find 20,000 people to give you $1,000 each," says Wayne Berman, a top G.O.P. fund raiser who is being wooed heavily by both Dole and California Governor Pete Wilson...