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...needed to block a threatened filibuster and bring his nomination to a vote. The Tennessee physician has the 51 votes he needs for confirmation, but the nomination is foundering under a scenario thatMajority Leader Bob Doleset in motion Tuesday. Dole, taking advantage of a filibuster threat byGOP presidential rival Phil Gramm, scheduled a vote to end debate on Foster after three hours today. "It's brilliant," says TIME's Karen Tumulty. "He's won on both counts: it looks like he was fair in bringing this to a vote, and he's engineered it so there's no chance Foster...
...Legal Services Corporation is the civil side of indigent legal assistance. It is the lawyer of last resort for poor people with family, housing, consumer or entitlement problems. But it has long been a target of conservatives. Senator Phil Gramm has called for LSC's possible abolition, although he may be backing down on that demand. House Budget chairman John Kasich has proposed deep cuts in LSC funding and aims to phase it out altogether. Traditionally, the right has taken issue with LSC's history of filing class actions against the government on behalf of the poor over welfare benefits...
...Phil Gramm (R-Tex.)threatened to block his own party's budget if it does not cut taxes for families and investors. "This is a defining moment for our party and for our country, and I will cut no deals with America's future," Gramm told a United States Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting in St. Louis. "If they negotiatea budget with no family tax cuts and no incentives for growth, I will stop it cold." Gramm, who failed to gain support for a tax-cut package similar to the $350 billion House package, noted that Senate Majority Leader...
...will have a lot to say about who becomes the next G.O.P. presidential candidate. Dan Quayle, their favorite son, never entered the race. Pat Buchanan, their guilty pleasure, is probably too extreme to be elected. Even before it turned out that he once invested in an R-rated film, Phil Gramm of Texas had left them cold. Until recently, so had Dole, who never showed much interest in the politics of virtue before the Christian right emerged as a power bloc in the party. In an effort to gain their attention, he has been sniping for months at Hollywood. Last...
...today, found that 52 percent would encourage Gingrich toforget about running for presidentif they could speak to him during his visit. (Only 18 percent liked the idea.) If Gingrich were in the race right now, he would place fourth at only 5 percent -- far behindBob Dole, and trailingPat BuchananandSen. Phil Gramm. Meanwhile, a new NBC-Wall Street Journal poll suggests thatPresident Clintonwould wallop Gingrich in a national face-off, 55 percent to 28 percent...