Word: provisionally
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But the 1990 and 1993 increases had hit only the upper 4% of taxpayers. Thus Sheila Burke, who was then Dole's chief of staff, judged a straight repeal "suicidal"; it would open the G.O.P. to charges that it was giving away money to the rich. Some advisers favored coupling...
The President has a well-deserved reputation on tough issues for trying to have it both ways--or three or four ways. And on welfare reform, his "I'm all for it, but..." approach had been getting results. Twice he had vetoed Republican bills as harsh and punitive; both times...
As special-education budgets mushroom, some experts are looking for ways to soften the mandates. Edward Moscovitch, author of Special Education, Good Intentions Gone Awry, has one proposal. "I would have an ironclad provision that if a child is making reasonable progress in school, he doesn't get special ed...
During his eight terms in the House, Shaw has enjoyed solid support from this "gold coast" district. His work on this year's historic welfare-reform bill--as chair of the Ways and Means Subcommittee for Human Resources he added a provision to deny benefits to nonnaturalized legal immigrants--should...
Smith, with the American Conservative Union's lifetime rating of 96%, is one of Congress' most ideologically pure members. A Vietnam vet on the Armed Services Committee, he has adamantly supported high military spending. He also wrote parts of the G.O.P. crime bill, including a provision for mandatory minimum sentences...