Word: pushings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...discredit one of Ken Starr's central witnesses. Lindsey, of course, is hardly likely to be loose-lipped. And yet their combined presence may serve to bring the scandal back to the forefront of media attention -- in the same way $75 million worth of cruise missiles helped to push it away...
...honorable to desert the boss, or they believe nothing happened because "he told me so." Among them are some of Clinton's newest aides, whose need to believe him borders on the spiritual. There is the middle group of longer-standing advisers who fear it is all true but push on, hoping otherwise, praying that this scandal will, like so many others before, prove to be nonfatal. And then there are the kiln-fired realists, who are, by habit if not by faith, the most optimistic. As one of them put it, "He deserves everything he is getting right...
...says former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta. Even more damaging, Clinton has been holding his political capital in reserve for the potential impeachment battles on the Hill. He can't risk the bruising negotiations it takes to pass a bill or resort to the bully pulpit to push his agenda because he must maintain cordial relations with the Congress that may soon be his judge and jury. "It's just a reality," says Panetta. "It's playing with his mind. Deep down in his own gut, it's there...
...White House summit in December, with legislation to follow next year. Since a handful of congressional Democrats agree with Republican calls for private accounts, it may be possible for Clinton to get bipartisan support by going along with them. But many Democrats argue that he should resist and push for government control of the investments to reduce costs and spread the risk. Al Gore's counsel will be pivotal--he has plenty at stake, since fixing Social Security could be a calling card for 2000--but big constituencies like labor and the elderly will be watching for anything that smells...
...care. The Patient Protection Act accomplishes these goals. While it does not go as far as I would like in allowing patients to sue HMOs for damages, this bill ought to be passed into law this session. I therefore support the Patient Protection Act and will continue to push for full liability reform in January. CHARLIE NORWOOD, U.S. Representative 10th District, Georgia Washington...