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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...
...term in 1996, throwing a little sand on Democratic hopes to retake the Senate. Republicans now hold a 54-46 majority. Exon, who first won the seat in 1978, cited "the ever-increasing vicious polarization of the electorate" as a major reason for his departure. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.), who chairs the national Republican senatorial committee, said winning Exon's seat would be a GOP priority. D'Amato's Democratic counterpart, Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, now has to comb his largely Republican state for a replacement. Says TIME congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty: "It's just...
...nixed the deal by executive order this week. The Houston-based oil firm said today in Senate testimony that it was never told to halt negotiations with Tehran to develop offshore oil fields, despite State Department concerns about Iran's terrorist activities. Senate Banking Committee chairman Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.), who held a hearing on the matter today, said that State Department officials misled the company: "The Clinton and Bush Administrations knew and did nothing," D'Amato said. "They didn't say to Conoco at any one point, 'No, don't do it.'" The Conoco official responsible...
...three more members of Congress--Rep. JohnDoolittle (R-Calif.), Rep. Michael Forbes (R-N.Y.)and Rep. Jerry Solomon (R-N.Y.)--have signed on asco-sponsors to the bill, Hardiman said yesterday...
Like many others in Washington, Rep. James Walsh (R-N.Y.), chair of Congress's appropriations subcommittee on the district, blamed Barry and Kelly equally, according to the Associated Press...