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...anti-missile defense system. (The president also said he might argue for sending U.S. troops to the Mideast to monitor a possible Israeli-Syrian peace accord in the disputed Golan Heights, but then demurred, saying he'd not yet committed himself.) Incoming Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) has threatened to cut Israeli aid, but today, future Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) promised no aid cuts "at this time of great tension in the Middle East where we're trying to achieve peace...
...Clinton Administration's top guns today strongly urged Congress to pass thenew world trade treatythis year as top Republicans continued to grumble about it. Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged Clinton to postpone a vote on GATT. If Clinton agrees, Helms said he would make sure that White House foreign policy matters during the next Congress are "considered fully and fairly." Future Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole also expressed reservations. Veep Al Gore today pushed some key GOP hot buttons, saying that a delay would be "a death sentence...
...said this before, but the only poll that really counts is the polling that takes place in the voting booths on Election Day." -- Representative Jack Quinn (R-N...
...President Clinton thoughtWhitewater was a nightmare so far. . . just wait. Both future House and Senate committee chairs overseeing financial institutions are banking on going after the president once again -- this time with full subpoena-power and without pesky Dems curtailing their grilling of administration witnesses. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.), destined to chair the Banking Committee, says he'llresume hearingswithin 60 days of taking power in January. And he said he would not hesitate to use his subpoena power "if we find people not being cooperative." Rep. Jim Leach (R-Ia.), who will chair the House Banking Committee...
Tsongas spoke at length about his plan for reducing the budget deficit. He developed it in conjunction with former sen. Warren Rudman (R-N.H.) as part of their Concord Coalition...