Word: reaganism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Washington -- Last week there were reports that Reagan civil rights official Linda Chavez had accused Ed Rollins of suggesting voter suppression when she ran for a U.S. Senate seat from Maryland in 1986. But Chavez told Time that she was actually referring to a secret proposal from Maryland's former Democratic Governor Marvin Mandel to use G.O.P. funds to support Chavez instead of Democratic candidate Barbara Mikulski. "I felt I was being hustled," says Chavez, who turned down the "bizarre" offer. Mandel says he has "absolutely no recollection" of the incident...
...study conducted by a nonpartisan team that includes high officials from the Reagan Administration, a consulting firm, Lewin-VHI, determined that President Clintons strategy for financing his health-care reforms was basically sound. Meanwhile, the President has asked New York lawyer Harold Ickes to lead the campaign for passage of the Clinton health plan...
...battling violence should be at the top of their agenda, right beside jobs and the economy. "When Congress returns in January, they can once again expect to see me wheeling through the halls," said Jim Brady, the White House press secretary shot by a gunman aiming at President Ronald Reagan in 1981, "a rolling reminder that we must continue to work together to make America safer...
Bill Clinton supposedly came to Washington on a mission to overturn the "damage" of the Reagan-Bush years. But when it comes to drug legalization, the Clinton administration proves as stubborn and closed-minded as the worst of Republicans...
...Clinton administration misses a great opportunity to overturn a failed policy of the Reagan-Bush legacy when it stifles fresh approaches to a worsening situation. After last week, Americans should wonder whether President Clinton has adopted the conservative "stay the course" attitude of the Bush years...