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...entire region." Though Clinton said that the "military mission will be clear and limited," Tumulty says that may not be enough. "It's going to be a hard sell for Clinton. We won't know for sure what will happen until members of Congress come back from the Thanksgiving recess next Monday and Tuesday. But they are out in their home districts right now, listening to constituents tell them they're not too keen about sending their sons and daughters to Bosnia. If you took a vote today, you couldn't get it through." On the other hand, says Tumulty...
...entire region." Though Clinton said that the "military mission will be clear and limited," Tumulty says that may not be enough. "It's going to be a hard sell for Clinton. We won't know for sure what will happen until members of Congress come back from the Thanksgiving recess next Monday and Tuesday. But they are out in their home districts right now, listening to constituents tell them they're not too keen about sending their sons and daughters to Bosnia. If you took a vote today, you couldn't get it through." On the other hand, says Tumulty...
...Republicans could be ready for him. They know from conversations with constituents during the summer recess that they have an image problem of being Robin Hoods in reverse. Having whacked school lunch programs and the working poor, they have to be careful about stroking the FORTUNE 500 too enthusiastically. Freshman Representative Mark Souder returned to Washington bearing the news that in his Indiana district voters were "starting to wonder, Did we swap Big Labor and Big Government for Big Business? New suits, maybe...
After two mostly idyllic weeks in the Wyoming wilderness, President Clinton returned to the Oval Office to grapple with Bosnia and a fractious G.O.P.-led Congress just returned from its summer recess. "We've seen breathtaking mountains, lakes, streams and meadows," he rhapsodized in his Saturday radio address (possibly with an eye to the environmental concerns of many middle-class voters). "And all of this belongs to you, the American people, for all time to come." Before heading back to Washington, the President flew to Hawaii for ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the defeat of Japan...
...Dole today said Republican legislators returning from August recess were in no mood for an "autumn of compromise" as controversial GOP proposals on Medicare, welfare, and the budget come up for votes over the next few weeks. But congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty says that's probably just what Republicans will do: "Welfare reform could come up as early as next week, but they probably won't get very far on it," she says. Instead, the GOP may "attempt the impossible" by lumping Medicare and welfare together in a mammoth budget reconciliation bill...