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Eventually Clinton turned to policy adviser Bruce Reed and said, "So, Bruce, make the case for the bill." Reed had been arguing since 1992 that disposing of failed programs, even if they were Democratic programs, was necessary to bring voters back to the party. At the meeting, he developed a strong policy case: the bill really would move people from welfare to work; it contained enough child-care and health-care money and enough provisions that would force deadbeat dads to support their children. And those who thought that a veto would eventually produce a better bill might well...
After 2 1/2 hours, the meeting broke up with no formal decision. Clinton, Gore and chief of staff Leon Panetta went into the Oval Office; a bit later Reed and John Hilley, the President's top lobbyist to Congress, were summoned. Clinton asked a few more questions. Then he said, "Let's do it," and, rising from his chair, declared, "I want to sign it." Gore patted his shoulder and said, "I know that was tough...
...JACK REED (D) SENATE (OPEN SEAT...
...refugees from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the free spirit survived the Revolution, and Rhode Island was the last of original 13 states to join the new Union. This year's election continues the tradition of political unrest: Claiborne Pell, an Ocean State Senator since 1960, is retiring, and Jack Reed is leaving his House seat as he attempts to succeed Pell. In this Democratic state, the G.O.P. hopes to capitalize on these vacancies, building on their success in 1994, when voters elected a G.O.P. Governor and re-elected Republican John Chafee to the Senate...
ADDRESS: P.O. Box 8628, Cranston 02920. Tel.: 401-944-5577 Portraying himself as the heir to retiring Senator Claiborne Pell's moderate politics, Reed says his commitment to education mirrors that of the man who created the Pell grant--in fact, he worked with Pell to raise the maximum grant to $4,500. From his seat on the House Judiciary Committee, Reed supported the Brady Bill and President Clinton's crime bill, which included the assault-weapons ban. He began this campaign as a prohibitive favorite, and kept the mantle into the home stretch...