Word: reines
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Recent years have seen changes in Democratic caucus rules that make it easier for the leader to rein in headstrong chairmen. With the credibility of his agenda on the line, Gephardt has hinted he is likely to use that power in a Gingrichian way: by becoming the first Democratic Speaker in more than 20 years to set aside seniority in selecting his chairmen. If the Democrats win back the House, the erratic Henry B. Gonzalez of Texas appears almost certain to be unseated as head of the Banking Committee, and Conyers' position at Judiciary is far from secure...
Thus the Dole version of tax cuts is likely to be something closer to supply-side lite. His plan will rely more on the promise that a Republican Congress, working with a sympathetic President, could rein in spending enough to cut taxes way back as well. And that is where Clinton gets his opening: if elected, he will argue, the Republicans will revert to their true nature and make up the shortfalls by gutting Medicare and kicking welfare mothers and children into the street. Republicans are starting to make a similar argument about Clinton and what a second term would...
...established in 1946 so that one person would oversee these unruly organizations. In the decades since, however, no director has had the inclination or clout to rein in these agencies. Deutch is doing just that. Instead of becoming bogged down in CIA business, as past chiefs have, Deutch has left the day-to-day operation of the agency to his executive director, Nora Slatkin, so he can spend most of his time overseeing the rest of the community...
...homes in six hours. Then Israeli tanks and artillery began firing shells on suspected guerrilla targets across the area. By noon, 100,000 Lebanese were streaming north. Those refugees, the Israelis hope, will pressure the Lebanese government and, in turn, the Syrians, who have enormous leverage over Hizballah, to rein in the guerrillas...
Fortunately, Lewis has recommended that gender controls be rein-stated for next year's first-years. But the skewed gender ratios of this year's lottery will take several years to balance out. In addition, reinstating gender controls will require a vote of the 12 house masters, so it is not even certain. We would like to urge the house masters to pass the controls, and thereby take a small chunk out of the flawed policy of randomization...