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...which lobbying groups for the elderly hailed at its passage, imposed an annual surtax of up to $800 on well-heeled Medicare beneficiaries, who balked at having to pay for benefits that were often duplicated by their private insurance. Last summer they began an intense, well-organized campaign for repeal, even though it could mean eliminating the entire program and leaving millions of needy seniors uncovered. The House voted overwhelmingly to do just that on Oct. 4, but the Senate, while inclined to eliminate the surtax, is trying to keep some parts of the program...
Asked about attempts in Congress to repeal catastrophic health care legislation for the elderly, Bush made clear he was staying away from that controversial topic, preferring instead to let "the congressional process hash this...
...Chileans still have their history to worry about. Fernando Matthei, the moderate commander in chief of the air force, hinted that a coup was possible if the opposition candidate ever makes good on his pledge to repeal the 1978 amnesty for crimes committed by the Chilean armed forces from 1973 to 1978. But after the opposition suggested that such a decision would be left to the "elected authorities," Matthei seemed mollified. Now many are hoping the exchange sets off a constructive dialogue between the armed forces and the opposition to defuse the issue before a new government is elected next...
...argue it either way about who will win the coming legislative battles over abortion and what effect those battles will have on politics at large. My bet is that the repeal of Roe (especially if it is completed by the court next year, as seems likely) will awaken and politicize social-issue liberals the way Roe itself energized conservatives 16 years ago. From 1973 until recently, abortion mattered a lot more to the antis than to the pros; that is already starting to change. The new politics of abortion will also put many Republican politicians in the sort of bind...
...much of his time inveighing against Governor Michael Dukakis. Before his role in the pay-raise controversy, Williams' most notable on-air campaign was against Massachusetts' mandatory seat-belt law: he helped gather 40,000 signatures on a petition calling for a referendum, which led to the law's repeal...