Word: republican
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Bauer, a self-styled "Reagan Republican" who made his name as head of the conservative Family Research Council and is most known for his stances on social policy issues, called Clinton's policy of economic engagement with the Beijing regime "a disaster...
Bauer hinted in the interview that he was readyto exploit this division in the party and makeChina policy an issue in the Republican primaries...
Only several years down the road, during the hysteria produced by the red-baiting campaign of Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, Harvard professors would face a serious threat to their academic freedom...
...Congress, two Senators who have seen family members with mental illness benefit from modern treatments are trying to improve access to care for others. Republican Pete Domenici of New Mexico and Democrat Paul Wellstone of Minnesota have introduced a bill that would force employers to provide the same level of coverage for mental and physical illnesses. Although the bill would represent the most meager of advances--it would help only those well enough to work--its passage will still require a monumental lobbying effort. Business groups are already working against it, saying it's part of a liberal package...
Call it the Gospel According to Al. Last week the Vice President added to his litany an idea borrowed from Republican theology, one that would have been considered heresy among Democrats a few years ago: giving federal money to religious groups that take a "faith-based" approach to curing social ills. Gore would expand the concept, already being used in carrying out welfare reform, to services such as drug treatment, homeless aid and the prevention of youth violence. "I believe that faith in itself is sometimes essential to spark a personal transformation," Gore declared at an Atlanta Salvation Army center...