Word: republicans
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...toughest fight for the amendment lies ahead. It must be ratified by 38 state legislatures within seven years, a time limit set by Congress. Democratic supporters did not take issue with Republican Opponent Jesse Helms, who claimed that the ratification struggle over the District amendment would make the Equal Rights Amendment battle "look like a Cakewalk...
Last week the House of Representatives suddenly intervened. It was routinely considering an appropriations bill for $7.17 billion in construction projects (including another $54 million for the Senate office building) when an obscure Idaho Republican, Steven D. Symms, took the floor. Defying the ancient Washington tradition known as comity, by which each House takes care of its own business, Symms declared that the time had come to stop the project...
...enough, but Cleveland's biggest crisis may be one of leadership. "It is my challenge to convert my critics," said Kucinich after beating the recall. That's a large order, since leaders of the Republican Party, of his own Democratic Party and of the black community, as well as 24 out of 33 city councilmen, the Teamsters Union and the Cleveland A.F.L.C.I.O., called for Kucinich's removal. The mayor has hinted that he will make changes in his brash young staff and will also start acting more conciliatory. Preaches he: "Let us work to achieve...
...Delaware's Republican Senator William V. Roth sees it, there are three distinct classes in the U.S. where higher education is concerned: l)"the very rich," who can afford the best colleges; 2)"the very poor," who can meet skyrocketing costs only because of various aid programs; and 3)"the very taxed," those middle-income Americans who have no easy way to pay their kids' bloated bills. Inflation has kicked their incomes not only into higher tax brackets but also out of the grant and loan market. At the same time, their after-tax income is barely keeping...
...form of direct federal grants and loans to post-secondary school students. His own proposal, sponsored by Rhode Island Democrat Claiborne Pell, passed the Senate by a 68-to-28 count, barely 14 hours after the tax credit vote. After the Pell measure was okayed, Oklahoma Republican Henry Bellmon chided his colleagues, declaring: "I cannot imagine why we would pass two bills on two successive days to accomplish essentially the same objective." As it happens, the House-which approved its own $1.1 billion tax credit package June 1-has the President's proposal buried in committee. Its chances...