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...Virginia, the Democrats' parliamentary ace and self-appointed guardian of the Senate's deliberative role, launched an all-out effort to slow down what he called the Republican "steamroller." Byrd's filibuster-like maneuvers reduced to a snail's pace the Senate's debate of a bill that would restrict the ability of Congress to impose unfunded regulatory mandates on the states. His exploitation of an arcane rule regarding committee meeting times also forced the Judiciary Committee to halt-if for only one day-its consideration of a balanced-budget amendment. Majority leader Bob Dole was sufficiently ruffled to grumble...
...Invited to the White House in March 1993 to offer his views on the Administration's new economic plan, he told Clinton . that the plan was dumb and would sink his presidency. Three months later, the Texas Congressman called Hillary Clinton a Marxist. He apologized -- and then promised to restrict his Marxist comparisons of the Clintons to Groucho, not Karl...
...opposite end of the debate is the local art community, whose members say a growing movement to restrict artistic expression is at hand...
Erikkson said scarring can restrict motion in the arms, the legs or even the shoulders, making it as serious a problem as the wound itself...
...results of the study suggest that the country's increasing dependence on managed care may dangerously restrict patient access to specialized care, said Dr. Elliott M. Antman, associate professor at the Medical School and head of the coronary unit at Brigham and Women's Hospital...