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...much of an amateur's game. The career support staff, along with lobbyists and bureaucrats, may run roughshod over green legislators. Furthermore, many states would lose the clout of established Representatives and Senators, the hoary politicos whose years of service guarantee them influence and chairmanships of committees. Says Pat Schroeder, the 10-term Representative from Colorado: "Four states have half the votes in Congress. A state with only six votes and no seniority isn't going to get far. Six votes won't stop a speeding train. I guess people just don't understand...
...script's '80s references, to Ricky Schroeder and the Coreys--Haim and Feldman--come out wrong; the laughs these kinds of jokes generate arise from the audience's sense of recognition rather than from real effort on the writer's part to be funny...
...bishops' counterproposal -- that abortion should be made a "supplemental" benefit for which women could pay extra -- would be a step backward for pro-choicers, most of whose insurance companies routinely finance the services. Says Colorado Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder: "We are totally opposed to women getting private insurance for their private parts...
...system would ultimately give employers the power to make the decision for all workers. Another route may be to try to pass a health plan in which the standard benefits would be named later by an independent commission. In that case, pity the commissioners who must decide. Claims Schroeder: "There is no compromise on this issue." Louisiana Senator John Breaux, a conservative Catholic Democrat, maintains that "it can be worked out." At the moment, most people on the Hill seem to agree with Breaux. But if passions flame higher, America's most contentious issue could become a health-care deal...
...Schroeder applauds the latest State Department report on human rights, which for the first time includes the treatment of women. "Until now, you could burn, torture or mutilate a woman, and it was never counted. We finally made them see that abuse of women is a human-rights issue, not a cultural issue...