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...election in 1994 with 71% of the vote. The popular Republican attributes his success to the balanced budget he delivered six years in a row while simultaneously cutting taxes. He also takes credit for an impressive economic recovery, highlighted by unemployment that reached a seven-year low in 1996. One problem for Weld: voters may not want him to leave the Statehouse...
MEDICARE. House: Would you have voted for the bill to reduce expected Medicare spending $270 billion over seven years? [H: HR2425. Passed, H vote: 231-201] Senate: Would you have voted for the amendment to limit the seven-year reduction in expected Medicare spending to $89 billion rather than the $270 billion cut in the bill? [S: S1357. Defeated, S vote...
...state that was demoralized and nearly bankrupt after Michael Dukakis' tenure and proceeded to balance the budget six years in a row while cutting taxes 15 times. More than Kerry, Weld is the candidate who can claim to have presided over an economy that is performing better than that of almost any other industrial state. In 1991, Weld's first year, Massachusetts' unemployment rate was one of the highest in the nation. Last week the state hit a seven-year low. "John's forte has been Nicaragua and the Caribbean, which doesn't exactly dominate the conversation at the coffee...
...last week found that in the 19 biggest states not only is Dole trailing badly, but also his support is lower than Clinton's negative rating, meaning that even voters who can't stand the President can't bring themselves to support his opponent. Unemployment last week hit a seven-year low, people's confidence in the economy hit an eight-year high, and for the first time, a majority of voters credited Clinton for his handling of it. The air attacks on Iraq shoved Dole off the front pages and might have reminded voters that he had met with...
ATLANTA: The Shaq Attack is going Hollywood. The Los Angeles Lakers announced Thursday that they have signed the motherlode of NBA free agents, Orlando's Shaquille O'Neal, to a seven-year, $120 million contract. The move to Los Angeles allows O'Neal, a recording and movie star in his spare time, to more easily pursue these other endeavours. While Laker fans are excited about the addition of a new megastar to the Los Angeles scene, the reaction in Orlando may not be as negative as one would expect. In a poll in the Orlando Sentinel earlier this week...