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...exposed just how quickly the House that he had mastered could slip away from him. He handed the White House an enormous public relations win, while losing his leverage in the battle. He elevated his G.O.P. rival Bob Dole, who double-crossed Gingrich by boldly declaring that the shutdown wasn't working and by separating himself and his chamber from the House of ill repute...
That's partly why the real winner last week may well have been Dole. In hindsight, his strategy looks exquisitely wise. He was the one who first agreed to end the shutdown, despite howls from the House and charges of treason from campaign rivals like Phil Gramm and Pat Buchanan. By Friday, when the House reversed course, Dole not only looked statesmanlike; he had also diminished Gingrich as a rival on his right and distanced himself from his party's extremists. At the same time, he had acquired a weapon to carry through the rest of the campaign against Clinton...
Dole's statesmanlike stands on Bosnia and ending the government shutdown have earned him no credit in Le Mars, says Klingensmith. "Folks lump Dole with the others in Washington whom they hate," he adds. Says Dan Wells, the dairy executive: "We thought we ended the gridlock with the '94 election. At this point you'd have to say I'm for Dole somewhat. I mean, I could change...
...treated well. Brian, now 36, followed her advice in 1984, and is a residential-equipment troubleshooter and union official in St. Louis; two sisters-in-law also work for AT&T. Brian's wife Linda is a federal probation officer who has continued to work during the government shutdown with no guarantee of being paid. Her husband muses, "Both jobs are traditional ones that you strive for because you get a job for life. [But] in neither case is it true anymore...
Confronted with negative polls and a frustrated public, Republicans staged a tactical withdrawal from the three-week government shutdown. At week's end, both houses passed and the President signed legislation returning all federal employees to work with pay through Jan. 26. However, the measures will leave many government functions still unfunded...