Word: speaker
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...savings accounts to cover medical expenses. The White House says those provisions could cause insurance costs to rise for millions of Americans, while younger, healthy individuals receive a tax break. The Senate will take up a scaled-down version of the bill supported by both parties next month. House Speaker Newt Gingrich indicated Republicans would remove some of the more controversial provisions to avoid a presidential veto. Republicans are hoping to capitalize on the passage in the upcoming election by contrasting their ability to reform health care with President Clinton's failed attempt at universal health coverage...
...urged him to use them regularly as sounding boards. A few days later, they faxed talking points on trade and other matters to his campaign plane; Dole surprised them by using the material. Meanwhile, campaign manager Scott Reed has reached out to a group of elected officials, from House Speaker Newt Gingrich to New Hampshire Governor Steve Merrill, to help Dole sharpen his message...
...Another speaker blasted American society for its blame-shifting. "We live in a no-fault, no-guilt society. The trial of the century was O.J., but the trial of eternity is Jesus Christ.... We are sinners, we are murderers...
...speaker at the initial service at Hancock Hall attacked Nietzsche, Freud and Darwin. "They did not have the way," she contended, citing the joyless lives they lived. She pointed to Christ as the alternative...
...Congressional leaders met for an hour today to discuss ways to balance the federal budget, but both sides walked away from the meeting dissatisfied with their progress. Officials at the White House are saying that there is a brief "window of opportunity" for progress before the fall campaign. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said he believed the window extended up to the parties' conventions in August. At the meeting, each side laid out their budgetary priorities. Clinton and the Republicans disagree over the size of proposed tax and spending cuts. This meeting comes one day after Clinton unveiled his 1997 budget...