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Trumbull Professor of American History Donald H. Fleming, also on the search committee, described Kalman as an "effective teacher and speaker," saying that she has an "attractive personality" and is "favorable with her students...
House Minority leader Dick Gephardt is challenging Speaker Newt Gingrich to a debate on Medicare. Gephardt blasted Republicans for releasing sparse details about their plan to overhaul the health program, and for scheduling only one day of hearings on changes in the plan. Gingrich did not immediately respond to Gephardt's challenge. Although broad details of the Gingrich plan have been made public, congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty reports that no detailed numbers have been provided to show just how the proposal would save $270 billion over the next seven years. "Gingrich's office says they haven't released the specifics...
...reaction was odd. The trustees issue a report every year, and never before has any leading politician, Republican or Democrat, expressed so much panic. This year's report actually showed an improvement over last year's, which projected that the trust fund would go bust in 2001. Yet House Speaker Newt Gingrich and other Republicans suddenly declared with one voice that immediate steps were necessary to "save Medicare...
...Speaker Gingrich has promised that any Medicare reform will merely expand the options available to seniors and will not force them against their will into new arrangements like managed care. Whether that promise is kept depends, of course, on the cash value of the vouchers. Will it be enough to buy private insurance equal to today's Medicare benefits...
...voters fell seven points, to 35%. But his two closest rivals fell too--Gramm to 9% and Pat Buchanan to 8%. The big winner was "not sure," up nine points to 25%, which may be why Newt Gingrich is again musing about running for President. The Iowa results, the Speaker said last week, reveal a "remarkably open race...