Word: speaker
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...elections, which gave Republicans control of Congress for the first time since 1947, were a sign of disillusionment with national politics rather than an affirmation of Republican ideology, former House Speaker Thomas S. Foley said yesterday at the Kennedy School of Government...
...That speaker, who will not give his name, has worked with the Lawyers' Group on Behalf of the Victims of Aum Shinrikyo, one of the organizations founded to oppose the cult. It was formed in memory of the first people Aum may have kidnapped. In June 1989, an attorney named Tsutsumi Sakamoto took on the case of a family trying to locate their child, who had joined Aum. Five months later Sakamoto, his wife and infant son disappeared...
...holdouts still want to scale back the tax credit, while another group wants to increase the contributions that federal workers make into their own retirement funds. "We don't yet have 218 votes lined up, but we're making good progress," said Tony Blankley, spokesman for House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Under the compromise legislation, the tax cuts would not go into effect until after Congress passes a plan to balance the federal budget. The bill also would include a repeal of increased taxes onSocial Security benefitsand cut the capital gains...
...Bills quarterback, congressman and Bush Administration housing secretary Jack Kemp today was tapped by the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill to head a feasibility study of broad GOP proposals to restructure the federal income tax system. The supply-sider will chair a commission of nine, four appointed by House Speaker Newt Gingrich and four by Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, that will study competing Republican proposals.TIME chief political correspondent Michael Kramersays Dole may be trying to draw support from Kemp's followers for the1996 presidential race. "Kemp is a very valuable commodity in the party," says Kramer. "Anybody that...
...House Speaker Newt Gingrich today said Republicans intend to dismantlePresident Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gays in the military, reverting to the old outright ban on homosexuals. Gingrich plans to make the change in the defense authorization bill, which usually goes to the House floor in the summer. Gingrich believes the ban is "the correct position," although it has been ruled unconstitutional by federal judges. Last week, a federal judge also ruled that the Clinton Administration's "don't ask don't tell" policy is unconstitutional, because it impinges on free speech.TIME defense correspondent Mark...