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...then out of the wilderness comes Forbes, messing with tradition. It was bad enough that the party, as it was winning converts to the balanced-budget faith, saw the crusade stall in Congress. Now here is Forbes preaching a supply-side gospel of tax cuts and growth, telling his growing crowds not to worry about the red ink--it will just trickle away. Every time he opens his mouth, he draws attention to one of the most sensitive, if open, secrets of a party in which everyone claims the mantle of Ronald Reagan. Party elders understand, even if some voters...
...persons unknown had attempted to murder it with the "hold"--a secretive but deadly senatorial weapon. Technically, the hold is a Senator's request to be notified before a bill comes up for a vote--but the requester has the right to remain anonymous. Increasingly, holds are used to stall legislation or nominations that otherwise would easily pass. And in the Senate, delay can be fatal. The insurance bill, which seeks to reform allegedly unfair industry practices, boasted an almost evenly bipartisan list of 44 co-sponsors. But when chief sponsors Republican Nancy Kassebaum and Democrat Ted Kennedy started making...
...that the Tooele incinerator is within months of "going hot," the Tooele County Commission, a longtime supporter of the project, is trying to stall. "The county has identified $5 million worth of things that need to be done to move along the emergency-preparedness process," says Myron Lee, spokesman for the county's emergency-management program. The list includes disaster training and sirens that can sound throughout the area...
Gingrich marshals his forces in a completely new way: by offering his colleagues glory instead of goodies. It was near midnight on the night of Aug. 3 when Gingrich faced the prospect of watching the revolution he had plotted for 20 years stall before his eyes. The measure he was pushing through the House was a crucial 1996 spending bill designed to slice everything from summer-jobs programs to home-heating assistance. But in the byzantine way Congress packages its legislation, the bill had become laden with several measures involving abortion, the rare issue where principle promised to trump politics...
...CALAMITY OF THE YEAR: Dull San Francisco mayor Frank Jordan campaigning from a shower stall. He lost. Runner-up: White House guards wearing rubber gloves while escorting gay officials...