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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Eager to add its stamp of approval, the House of Representatives today approved the line-item veto by a 232-177 margin, less than 24 hours after Senate passage. President Clinton, who had line-item veto authority as governor of Arkansas, has indicated he will sign it. Members of both parties supported the measure, which will take effect on January 1, 1997. The legislation allows the President to veto specific spending measures contained in larger spending bills. After signing an appropriations measure, the President has five days to prepare a list of specific line-items to veto...
...from under family farmers," said North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan. The bill addresses the contentious issue of dairy subsidies by ending a special tax on dairy producers and phasing down government support for butter, powdered milk and cheese over a four year period. The measure also guarantees food stamp programs for two years and preserves rural conservation programs. Supporters contend that although initial spending may increase, the legislation will eventually save some $2 billion over the next seven years...
...Senate floor doesn't become the presidential-campaign megaphone for Bob Dole, and to a certain extent, we can do that by keeping the Republican majority in check," Daschle says. "I also have to be sure that any legislation out of the Senate has as much a Democratic stamp as a Republican one, so the President can claim as much credit as Bob Dole...
...course, this is the kind of chaos the party meant to stamp out. By any traditional reckoning, it was going to be over by the end of March, when 66% of the delegates are technically chosen. The tight schedule of 29 states in five weeks was designed to slingshot an early front runner into inevitability. Now it may not even save one from ignominy. Dole alone has raised the money for the ads and traveling necessary in a multifront war. He has $6.4 million cash on hand (although he is bumping up against the primary season's legal spending limit...
...never seen a Winslow Homer painting, you're probably wrong. Homer's paintings have graced the covers of many editions of Mark Twain and Louisa May Alcott novels, and almost every anthology of American literature. Or you might have seen his "Snap the Whip" in the commemorative stamp series of famous American artists. In fact, Homer is probably the most widely kown American painter, exploring American life and culture over his long career, which began after the Civil War and continued until his death...