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...some residents interpret the move as acynical public-relations tactic designed to stifleopposition to the boards...
There was, for instance, a good deal of talk about going out into the neighborhoods of Cambridge to organize the workers, but since I'd spent more than a little time in the past years reporting on those neighborhoods, that struck me as about as realistic a tactic as trying to organize the Marine Corps against going...
...parts of the federal government by denying appropriations. "You can veto whatever you want to, " he said in a speech before George business leaders. "But as of October 1, there is no government." Gingrich said that withholding funding for programs the Democrats care about would be a more effective tactic than trying simply to override Clinton's veto. "There's a lot of stuff we don't care if it's never funded," Gingrich said. Withholding the funds, Gingrich said, will force Clinton to reconsider and negotiate with Congress over issues likeRepublican welfare reformand arewrite of the Clean Water...
Turning up the heat on the Bosnian Serbs,President Clinton announced that he has decided to allow U.S. troops to participateif UN forces mount a rescue raid into Bosnia to recover the nearly 400 peacekeepers held hostage there. The tactic may be working: the Serbs said today that they are willing to begin talks immediately, but are not yet willing to free the hostages before talks begin. The President stressed thatU.S. troops would be deployed only at NATO request, and only as temporary support. Though Clinton said he would consult Congress before taking any action, Republicans objected that he should...
Senate Budget Committee chairman Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) blinked today, announcing that Republicans want to create a bipartisan congressional commission to work out the details of theirpolitically-sensitive plan to balance the budgetwithin seven years. The tactic, announced a day before House and Senate GOP leaders are due to unveil their respective budget cut proposals, is an attempt to draw Democrats into a potentially-explosive budget process that may include up to$300 million in Medicare cuts. Also today, Rep. Bill Thomas (R-Calif.), chairman of the Ways and Means health subcommittee, advocated raising the eligibility age for Medicare...