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...today told a small group of reporters that the Senate GOP would combine its upcoming versions of tax cuts, spending cuts, welfare reform and other initiatives into a "reconciliation bill" by August or September. Tumulty says the claim -- so far unsubstantiated by GOP leaders -- is probably on target: theGOP needs a fast-track planto see the "Contract" become law this year and the move would prevent Senate Democrats from filibustering...
Renegade Republicans today struck a tentative deal with House leaders to pass a tax cut promised in theGOP "Contract With America."With a tax vote slated for Wednesday, Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Tex.) predicted passage of a $500-per-child tax credit for families making up to $200,000 a year. But some lawmakers warned that the compromise may not hold because a number of GOP 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...
...series of votes, House members modified theGOP's welfare reform billto increase funding for child care and permit some ill and disabled immigrants to continue to receive welfare benefits. Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) said her amendment would add $150 million a year to the $1.94 billion for child care, but Democrats called it a drop in the bucket. Quoting former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), paraphrasing former Texas governor Ann Richards said: "You can put lipstick on a sow and call it Monique but it's still...
Former HUD secretary Jack Kemp will not seek theGOP nomination for president in 1996, Republican Party sources said today. Kemp, once a darling of the far right, reportedly told associates he could not mount a viable campaign at a time when he is out of step with the Party's increasingly aggressive agenda: He opposes term limits, favors tax cuts instead of a balanced-budget amendment and, unlike the vast majority of GOP members, backs federal incentives to combat urban poverty...
...dead heat, having made up a 10 point deficit in the polls over the last month. But don't accuse Perot of party bias. He's expected Saturday to endorse Independent New York gubernatorial candidate B. Thomas Golisano -- further damaging the lagging candidacy of theGOP's George Pataki. A poll published today has Democrat Gov. Mario Cuomo ahead of GOP candidate George Pataki by 7 points -- about the amount of Golisano's total support. Two weeks back, Cuomo was 15 points behind Pataki. One of the factors in the turnaround is Golisano, who is siphoning away Pataki's conservative base...