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WASHINGTON: The last time an incumbent Democrat sat in the White House and Republicans ruled Capitol Hill, Harry Truman won narrow re-election by ravaging a "Do-Nothing Congress" from the porch of his campaign train. That historical lesson may be on the minds of Congressional Republicans this year: After more than a year and a half most remembered for interminable budget disputes and seemingly endless ethics investigations, Congress in the last week has embarked on an impressive flurry of activity. The Senate today passed a major overhaul of welfare by a 78-21 vote, following Thursday's action...
...rest are often described in news accounts as "executive orders," a splendidly take-charge term that calls to mind great moments in presidential history: Truman integrating the Army in 1948, Eisenhower dispatching troops to desegregate a Little Rock, Arkansas, high school in 1957. But in fact, very few of Clinton's recent actions are formal Executive Orders. He doesn't issue them any more frequently than George Bush did. Instead, Clinton's tools of choice are known as "presidential directives" and "memoranda to agencies." A President's way of telling his bureaucrats what to do, they carry less weight than...
Forget about Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Dole. What America needs is a Bess Truman; she left it all up to Harry. STANLEY DUPLANTIS Houston...
...Elizabeth Dole should take up residence in the White House, my guess is that by comparison she would make Hillary Clinton seem almost as self-effacing as Bess Truman or Mamie Eisenhower. DESMOND LEIGH-HUNT Santa Barbara, California...
...CHANCELLOR, 68, for four decades one of NBC News' journalistic pillars as reporter, anchor and commentator; of stomach cancer; in Princeton, New Jersey. During a wide-ranging career, Chancellor covered the 1957 Little Rock, Arkansas, school-integration crisis, served as Moscow correspondent and interviewed every U.S. President since Harry Truman. He also served briefly as Lyndon Johnson's Voice of America director. One memorable report occurred at the 1964 g.o.p. Convention: when forcibly hustled out for blocking an aisle, he signed off, "This is John Chancellor, somewhere in custody...