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...lacks vision--Dole turned his perpetually tanned face to the late winter sun and did what comes naturally: he talked shop. From his lap he plucked a neatly folded piece of paper and ticked off a list of bills. Farm bill. "Have to do that." Line-item veto. "That's something they [the Democrats] want." Small-business regulatory reform. "That's bipartisan. That will pass, probably 90 to 6." And on and on down the list: health-care insurance, term limits, campaign-finance reform and a balanced budget. Pure Dole, so comfortable with legislative jargon, so uncomfortable with campaign rhetoric...
...Russians are concerned, NATO is an anti-Russian military organization," says TIME's Bruce Nelan. "Further, the Czechs, Poles and Hungarians are scared of Russia and are interested in joining what they perceive as an anti-Russian organization. Even so, Russia should not have a veto over NATO expansion just because they don't like it. What the United States should consider, however, is whether it wants to be in the business of providing military guarantees to eastern Europe...
...bill falls under the Grimmelman-Nelson Act and will be sent to Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 for approval, veto or return with suggested amendments. Lewis has two weeks to consider the bill...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Congressional negotiators reached a compromise agreement Thursday on the line-item veto measure, ending a yearlong impasse. With the Republican nomination nearly wrapped up, Sen. Dole interevened to break the logjam and convince Senate negotiators to adopt the House version of the bill. "There is a great urgency on the part of Dole to get things done," says TIME's Karen Tumulty. "This is an item from the 'Contract with America' and it is very important for him to get it passed by the Senate and sent to the President." Republican Congressmen are more accepting of the measure...
...week ahead, Dole said he would focus squarely on the Democratic incumbent--"Veto Bill"--and his rejection of GOP plans to balance the budget, cut taxes for families and investors, and reform welfare...