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...support for tax cuts, has helped make the Christian Coalition one of the most powerful grass-roots organizations in American politics. Its 1.6 million active supporters and $25 million annual budget, up from 500,000 activists and a $14.8 million budget just two years ago, hold a virtual veto on the Republican nominee for President, and will exert an extraordinary influence over who will occupy the Oval Office beginning in 1997. In fact, Reed's success represents the most thorough penetration of the secular world of American politics by an essentially religious organization in this century. To some, this ascendancy...
...Dolocaust." The Pentagon opposes Dole's plan, and he has postponed bringing it to the Senate floor until June at the earliest. If Congress passes it, which is likely if only to embarrass Clinton, who castigated George Bush in 1992 for being weak on Bosnia, Clinton will certainly veto...
Thompson, however, says his hands were tied by the threat of Gov. William F. Weld '66 to veto anything more than a scant handful of protections...
...What was there for me to fight for?" Thompson asks. "We tried to work out a compromise but the word coming from the governor was that he was going to veto the bill altogether. What were...
President Clinton said he would veto theliability reform legislationnearing a vote in the Senate if it passes in its current form. Clinton said that the bill "might be called the 'Drunk Drivers Protection Act'" because it would cap damages in civil cases, including the amount paid by drunk drivers and others, and he urged the Senate to remove what he called "undeserved protection" for offenders such as drunken drivers, child abusers and terrorists...