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...enticement to tax-shy Republicans, Wilson had backed a probusiness reform that would make it harder for workers to qualify for stress-related workers' compensation. But after Democrats, under pressure from organized labor, rejected the linkage between the tax and workers' compensation reform, the compromise collapsed. Rather than veto the whole budget, a battle-weary Wilson pledged to continue bargaining...
Forget everything you ever learned about the U.S. government. You can toss it all -- the separation of powers, the electoral college and even the pocket veto -- into the trash can. Then pick up P.J. O'Rourke's Parliament of Whores, a riotously funny and perceptive indictment of America's political system. You'll stop reading only when you stop laughing...
With a surprisingly strong vote in both houses, Louisiana's legislature last week overrode Governor Buddy Roemer's veto and enacted the strictest antiabortion law in the land. The measure imposes up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine for any doctor who performs an illegal abortion, although the woman undergoing the procedure would not be punished. Exceptions would be allowed only if the mother's life was threatened by pregnancy or if she had been the victim of rape or incest. Ignoring Roemer's demands for broader protections for such victims, however, the legislature added...
Congress had to override Ronald Reagan's veto to impose economic sanctions on South Africa in 1986. George Bush was against them then, and would like to end them as soon as he can. The measures halted new U.S. investment in South Africa, cut air links between the two countries, and barred the import of South African products except for vital materials like gold, platinum and diamonds...
...October, the court will probably have a clear opportunity to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that granted women the constitutional right to have an abortion -- just as the presidential election season gets under way. Last week both houses of the Louisiana legislature overrode Governor Buddy Roemer's veto of a bill that would prohibit virtually all abortions, except to save the life of the mother or in some cases of rape or incest. The new law was rushed before a federal judge in New Orleans, who will hold a hearing next month on its constitutionality, the first step...