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...increasingly feeling "cornered." At an Arab League meeting expected soon, Hussein will lead a moderate attempt to reinstate Egypt, expelled for signing the peace treaty with Israel in 1979. He also wants to take away the statutory authority of the radicals to paralyze moderate Arab initiatives with a veto in the Arab League. If those things happen, it should encourage the U.S. to persuade Israel -- perhaps without even having to resort to pressure -- to be more flexible about negotiations...
When Bush finally started firing away on Horton and on Dukakis' veto of a 1977 bill requiring teachers to lead the Pledge of Allegiance each day, Dukakis' "strategy of shrugging off attacks suddenly stopped looking presidential and started looking weak," says a top aide. Estrich dismissed the potency of patriotism as an issue. "If Bush thinks he's going to get anywhere with this Pledge stuff, he's crazy," she told an adviser. "We've got this Supreme Court decision." That was the problem. Months after Bush first raised the issue, Dukakis finally responded: "If the Vice President is saying...
Last week the legislation ran afoul of President Reagan. Stating that the bill "cannot be reconciled" with constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech, Reagan refused to sign it. His pocket veto infuriated lobbyists like Peggy Charren, president of Action for Children's Television, who called Reagan's refusal a form of "ideological child abuse." Democrat Edward Markey of Massachusetts, a co-sponsor of the House bill, said 20% of U.S. television stations exceed the proposed limits on commercials. He plans to reintroduce the measure next year and hopes for a more favorable response from the new Administration...
Bush does not want stricter gun controls, and said he would veto legislation banning hand guns that cannot be detected by security devices...
Sperling stressed the importance of thecandidates' voting records on the Civil RightsRestoration Act of 1988, which prohibits federalfunding of institutions that practiceddiscrimination. Reagan vetoed the bill, which waslater overridden by a vote of 73--24. Bentsenvoted for the bill and the veto override, whileQuayle voted against both...