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...Term Limits Legal Institute has targeted more than 60 foes of term limits in the House, most of them Democrats, in congressional districts where the majority of citizens who voted on such referendums favor limits. Among the targets: California Democrat Vic Fazio, a nine-termer whose district approved a term-limits initiative with a 66% majority in 1992. But the campaign is daunting. To win the two-thirds of both Houses needed to send a constitutional amendment to the states for approval, backers would have to replace or win over 63 House members and, at last count, at least...
...wants, since its $340 billion tax-cut package means it will have to cut at least that much more in spending. Proposals to cut back Medicare and Medicaid, already the flash point of attack, may be softened. "We're going to focus on their vulnerabilities," says California's Vic Fazio, a member of the House Democratic leadership. "The average American will reject...
Dying in the bright lights of Vegas, Tommy limps back to his native Blackpool as Vic Torascos, seeking his comic and family roots. The town's main attraction is an archaic amusement park where horror and laughter mingle in a wry microcosm of human existence. At this point, Dickens lends a hand in the characterization, bringing in some of the most weirdly wacky creatures since Oliver. Blackpool's population seems to be comprised entirely of elderly eccentrics left over from the "Harold and Maude" auditions...
Victoria Williams. With Vic Chestnut. Somerville Theatre. Monday, March...
...bleak unknown began with Democratic House leadership elections. Representative Richard Gephardt of Missouri briefly climbed out of his hospital bed to secure the nod as minority leader before returning for a gallbladder operation; he will be joined by newly elected minority whip David Bonior of Michigan and California's Vic Fazio, now the House Democratic caucus chairman. In the Senate, Tom Daschle of South Dakota was voted in as minority leader over Connecticut's Christopher Dodd. On the other side of the aisle, veteran Senate Republican whip Alan Simpson of | Wyoming was edged out by Mississippi's Trent Lott...