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...wealthy investors. They warned that another veto might be overridden. "We don't need to be known as the party that squeezed the last penny out of the minimum wage," said Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole. After the Administration signaled its agreement, the measure passed the House by a vote of 382 to 37. Quick approval is expected in the Senate, and the President could sign the bill by Thanksgiving...
...asked to bend the law for someone who broke the law." Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin was railing against the proposal, which the Senate passed by a 78- to-17 vote last week, to restore Oliver North's $23,000 military pension. It was halted after his July conviction for destroying Government documents related to the Iran-contra scandal...
...candidate can get a rise out of his audience just by mentioning the bugaboo of 'Los Angelization,' " says Doug Jewett, one of the contenders in this week's mayoral election. One successful antigrowth candidate used the slogan "If You Don't Want King County to Become Another California, Vote for Brian Derdowski...
...government was still committed to the February ballot. His intention in canceling the cease-fire, he said, was merely to hold the U.S. and Honduras to the terms of the accord signed last August to dismantle the rebel operation by Dec. 5. The U.S., to guarantee that the vote takes place, has supported the contras in their refusal to disband until after the Nicaraguan elections, though it has prohibited offensive operations. In this regard, Ortega's ploy may have worked. Sandinista and rebel leaders appear likely to hold new talks soon...
...proclaimed himself a candidate. The startling announcement might have seemed laughable -- were Santos' challenge not so serious to the three leading contenders. If none of the candidates gets an absolute majority, the two leading candidates go forward from the first round of balloting on Nov. 15 to the runoff vote on Dec. 17. Within two days of Santos' announcement, newspaper polls showed the upstart candidate alternately in first and second place -- meaning he has a shot at making the final...