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...major frustration is coming from the Senate, where even some Republicans view much of the contract with disdain. Henry Waxman, a liberal Democratic Congressman from California, smiles at the mention of that reviled institution (House members generally refer to it with scorn as the Other Body). "The Senate?" Waxman said. "A wonderful place. Very deliberative body. Thoughtful people." Fresh from defeating the balanced-budget amendment, Senate Democrats, backed by some Republicans, are preparing to dismantle the next item from the House G.O.P.'s contract: the line-item veto. Senate leaders hope to take it up this week, but the bill...
...would be mentioning here, relegating William J. Clinton to a passing reference as the Arkansas Governor who finished second in the New Hampshire primary. What did we think was important to tell readers about Tsongas 15 years ago? For one thing, that he "has strongly supported the Kennedy-Waxman national health-care plan." After the events of this past year, "the Kennedy-Waxman national health-care plan" has such a quaint ring...
Remember that Kennedy-Waxman national health-care plan? In 1974 we said one of its sponsors could "practically write his own ticket -- including a presidential one." Edward M. Kennedy was 42 back then, and we wrote that "Teddy's recent trip to the Soviet Union and Western Europe, plus his well-publicized sponsorship of health care legislation and an income tax cut, may be the opening shots in a bid for the White House." That bid actually came in 1980 -- and went...
Carlo E. Mattoni; Michael J. Morell; Rajath Shourie; Daniel M. Steinman; John Tehranian; Joseph T. Thai; Jesse L. Tseng; and Joshua J. Waxman...
...same day Waxman's kidnapping ended in death, Arafat, Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres were named recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. The award was not without controversy. Committee member Kare Kristiansen of Norway resigned, saying Arafat's past "was tainted with violence, terrorism and bloodshed...