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...embargo that's only now beginning to squeeze the ruling elite. But today, White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers said the U.S. was still pushing for a United Nations resolution to "remove the dictators by any means necessary." Meanwhile, in Port-au-Prince, an army-backed effort to whip up opposition to possible U.S. intervention flopped when a Roman Catholic bishop barred a priest from conducting a Mass commemorating Haitians killed in the July 28, 1915, U.S. invasion of Haiti...
...increasing." Concerned about morale, Cedras made an impromptu tour of military posts around the country, while Haitian officers worked the country's dilapidated phone system, spreading the "news" that the Pentagon, CIA and supporters in the U.S. Senate would force Clinton to back down from an invasion. Trying to whip up national fervor, the Haitian government peppered popular state-TV broadcasts of the World Cup soccer games with newsreel footage of the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama. A message in Creole ran across the bottom of the TV screen: "No to the occupation. Point out the traitors among...
Sensing renewed momentum by the White House, conservative Republicans who have opposed health-care reform for months once more mounted an all-out attack. After Democrats in the House Ways and Means Committee tried to build a coalition with tax cuts and other sweeteners, House minority whip Newt Gingrich told colleagues to vote against amendments designed to broaden support for reform. "These guys smell blood," said a top Republican Senate aide. "Republicans believe they are inches away from handing this President a major, major defeat." Some in Clinton's camp, too, would rather fight than compromise. But for now, Clinton...
Their admiration was based on Seshan's whip-cracking achievements in areas such as Vaishali, an electoral district in the violence-prone Bihar state, where a federal by-election was held last month. By seeking to revoke the election, Seshan forced both Congress and opposition candidates to abide by election rules on spending limits. Admits Atal Behari Vajpayee, a legislator of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party: "He put the fear of God into politicians." In the end, the by-election was held peacefully, and the candidate of a small local party was declared the winner...
...Cool Whips (offices of House majority whip David Bonior and his deputy whips...