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...general election. Oregon has not sent a fresh face to the Senate since Packwood's first election in 1968-when he ran a memorably aggressive campaign that unseated a veteran incumbent. Already Democratic Representatives Elizabeth Furse and Peter DeFazio have declared their candidacy, and Republican Congressman Ron Wyden and G.O.P. state senate president Gordon Smith are being closely watched for their intentions. Predicts state G.O.P. chairman Randy Miller: "It's going to be quite a contest...
...adults to communicate with each other," he told a caller on a cable-TV show. It was a key defection, because Gingrich will preside over the computer-decency debate when it moves to the House in July. Meanwhile, two U.S. Representatives, Republican Christopher Cox of California and Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon, were putting together an anti-Exon amendment that would bar federal regulation of the Internet and help parents find ways to block material they found objectionable...
Opponents of anew Senate planto ban "indecent" material from the Internet and online servicesnow have a powerful ally in House Speaker Newt Gingrich.House members are already planning a far less restrictive approach: Reps. Christopher Cox (R-Calif.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are pushing a plan to give parents, not the government, the power to block children's access to sexually explicit or obscene materials.TIME's Philip Elmer-DeWittsays the bill also would removeliability for online providersthat try to screen out obscene material themselves. A legal ruling against Prodigy last month held the service accountable for users' electronic postings precisely...
...commentsover electronic networks accessible to anyone under 18. Gingrich, an Internet enthusiast, acknowledged serious First Amendment and enforcement concerns and called the Senate bill "very badly thought out and not very productive." House members are already planning a far less restrictive approach: Reps. Christopher Cox (R-Calif.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are pushing their own plan to give parents, not government, power to block children's access to sexually explicit or obscene materials...
...private matter between a woman and her doctor. "You can't stop a woman from visiting a doctor," a securities analyst who follows the drug industry told the Wall Street Journal. "It becomes a private transaction. And that's the end of the abortion battle." Congressman Ron Wyden of Oregon claims that once the drug arrives, "it will no longer be possible for these extremists to target centralized locations like clinics." Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, grimly alluding to the murder earlier this year of an abortion doctor in Florida, says, "You won't know whom to kill...