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...Senate would produce the same radical change as the House bill. "Dole appears to have his troops in line," reports TIME's Karen Tumulty. "He's made a number of concessions to wavering moderates, but the bill is largely intact, and it is remarkable the discipline Dole and Gingrich have maintained to advance these budget bills. It's something the Democrats never achieved." The Senate package revamps Medicare, Medicaid and various other programs, slowing federal spending by $1 trillion over seven years while providing some $245 billion in tax relief. What next? Vice President Al Gore told Larry King last...
Clinton aides are delighted that Dole, 72, leads the G.O.P. field. As for Gingrich, they are convinced he is sure to get bogged down in taming revolts from his freshmen. White House chief of staff Leon Panetta opened secret negotiations with Gingrich in the beginning of October, hoping for an early agreement on a 1996 budget. Speaking only by telephone, Gingrich and Panetta discussed the broad outlines of a deal that would have balanced the budget, preserved the Medicare trust fund, included a welfare-reform measure and provided tax cuts for the middle class. Clinton was kept fully informed...
...Gingrich's presidential ambitions, the White House is salivating at the idea. Pointing to a poll indicating that 80% of Republicans oppose his running, a White House aide says, "Go ahead, make...
With the A.M.A. firmly at his side, Gingrich trained his guns on Clinton, threatening to send the President completed legislation in November and then immediately adjourn to prevent Congress from "receiving" Clinton's inevitable vetoes. That drew a quick retort from the White House, where spokesman Michael McCurry said Clinton would respond to such a move by invoking the constitutional clause that enables the President to force Congress into session. Gingrich next suggested that Clinton wouldn't dare veto a balanced budget because he needed it to be re-elected, prompting Clinton to declare that he would rather face defeat...
...Though none of Dole's rivals laid a glove on him at the New Hampshire forum last week, the man who has run for President twice before was unable to explain why he was in the race without referring to a text. The lapse wasn't lost on Team Gingrich: Newt booster Arianna Huffington appeared on CNN Friday night and lit into Dole as "this tired old man" who had to "read from note cards...