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...high-tech strongholds -- from Massachusetts' Route 128 across the nation to Silicon Valley and Silicon Prairie. Upbeat theorists are prognosticating a ``virtual Washington'' in which members of Congress can debate and vote from back home, and several Representatives have asked to be allowed to vote from their districts. Newt Gingrich, the first self-proclaimed futurist to become the Speaker of the House, is in the process of putting Capitol Hill online, allowing computer users to gain access to pending legislation through a new information system named ``Thomas'' after -- who else? -- Thomas Jefferson...
With his zeal for doing the unpopular, Kasich takes much of the political heat off Gingrich. At the same time, however, he risks finding himself the fall guy if things go badly. He conceded as much at a hearing this month when he publicly commiserated with Rivlin, who lost internal battles at the White House over whether the Administration should opt for further deficit reduction. ``I hope you'll be the only one in this city that will lose this fight this year,'' Kasich told Rivlin. ``But you know what? I've got a feeling that there will be some...
...these struggles and others, Kasich can count on Gingrich to be on his side, at least up to a point. When they were still in the minority, Gingrich was a crucial ally in Kasich's bid to vault over more senior Republicans for the top spot on the Budget Committee. Similarly, Gingrich protected Kasich when he voted last summer for Clinton's crime bill--an act of party betrayal that might have cost him his chairmanship. Many are still rankled because Kasich not only supported the bill but lectured fellow Republicans on the virtues of ``coming toward the middle...
...towards voting "yes." He said his main problem with the amendment is that it could force the courts to make required budget cuts if Congress isn't up to the task. He plans to propose a change in the bill to limit court authority over the budget. Speaker Newt Gingrich said House Republicans also are prepared to address Nunn's concern. The amendment would require the federal government to start balancing the annual budget by 2002. Because a two-thirds majority is required, the Republicans need 67 votes to pass it in the Senate. The amendment must then be ratified...
...does he wish to be an absentee governor in order to run. Weld's predecessor, Michael Dukakis, was out of the state for months while campaigning as the 1988 Democratic candidate for president. TIME Boston bureau chief Sam Allis says Weld -- a political favorite of House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- had strong general election appeal as a biting fiscal conservative with socially liberal views, notably a pro-choice abortion stance. "Many people believe that mix epitomizes the future of the Republican Party," Allis says. "But Weld knows the Christian Right has a disproportionate amount of power in the nominating process...