Word: gop
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...heterosexual and perhaps the sharpest knife in the U.S. diplomatic drawer. But he faces a roadblock of his own in one of (coincidentally?) Hormel?s fiercest enemies, nomination-killer Jesse Helms. In 1997, Helms snuffed out former Massachusetts governor William Weld?s Mexico ambassadorship because Weld hailed from the GOP?s moderate wing, and Helms doesn?t like his kind. In Holbrooke?s case, it?s just another swipe at Clinton, though the official reason is "ethical baggage." Never mind that Holbrooke has been cleared of all wrongdoing in some conflict-of-interest confusion when he was freelancing...
...reserved special scorn for members of his own party-including the frontrunner for the GOP nomination, Texas Gov. George W. Bush-who support continued Most Favored Nation (MFN) status for China...
...move to immediately pass those restrictions. By a 19 to 13 vote, the House Judiciary Committee shot down a Democratic attempt to force a vote on the gun measures this week, opting instead to study the proposals first and aim for a vote in mid-July. Democrats accused the GOP of holding the proposals hostage to NRA demands for watered-down regulations...
...shootings have combined "to create the worst possible climate for the gun industry," says Time senior writer Adam Cohen. In the House, Republican leaders have finally sensed the political damage that Democrats have inflicted on a party slow to pick up on the rising tide of public resentment. Though GOP leaders do not want to embrace gun control in a rush -- they don?t want a vote until mid-June -- "a decision has apparently been made at the top to get on board," says TIME congressional correspondent Jay Carney. Meanwhile, the gun industry is faced with both legal and financial...
...while there, Republicans had a good idea: Take Bill Clinton's $6 billion request for Kosovo funds and double it, burnishing the GOP's pro-defense reputation and supporting the troops too. But soon, Clinton's expected signature began to sound like a dinner bell, and by the time negotiations on the "emergency funding" bill wound up Thursday night, the special interests had piled on. Now it's a sloppy $14.7 billion porker -- complete with a controversial permit for a gold mine on a pristine Washington State mountain and $3 million to aid commercial reindeer herders in Alaska. It could...