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...said. Incoming House Speaker Newt Gingrich, nonetheless, plans to force a House floor vote on an amendment. But the tide may be turning against him. Rep. Bill Goodling (R-Pa.), incoming head of the House Education and Labor Committee, today indicated that he might oppose a plan to introduce prayer in schools: "I would oppose personally a one-size-fits-all mandated Christian prayer that everyone would recite aloud," he said, noting that he'd only hold hearings on school prayer if Gingrich follows today's Clinton approach...
President Clinton -- immediately drawing fire from remaining liberal allies -- last night said he wouldn't rule out working with thenew Republican-controlled Congresson a constitutional amendment supporting school prayer. Asked about the GOP proposal, Clinton said, "I want to reserve judgment. I want to see the specifics. I'll be glad to discuss it with (the Republicans). . . . I certainly wouldn't rule it out. It depends on what it says." White House advisers downplayed the statement, but it was the first time Clinton ever signaled willingness to play ball on the issue, and GOP leaders, including future House Speaker Newt...
...Moses himself had come thundering into Washington, his shiny brand-new Cadillac easily parting a group of curious onlookers. He spoke of the tantalizing lure of the "counterculture" versus the redemption of school prayer. He grimly warned of the perilous state of civilization--unless, of course, the country embraced his Ten Commandments, otherwise known as "Contract with America...
...part of his campaign strategy was to portray Clinton Democrats as proponents of Stalinist measures. Yet Gingrich claims that he really wants nothing more than to work with the President--as long as the latter is willing to work with him to cut welfare, property taxes, and institute school prayer. And if the President doesn't? "I prefer to believe," Gingrich darkly informed The New York Times, "(that) this President, who is clearly quite smart, is quite capable of thinking clearly about a message sent by the American people...
...title of "Imam" is given to a person who is very knowledgeable about Islam or a prayer leader, according to organizers of last night's event...