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House Speaker Jim Wright, (D-Tx.), told reporters he had read the executive summary of the report and believes that it is a "straight, honest, forthright declaration of the facts...
...outward appearances, the surviving characters are alone. Vague, pixilated Jack (Ben Wright) no longer has his nudging mother (Barbara Bryne). Tough and fearless Ridinghood (Danielle Ferland) no longer has either her granny or her sexually seductive wolf (Robert Westenberg, who doubles brilliantly as the prince to Kim Crosby's klutzy, endearingly otherworldly Cinderella). The sweet little baker (Chip Zien) has lost his wife (Joanna Gleason, in the most beguiling performance of a superb cast). Even the witch (Bernadette Peters) has stormed off in rage at the collective dithering. But in the aftermath of havoc, households re-form, and life, better...
...sessions at least appeared to be free of the partisan wrangling that erupted on the House floor. There, Speaker Jim Wright rammed through a $14.4 billion deficit-reduction bill by a single vote, 206 to 205. The plan features $12 billion worth of tax increases, including a three-year extension of the 3% telephone excise tax, a shrinking of tax benefits for corporate takeovers, and limits on the amounts of home loans that are eligible for interest deductions ($1 million on mortgages and $100,000 for home-equity loans). "Treacherous!" exclaimed Texas Republican Richard Armey. "This is a bait...
...peace prize seemed only to harden well-established positions. In the Democratic-controlled Senate, a resolution was overwhelmingly passed that congratulated Arias and pledged the Senate's "firm support and full cooperation" in seeing the plan implemented. In the House, effusive congratulations were offered by Speaker Jim Wright, who rallied to Arias' efforts after a regional peace plan that he co-sponsored with Reagan proved stillborn. "Oscar Arias is a man of vision," he said. As for the Administration's bid for new contra aid, House Majority Whip Tony Coelho of California stated flatly, "This kills it. It's dead...
...approve more military aid for the contras. One can only be hopeful that the Nobel will give Arias credibility in the halls of Washington, D.C. Immediately after winning the peace prize the Costa Rican leader asked Congress not to approve any more aid for the contras. House Speaker Jim Wright said that Arias' Nobel spelled doom for contra aid in Congress...