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Hatch Ends Campaign, Endorses Bush
1/26/2000 4:26 PM
Sen. Orrin Hatch dropped out of the presidential race Wednesday and endorsed George W. Bush, a man he once quipped would be a good president only after spending eight years as Hatch's No. 2. He said his admiration for Bush had grown during their months on the campaign trail.
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Giuliani: First Lady a Left-Winger
1/26/2000 4:26 PM
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani took expected Senate rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, to task Wednesday, accusing her of embracing "old-fashioned, classical left-wing thinking" as she prepares for her first-time run for office.
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Mrs. Clinton Criticized for Jet Use
1/26/2000 4:25 PM
Hillary Rodham Clinton's air travel came under fire again Wednesday from a congressman who said the first lady took a jet he had reserved for a Latin American fact-finding trip.
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Hastert Faces 2nd-Year Challenges
1/26/2000 4:22 PM
The third man on the dais at Thursday night's State of the Union address with President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore is not a household name, yet he's confronting as big a battle this election year.
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Ethics Panel Defers Contribution Limits Decision
1/26/2000 4:21 PM
The Missouri Ethics Commission has put off a vote on how to enforce a U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Missouri's campaign contribution limits until they study the issue further.
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Danforth Delivers Eulogy for Bartlett
1/26/2000 4:14 PM
Former Sen. John Danforth eulogized U.S. District Judge D. Brook Bartlett on Tuesday, recalling his service with him when Danforth was Missouri's attorney general in the 1970s.
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Talent Wants Reading to Key Grade Promotion
1/26/2000 4:13 PM
Missouri's likely Republican candidate for governor is proposing that the state get involved for the first time in barring students who can't read at required levels from promotion to the next school grade.
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GOP Winners and Losers Have Their Say, Set Sights on New Hampshire
1/25/2000 5:59 PM
Texas Gov. George W. Bush pronounced himself the winner of the expectations game Monday night, thanking the supporters who brought him a victory in the GOP Iowa caucuses. "Seven months ago I came to Iowa on a plane dubbed 'Great Expectations.' Tonight, Iowa has exceeded them," Bush said to a jubilant crowd in the Des Moines Marriott hotel ballroom.
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Hatch To Quit GOP Presidential Race
1/25/2000 5:58 PM
A last-place finish in the Iowa caucuses persuaded Orrin Hatch to drop out of the Republican presidential race. The Utah senator had hoped to capitalize on his political experience, repeatedly stressing his record as a four-term senator and chairman of the committee overseeing judicial appointments. But few voters were interested.
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For Missouri Candidates, Ruling Halts Fat Fundraising Checks
1/25/2000 5:58 PM
Hearing rumblings that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the legality of Missouri's campaign contribution limits was looming, Republican Jim Talent started calling wealthy contributors last week.
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Veterans Caucus Being Formed in Legislature
1/25/2000 5:57 PM
State lawmakers who have served in the military are forming an advocacy group that will push for legislation to benefit Missouri's veterans. The legislators will announce the formation of the bipartisan Veterans Caucus today during a press conference at the State Capitol. The group will include 35 members of the House of Representatives and 10 senators. All of the veterans serving in the General Assembly, with the exception of three representatives, have joined the caucus.
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Senators Rohrbach and Russell Lead Effort to Curb Sale of Personal Information
1/25/2000 5:39 PM
Two Missouri senators want the Missouri Department of Revenue to stop its practice of selling personal information on drivers' licenses. The department generated more than $2 million during fiscal 1999 by selling in bulk the names, addresses, ages and other information gathered from Missouri drivers. Most of the sales come from telemarketing companies that use the information to solicit sales through direct mail or telephone calls.
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Bush Hopes Iowa Win Carries in New Hampshire
1/24/2000 10:26 PM
George W. Bush pronounced himself "humbled and honored" by his hard-fought Iowa victory and relished the New Hampshire fight just ahead in his quest for the GOP presidential nomination.
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Waste, Fraud and Abuse a GOP Target
1/24/2000 4:28 PM
Congressional Republicans are citing billions of dollars in federal overpayments and other waste as the GOP dusts off waste, fraud and abuse as budget-cutting targets for this election year.
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What Role in GOP for Also-Rans?
1/24/2000 4:26 PM
On Thursday morning, shortly after George W. Bush had finished delivering his stump speech to a friendly audience that crowded into the comfortably heated downtown auditorium of a big insurance company, Gary Bauer stood on the icy front steps of the state capitol addressing two television cameras and five bundled-up reporters.
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Missouri GOP Legislator Faces Opposition in Battle Against Cell Phone Use While Driving
1/24/2000 4:16 PM
State Rep. Marsha Campbell will be the first to tell you that she may be waging an uphill fight by trying to curb cell phone use on Missouri's streets and highways. In case you haven't heard, the Kansas City Republican has introduced a bill this year -- HB 1184 -- that would make it a Class A misdemeanor to drive while yacking on a cell phone.
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Court Upholds Missouri Campaign Contribution Limits
1/24/2000 4:13 PM
The Supreme Court today reaffirmed states' sweeping power to deter corruption by imposing limits on campaign contributions to political candidates. The decision removed any doubts over the continued legitimacy of the $1,000 cap on contributions to federal candidates.
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President Bush Watches Nervously
1/23/2000 10:49 PM
Having experienced both victory and defeat here, George W. Bush's dad, understandably, is anxious about the outcome for his son Monday night.
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Bush Battles for Waiter's Vote
1/23/2000 12:12 PM
In an era of mass communications, it's rare for politicians to battle for an individual voter's support. But George W. Bush gave it a shot Saturday. As he shook hands in the Thunder Bay Grille, a restaurant styled after a fishing camp, the Republican presidential candidate bumped into Joshua Nerney in an alcove between dining rooms.
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GOP Candidates Squabble Over Taxes
1/23/2000 12:10 PM
Hitting every corner of this sprawling state, Republicans squabbled over abortion and taxes in a fight for their conservative base Saturday, as presidential candidates in both major parties braved nasty weather to rally supporters to Iowa's caucuses.
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Choice for taxpayers: Get refunds, or fuel fast-growing government? (Senator Peter Kinder)
1/23/2000 12:09 PM
So the question of what to do with Missouri's stake in the money flowing in from the state's settlement with the tobacco industry will dominate this year's legislative session. At least lots of folks in the news media and in both political parties are saying so.
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Senator Bill Kenney Leads in Fund-Raising in Lieutenant Governor's Race
1/23/2000 12:03 PM
In a four-way race for lieutenant governor, Republican Sen. Bill Kenney has raised more than eight times as much as his primary opponent, and $200,000 more than the closest Democrat. Kenney, a former pro bowl quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, has raised $523,567, and expects to top the $1.1 million he raised for the 1996 lieutenant governor race, which he lost to Democrat Roger Wilson. This time, Wilson isn't seeking re-election.
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Bush Says He Models Tax Cuts After Reagan
1/20/2000 10:29 PM
Republican presidential hopeful George W. Bush said his five-year, $483 billion tax cut plan is "step one" to streamline tax law and stimulate the economy by cutting taxes, as former President Ronald Reagan proposed in 1981.
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Destined for the Navy, Born to Be a Rebel
1/20/2000 10:27 PM
John McCain's reputation had finally caught up with him, or so it seemed. It was the summer of 1967 and McCain, a young naval officer awaiting orders to report to an aircraft carrier off the coast of Vietnam, was at the Florida home of his Naval Academy classmate, Charles R. "Chuck" Larson. As Larson recalls it, at one point he and McCain were alone in the kitchen when McCain confided, "Chuck, I may have to get out of the Navy. I really decided I want to be a serious naval officer, but when I go to a new squadron everybody starts laughing and telling John McCain stories."
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McCain Denounces New York Primary System
1/20/2000 10:15 PM
Fuming over a state GOP effort to remove his name from New York's presidential primary ballots, Sen. John McCain accused party leaders Thursday of making New York less democratic than Russia.
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Steelman Offers Bill to Advocate Adoption
1/20/2000 10:10 PM
Sen. Sarah Steelman is trying to push a bill promoting adoption without having debate degenerate into an abortion feud. Steelman, R-Rolla, wants to create the "Parenting Alternatives Law," which would distribute materials promoting adoptions as an alternative for expectant mothers. It also would establish a program to help couples who are adopting to get low-interest loans for the process.
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Missouri Republicans say Carnahan Missing Point
1/20/2000 10:09 PM
Republicans believe Gov. Mel Carnahan is not being realistic about his approach to the problems with urban school districts. Rep. Delbert Scott, R-Lowry City, and Sen. Steve Ehlmann, R-St. Charles, both said the state's two largest school districts, St. Louis and Kansas City, are in a crisis and students are not getting the education they deserve. Their comments came Wednesday afternoon shortly after the governor's State of the State address.
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McCain Prowls for Dollars
1/19/2000 10:01 PM
In New York on an East Coast fund-raising trip, Sen. John McCain said Wednesday he would keep fighting state GOP leaders for a place on the Republican primary ballot throughout the state. He said he liked his chances of beating Texas Gov. George W. Bush in New York's March 7 primary -- if voters get the chance to choose him.
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Bush Takes the Gloves Off, Attacks McCain
1/19/2000 5:10 PM
With a new poll every day showing John McCain tied or leading among likely New Hampshire primary voters, Texas Gov. George W. Bush abandoned any pretense of above-the-fray campaigning today and charged his rival with offering a Potemkin tax cut and lacking command of crucial issues.
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Text of Republican State of the State Address by U.S. Rep. Jim Talent
1/19/2000 5:06 PM
Text of U.S. Rep. Jim Talent's Republican State of the State speech, prepared for delivery Wednesday.
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Missouri GOP Candidates Surge Ahead in Fundraising
1/19/2000 5:05 PM
Republican candidates hold the financial advantage in all but one contest this year for statewide office.
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Bush Continues to Lead Gore in Presidential Match-Up
1/18/2000 11:51 PM
George W. Bush continues to lead Al Gore in a hypothetical match-up, winning support from 52 percent of all registered voters to 41 percent for Gore. Bush's lead is even larger among those voters most likely to vote in the election.
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House GOP Devises Debt Payment Plan
1/18/2000 11:47 PM
Speaker Dennis Hastert intends to announce on Wednesday that House Republicans will develop a long-term economic plan in next several weeks that envisions paying off the public debt by 2015, GOP aides said Tuesday night.
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Ted Williams Goes to Bat for Bush
1/18/2000 11:45 PM
First the father, now the son. Baseball great Ted Williams on Tuesday endorsed George W. Bush for president. Williams is a Republican loyalist and close friend of Bush's father, former President Bush, who won the former Boston Red Sox outfielder's endorsement in 1992.
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McCain Petitions Challenged in New York
1/18/2000 3:45 PM
Sen. John McCain has filed insufficient petitions in more than half of the state's 31 congressional districts in his attempt to qualify for the March 7 presidential primary ballot, supporters of Texas Gov. George W. Bush asserted today.
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GOP Lawyer to Seek Seat Held by Retiring Rep. Kasten
1/18/2000 1:40 PM
A Cape Girardeau lawyer has raised more than $30,000 to help finance his bid for state representative of the 158th District. Jason Crowell, a Republican, announced his candidacy Monday. The filing period opens Feb. 29. Other possible contenders are Republicans Cindie Jeter, a radio talk-show host; and Jay Purcell and Richard "Butch" Eggimann, both Cape Girardeau city councilmen.
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Missouri GOP Leaders Call for Abolishing Highways and Transportation Commission
1/18/2000 1:35 PM
Missouri House Republicans want to create a transportation czar with accountability to voters. The House GOP Caucus today also promised legislation asking voters to do away with the six-member, bipartisan Highways and Transportation Commission, a body the Republicans called unaccountable.
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40 Races Could Determine House Control
1/17/2000 11:32 AM
The costly battle for control of the House this fall is likely to hinge on the outcome of 40 or so races around the country, the only ones among 435 on the ballot that appear competitive, strategists in both parties say.
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Missouri Legislators Aim to Honor WWII Veterans
1/17/2000 11:26 AM
Call it the year of the veteran at the Missouri Capitol. Several bills dealing with veterans issues have been filed, with the most popular topic being bonuses for World War II veterans. The bills would give bonuses of up to $1,000. A bill filed by Rep. Jewel Patek, a Chillicothe Republican, would offer tax credits for people who make donations toward construction of a World War II memorial in Washington.
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Bush Campaigning for Bush
1/13/2000 4:52 PM
Former President Bush campaigned for his son the front-runner on Thursday, telling Iowa Republicans that George W. learned at his side and would "be excellent at doing what I tried to do" to unite Americans at home and allies abroad.
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Lawmaker on Mend after Heart Bypass Surgery
1/13/2000 4:51 PM
Rep. Estel Robirds, R-Theodosia, is back at home after undergoing heart bypass surgery. Robirds' office said Tuesday the lawmaker had five-bypass surgery on the opening day of the legislative session last week.
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Talent, Holden Differ on Bonds for Transportation
1/13/2000 4:51 PM
Republican Jim Talent says the Legislature should act now on the plan for Missouri transportation that he is promoting as a cornerstone of his bid for governor, including heavy use of bonds to finance road building.
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State Senator Peter Kinder to Head GOP Platform Committee
1/13/2000 4:50 PM
State Sen. Peter Kinder will head the committee charged with writing the Missouri Republican Party's 2000 platform. "It's an honor to be involved in the process of drafting the 2000 Republican platform," Kinder said. "I expect this to be a very open process with public hearings scheduled in several areas of the state to gather input from the public," he said.
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House GOP Sets Focus on Safety in Schools
1/13/2000 4:48 PM
House Republicans this morning pledged to fight for various school safety proposals, including increased flexibility for schools to spend money on safety measures they deem necessary. The GOP held a news conference at the Capitol Thursday morning to follow up on its intention to make education the party's primary legislative focus in 2000.
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Congressman Blunt Urges Limits on Home-Work Regulations
1/11/2000 2:59 PM
A Missouri congressman, his aide, three TV cameras and four reporters jammed into Donna Breshears' tiny bedroom office Monday to discuss federal safety regulations for home workers. Luckily, no one was injured.
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Bush Calls Himself `Tax-cutting Person' in Clash with Republican Rivals
1/11/2000 2:53 PM
Gov. George Bush described himself Monday night as ``a tax cutting person'' who delivered in Texas and would as president, while Sen. John McCain said his tax plan is ``far better'' for lower and middle income Americans.
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Ashcroft Attacks Law on Disabled Students
1/11/2000 2:52 PM
A federal law aimed at ensuring quality education for disabled students is making it too hard for schools to discipline some violent and potentially violent students, Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo., said Monday.
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McCain Uses Tell-all Strategy
1/11/2000 2:48 PM
Sen. John McCain's tell-all strategy of political damage control seems to be working as he tries to contain the controversy over his letters pressing federal regulators for action in cases involving his campaign donors.
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Rogan House Race in California All About Money
1/11/2000 2:47 PM
The House race in California's 27th District -- between endangered two-term Republican incumbent James E. Rogan and his Democratic rival, state Sen. Adam Schiff -- is expected to be one of the fiercest political brawls of the 2000 campaign.
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War Is On for Open House Seats
1/11/2000 2:46 PM
Rep. John Edward Porter (R-Ill.) is a perfect fit for his largely well-off, middle-of-the road suburban district. He favors abortion rights and gun control yet remains fairly conservative on tax and budget issues. He has easily won reelection nine times since joining the House in 1980.
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Missouri House, Senate Broadcast Live Audio from Legislative Debate on Internet
1/10/2000 3:12 PM
Live legislative debate is now just a few clicks away for Missourians connected to the Internet. For the first time, the state is providing live Internet audio through the House and Senate Web sites. The free service began last week on opening day of the session.
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Looking Both Ways in Louisiana
1/10/2000 1:01 PM
The past collides with the future in Louisiana, as Gov. Mike Foster (R) begins his second term on Monday, while just down the street, the state's former chief executive, Edwin Edwards, goes on trial for federal rackateering charges.
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Bush: Keep Promise To Farmers
1/10/2000 12:57 PM
The government must deliver on its past farm promises, Texas Gov. George W. Bush said today, two weeks before the presidential caucuses in the farm state of Iowa.
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GOP Candidate for Governor Warns Against Tobacco Money Inflating Government
1/9/2000 6:41 PM
Missouri's tobacco settlement money should be returned to the taxpayers and not used to expand state government, says U.S. Rep. Jim Talent. The St. Louis-area Republican congressman and candidate for governor voiced his views Thursday through his campaign manager, Brad Scott.
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New Hampshire Gets Set for Primary
1/9/2000 6:34 PM
It was just after 8 a.m., and Sen. John McCain was well into his latest town hall meeting. Before him sat more than 200 New Hampshire citizens, firing question after question about military policy, corruption, campaign financing and the environment.
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Bush Says Trading Sosa Was Mistake
1/9/2000 6:33 PM
George W. Bush isn't the only one who thinks he blew it by approving a baseball trade that dealt future home-run slugger Sammy Sosa for designated hitter Harold Baines. Baines agrees, too.
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GOP Candidates Address Youth Forum
1/9/2000 6:32 PM
Old-fashioned political energy hung in the air Sunday as the Republican candidates for president took turns speaking to politically interested youth about the country's future and the government they will soon inherit.
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Tax Relief Heads GOP Agenda
1/6/2000 6:09 PM
House Republicans are drawing up plans to eliminate the portion of the national debt held by the public, now estimated at $3.7 trillion, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Thursday.
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Republican Senators Focus on Tobacco Settlement Money
1/6/2000 9:37 AM
Two Republicans representing Mid-Missouri in the state Senate expect lawmakers to spend a lot of time discussing what to do with money from lawsuit settlement against big tobacco companies.
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Split Up Kansas City School District, Republican Lawmakers Propose
1/6/2000 9:35 AM
The Kansas City School District is riddled with so many problems that it should be split into smaller districts, Missouri House Republicans said Wednesday.
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Missouri's 91st General Assembly Opens 2000 Session
1/5/2000 6:03 PM
Gavels carried by lame-duck presiding officers, symbolizing the steady approaches of term limits and political change, banged down this afternoon to open Missouri's 2000 legislative session.
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House GOP Class of '94 Mellows with Age
1/5/2000 6:01 PM
Five years ago, 73 Republicans took the oath of office as freshmen members of the House of Representatives, wresting GOP control of the chamber for the first time in four decades.
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Vote on Tobacco Money Proposed
1/5/2000 9:27 AM
There appears to be bipartisan legislative support for putting Missouri's tobacco settlement billions into a trust fund - and for asking voters to decide whether the money should someday be available for state spending.
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Greenspan Nominated for Fourth Term as Fed Chairman
1/4/2000 10:17 PM
Alan Greenspan was nominated for a fourth term as chairman of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday by President Clinton, who praised the 73-year-old Republican economist for helping pilot the U.S. economy to what will soon become the longest economic expansion in history.
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School-to-Work Act Was Boldest Attempt Ever to Take Over Schools
1/4/2000 10:05 PM
It was perhaps the boldest power grab for federal control of our public schools ever. It was designed by Hillary Clinton and Ira Magaziner, of health care fame. It was the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994.
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Preparations for Legislative Session Underway
1/4/2000 10:02 PM
The 2000 legislative agenda isn't only defined by tedious budgets and boring subjects. How about the bill to ban use of cellular phones by drivers? Or legislation allowing state inmates still behind bars to keep their drivers licenses up to date? Or the plan to make insurance companies cover costs of toupees?
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Hutchison Seeks Another Senate Term
1/4/2000 5:26 PM
Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, the first female senator from Texas, announced Tuesday she plans to seek a second term this year.
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Campaign Endorsements Not the Same
1/4/2000 2:06 PM
Going in, Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore are landslide leaders in the endorsement preface to the 2000 presidential campaign. Now they've got to start winning elections to keep all those allies firmly committed.
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Elizabeth Dole Endorses Bush in New Hampshire
1/4/2000 1:58 PM
Comparing Texas Gov. George W. Bush to Ronald Reagan, Elizabeth H. Dole this morning endorsed her former rival for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Bush Will Debate in Michigan
1/3/2000 10:06 PM
Texas Gov. George W. Bush will join his fellow GOP presidential hopefuls in a debate next Monday in Michigan, the third debate in less than a week that will feature all six Republicans.
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Forbes Criticizes Clinton Tax Cut
1/3/2000 10:05 PM
Republican presidential hopeful Steve Forbes criticized a tax cut suggested by the Clinton Administration, describing it as too little, too late and too complicated on Monday.
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McCain Rolls Out Anti-Clinton Ads
1/3/2000 10:04 PM
With South Carolina critical to his campaign strategy, Sen. John McCain's new advertisements there feature a local favorite who takes aim at President Clinton rather than Republican rival George W. Bush.
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Candidates Begin Primary Sprint
1/3/2000 10:04 PM
The presidential candidates began a January primary sprint through Iowa and New Hampshire Monday, their comments promising rough-and-tumble days ahead.
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Bush Adds Another $10 Million to his Campaign Warchest
1/2/2000 11:44 PM
In spite of strong year-end fund-raising figures released this week by the campaign of Arizona Senator John McCain, Thursday was Texas Governor George W. Bush's day to gloat. Bush added another $10 million to his already staggering bank account this quarter, bringing his fund-raising total to over $67 million for the year.
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Legislative Sessions Will Open With Large Issues Ahead for Missouri Lawmakers
1/2/2000 11:44 PM
As the fizz fades from the New Year's champagne, lawmakers on both sides of the state line are likely to start asking people to swallow more than the usual amount of political hype. In Missouri, lawmakers return this week to the Capitol, where the air is heavy with the specters of term limits, fall campaigns and Republican hopes to control the General Assembly.
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Bush Begins Using Internet Ads
1/2/2000 11:39 PM
Texas Gov. George W. Bush's Republican presidential campaign is targeting America Online users with interactive banner ads appearing atop Web pages.
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Elizabeth Dole Set To Endorse Bush
1/2/2000 11:34 PM
Elizabeth Dole, who ended her bid for the presidency after citing problems competing for cash with George W. Bush, planned to endorse the Texas governor this week, according to associates close to both politicians.
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