September 1999

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New Hampshire sticks with February 1; Delaware blinks 9/30/1999 11:11 PM Secretary of State Bill Gardner said New Hampshire's Feb. 1 primary date is firm despite concerns from national party leaders and cries of protest from officials in Iowa. Read the article Bush, McCain Differ On Buchanan's Role 9/30/1999 10:36 PM Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Arizona Sen. John McCain campaigned in California and continued their debate over whether it is best to try to prevent Patrick J. Buchanan from leaving the Republican Party or encouraging him to go. Read the article McCain Hopes To Reclaim Home Turf 9/30/1999 10:31 PM Republican presidential candidate John McCain returned to Arizona on Thursday with plans to reclaim the home turf advantage from George W. Bush, the GOP front-runner who was endorsed by that state's governor. Read the article GOP contenders ponder fate of Quayle supporters 9/30/1999 10:23 PM Dan Quayle was the last Republican vice president, but the impact of his withdrawal from the GOP 2000 presidential primary field in New Hampshire can be overstated. Read the article GOP chief urges Buchanan to stay in party fold 9/29/1999 6:36 PM Republican National Chairman Jim Nicholson met Tuesday with presidential candidate Pat Buchanan in an effort to keep the outspoken conservative from bolting the Republican Party for the Reform Party ticket. Read the article House Republicans Unveil TV Ads 9/29/1999 6:31 PM More than a year before Election Day, House Republicans unveiled their first television commercials of the campaign on Wednesday, accusing Democrats of planning to raid the Social Security surplus for "big government programs." Read the article Mo. Senate: GOP Says Donations Affected Governor's Abortion Stance 9/29/1999 6:29 PM Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan (D) said he was opposed to a controversial ban on certain late-term abortions long before he received a $14,000 contribution from an abortion rights group. Republicans note the money arrived shortly before Carnahan vetoed the ban. Carnahan is challenging Republican Sen. John Ashcroft for his U.S. Senate seat. Read the article Bush Hopes Perot Holds No Grudge 9/29/1999 6:26 PM George W. Bush said Wednesday that he hopes Ross Perot holds no "personal vendettas" against his family that might prompt the Reform Party founder to meddle with the Republican presidential campaign. Read the article Dole's Top Priority: Missile Defense 9/28/1999 11:25 AM Republican presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole sketched a world bristling with nuclear threats yesterday and said her top priority, if elected, would be development of missile defense systems for the United States and its allies. Read the article GOP proposes health care legislation for nation's uninsured 9/28/1999 8:51 AM House Republican leaders plan to introduce legislation Tuesday to increase access to health care for the 44 million people in the nation who are uninsured. Read the article Quayle ends White House bid 9/27/1999 4:15 PM Dan Quayle, the former vice president who hoped to overcome long odds and ridicule to step up to the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, Monday gave up his White House dreams. Read the article McCain formally opens presidential campaign Monday 9/27/1999 10:09 AM Republican presidential candidate John McCain officially kicked off his presidential campaign Monday in New Hampshire. Read the article RNC: Nicholson Welcomes New Senior Writer/Editor 9/27/1999 10:06 AM Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson today announced the appointment of William W. Pascoe, III, as the new senior writer and editor in the RNC Communications Division. Read the article Bush: Not His Father's Campaign 9/26/1999 1:18 PM Former president George Bush's longtime advisers were troubled. Bush's son was about to launch a presidential bid and some of these once powerful Washington figures felt frozen out. So after an advisory board meeting earlier this year at the Bush presidential library in College Station, Tex., they decided to raise the issue with their former boss. Read the article Forbes Blasts Bush, GOP Leaders 9/26/1999 1:16 PM Presidential candidate Steve Forbes lashed out at fellow Republicans, accusing congressional leaders, George W. Bush and two other governors Saturday of failing to stand up for principle on crucial issues facing them. Read the article Deep-Pocketed Bush Could Allow Fall Election Head Start 9/25/1999 8:57 AM George W. Bush's fund-raising juggernaut is on track to bring in more than $75 million for the primary campaign, an amount that will enable the Texas governor-if he secures the GOP nomination-to go on the offensive against his Democratic opponent at a time when the Democrat is likely to be severely strapped for cash. Read the article Candidates offer support to parents who home school children 9/25/1999 8:56 AM Five of the nine Republicans competing for their party's presidential nomination unanimously saluted the home school movement Friday and said government should not interfere when parents prefer to teach their children at home. Read the article Will Net politics explode in 2000? 9/25/1999 8:55 AM The last time a new medium transformed American politics was 1960. The medium was, of course, television, and the signal event was the Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate, the first to be broadcast live to a national audience. It is already a cliche that the 2000 election signals the advent of another new medium: the Internet. Read the article Dole Enlists Husband to Raise Funds 9/25/1999 8:52 AM Former Senate majority leader Robert J. Dole has begun an aggressive campaign to coax money from the Republican establishment to keep his wife's underfunded presidential campaign going, according to GOP sources. Read the article Bush to Buchanan: Stay With GOP 9/25/1999 8:51 AM Recalling his father's 1992 defeat in a three-way race, George W. Bush on Friday urged Pat Buchanan to remain a Republican and not bolt to a Reform Party presidential bid. "I'm going to need every vote I can get" to win the White House, he said. Read the article Buchanan switch principle, opportunism? 9/25/1999 8:50 AM As Pat Buchanan prepares to exit the Republican Party stage right, the question begs: Is he leaving for principle, or opportunism? Read the article Bush promises to 'renew bond of trust' between president, military 9/23/1999 11:38 PM GOP presidential frontrunner Gov. George W. Bush of Texas outlined his national security policy Thursday, taking several shots at the defense policy of the Clinton administration in a speech billed by his campaign as a major policy address. Read the article Bauer Calls for Flat Tax 9/23/1999 11:34 PM Entering the debate over tax reform, Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer is proposing to end most deductions and credits and tax most income at a flat 16 percent rate. Read the article New Jersey Senate: GOP Waiting for Former Governor 9/23/1999 10:43 AM Former New Jersey governor and Drew University president Thomas Kean (R) continues to consider a Senate bid and such a possibility is even drawing excitement from other Republican candidates. Rep. Bob Franks, who has already announced an exploratory committee to run for the seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Frank Lautenberg, said, "I told the governor flat out if he runs, the only favor I ask is that I be his campaign manager." Read the article Hill GOP Leaders Try to Avoid Shutdown 9/22/1999 11:52 PM With only a week to go before a new fiscal year begins, the Republican-controlled Congress remains deadlocked over most major spending bills, and its leaders are preparing legislation to avert a politically disastrous government shutdown. Read the article George W. Bush's foreign-policy adviser is a future superstar. 9/22/1999 10:46 PM The seas were angry, and european communism was in the throes of collapse. It was December 1989, and George Bush had arrived for a summit with Mikhail Gorbachev on the stormy waters off Malta in the Mediterranean. He introduced the Soviet President to his advisers, stopping near a reed-thin, 35-year-old African-American woman. "This is Condoleezza Rice," Bush told Gorbachev. "She tells me everything I know about the Soviet Union." Gorbachev looked her over--startled, in that setting, by the adviser's race, gender and youth. "I hope you know a lot," he said. Read the article McCain Tells GOP To Let Buchanan Go 9/22/1999 10:08 PM John McCain said Wednesday that Pat Buchanan's "own rhetoric" indicates that he is outside the mainstream of the Republican Party and that it is time for the GOP to let him go, regardless of the political ramifications. Read the article Dole calls for student searches, drug testing 9/22/1999 9:55 PM Elizabeth Dole, framing her education agenda around a reminiscence of her own teaching days, called Wednesday for parent-approved locker and backpack searches and drug testing of students. ''For drugs and weapons, I say: there will be no place to hide." Read the article Senate approves defense bill 9/22/1999 9:48 PM Responding to months of uproar over allegations of Chinese espionage, Congress Wednesday overwhelmingly agreed to create a new nuclear weapons agency in the most dramatic reorganization of the Energy Department in 22 years. Read the article Senate Votes to Boost Veteran Funds 9/22/1999 9:46 PM The Senate voted Wednesday to boost spending for veterans by $600 million next year, but refused to raise it even further amid sensitivities over eroding the Social Security surplus. Read the article Analysis: GOP congressional leaders hold fort, wait for Bush 9/21/1999 9:02 AM Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, the man in charge of protecting the Republican majority in the House, summed up the legislative strategy in a few sentences in a recent speech. "We'll join the issues" with the Democrats, he said, emphasizing a Republican tax cut bill and a measure to protect the Social Security surplus. After that, "It all crystalizes next year when we get a presidential candidate. Then everything focuses on him." Davis added, "We try not to do any damage until then." Read the article Bush plots military strategy 9/20/1999 9:59 AM Just as he's vacuumed up the largest share of GOP campaign money, Texas Gov. George W. Bush has swept into his campaign the biggest Republican names to help shape his position on the military. Retired general Colin Powell has reviewed Bush's upcoming speech on Pentagon policy. Former Defense secretary Dick Cheney, who also served his father, is a senior adviser. So are George Shultz, President Reagan's secretary of State, former National security adviser Brent Scowcroft, and Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Armitage, top Pentagon officials under President Bush. Read the article Hatch to probe clemency process 9/20/1999 9:58 AM Senator Orrin G. Hatch yesterday pledged to subpoena top Justice Department officials -- which may include Attorney General Janet Reno -- to determine if the Clinton administration broke rules in granting clemency to 16 Puerto Ricans terrorists. Read the article Bush details 'profound' agenda for U.S. 9/20/1999 9:55 AM Governor George W. Bush, in an interview with The Washington Times, set out a specific priority of his goals -- reforming Social Security and Medicare, strengthening America's military and cutting taxes Read the article Candidates Woo Michigan GOP 9/19/1999 10:16 AM Talk of tax cuts, gun rights and family values gave Michigan Republicans reason to cheer Saturday as they gathered for pep talks, strategy sessions and political speeches. Read the article GOP governors push for 10-year tax cut 9/19/1999 10:14 AM The nation's 31 Republican governors joined Saturday in the GOP campaign for a 10-year, $792 billion tax cut that President Clinton intends to veto next week. Read the article Poll: Bush maintains lead over Gore, Bradley and fellow Republicans 9/17/1999 9:33 AM Texas Gov. George W. Bush has a six-to-one advantage over his nearest rival, Elizabeth Dole, with all other GOP hopefuls in single digits. In a hypothetical two-way match-up, Bush maintains a comfortable advantage over Gore -- 56 percent to 39 percent -- and a 57 percent to 37 percent advantage over Bradley. Read the article Missouri Criminalizes Late-Term Abortion 9/17/1999 9:31 AM Missouri legislators criminalized a type of late-term abortion today after overriding the veto of Gov. Mel Carnahan (D). Bans on "partial-birth" abortion have been struck down in courts across the nation, but Missouri's Infant's Protection Act goes farther than most. It creates a felony crime specifically called "infanticide" that subjects anyone who causes "the death of a living infant . . . by an overt act performed when the infant is partially born or born" to charges equivalent to murder. Read the article Buchanan's indecision puts him in middle 9/17/1999 9:29 AM Pat Buchanan is in his element again, stirring things up in a high-stakes and high-profile political drama. Read the article Hatch: Clinton 'Soft on Crime' 9/16/1999 5:31 PM A steep decline in federal gun prosecutions during the Clinton administration shows Clinton is ``soft on crime,'' the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said. Read the article Quayle says GOP drifting 9/16/1999 5:26 PM Former Vice President Dan Quayle warned fellow Republicans Thursday that continuing to drift away from core, conservative policies is a ''recipe for defeat'' because it will lead to a third-party candidacy. Read the article Bush returns to Texas after shootings 9/16/1999 5:23 PM Texas Gov. George W. Bush cut short campaign appearances Thursday and returned home in response to a church shooting in Fort Worth. Read the article McCain book defies conventional campaign biographies 9/13/1999 7:47 PM McCain's newly published "Faith of My Fathers" includes one paragraph on his public career, now as senator from Arizona, and none about his campaign for the 2000 Republican presidential campaign. Read the article GOP Promises Broad Probe Into Waco 9/13/1999 7:43 PM GOP lawmakers angered by the Justice Department's failure to produce crucial documents promised Sunday a broader investigation of the 1993 Waco siege than the one planned by a special counsel. Read the article Thurmond Released From Hospital 9/13/1999 7:42 PM Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., was released from Walter Reed Army Medical Center today, following a two-night stay for observation and tests. He had complained of feeling weak, his spokesman said. Read the article Bush hopes next president will have high standard 9/13/1999 7:41 PM Former President Bush says Bill Clinton hasn't lived up to the high standards required of the office and he hopes the American people elect someone who will make a greater effort to abide by those standards. Read the article So Long, Sound Byte Politics? 9/12/1999 10:10 AM The Federal Communications Commission this week ruled that presidential and congressional candidates could buy television ads longer than the usual 30- or 60-second spots traditionally sold by broadcasters. FCC regulations had previously permitted broadcasters to refuse candidates airtime of unconventional length. "It seems to me that there is no solid reason for a blanket rejection of political spots that are of non-standard length," said FCC Chairman William E. Kennard. "I think voters will benefit from political messages that are longer than a one minute or 30-second spot." Read the article Lott: Major Tax Cut Will Wait 9/12/1999 9:36 AM Republicans frustrated by President Clinton's promised veto of their tax package intend to make tax cuts a campaign centerpiece next year, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said Saturday. Read the article Forbes re-emphasizes familiar themes 9/9/1999 10:13 PM In what was billed as a "who I am" address, Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes linked familiar themes of tax relief, individual opportunity and education reform Thursday in a speech to African-American ministers. Read the article McCain kicks off book tour to promote new memoir 9/9/1999 10:09 PM GOP presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain of Arizona kicked off a two-week book tour Wednesday to promote his new memoir, "Faith Of My Fathers," a book about three generations of McCain Navy men. Read the article Bush to post contributions on web site 9/9/1999 9:28 PM In an effort to move to more open disclosure about campaign contributions, the George W. Bush campaign, which has raised an estimated $50 million so far, will begin posting all campaign contributions online, even those below $200, which do not have to be itemized under FEC rules. Read the article Poll: Bush widens lead over Gore 9/9/1999 3:01 PM A growing desire for change in the nation's leadership is making it tough for Al Gore to close the gap on George W. Bush in a matchup of the two front-runners for their parties' presidential nominations, says a new poll. Read the article Danforth's political career marked by steadfastness, integrity 9/9/1999 2:51 PM To many people, former Sen. John Danforth (R-Missouri) is best known as the senator who once employed Clarence Thomas. But those who know Danforth best sometimes jokingly call him "St. Jack" -- a man of high integrity who put principle above partisan politics during his years of elective service. Read the article Reno Offers Danforth Waco Post 9/7/1999 5:32 PM Attorney General Janet Reno has offered Republican former Sen. John Danforth the job of heading an independent inquiry into the government's use of force at the fiery end of the Branch Davidian standoff in Waco, Texas, government sources said Tuesday. Read the article No Senate run for New Jersey governor 9/7/1999 5:20 PM New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman said Tuesday that she has decided against running for an open U.S. Senate seat, a move seen as a major blow to Republican hopes of building on their Senate majority. Read the article McCain enjoys role as maverick 9/7/1999 12:55 AM Senator John McCain is gaining more attention with his straightforward honest style, and his unorthodox campaign strategy. McCain is skipping the Iowa caucuses altogether, and is instead focusing on New Hampshire and South Carolina, two other early primaries with bigger impacts than Iowa's. Read the article George Bush in the Center 9/5/1999 12:24 PM GOV. GEORGE W. Bush is starting to graft policies onto his presidential campaign, and he has begun with a good subject. The education of poor children, which he discussed before a Hispanic audience in Los Angeles recently, is a matter of huge concern, particularly in light of economic change that shrinks opportunities for unqualified workers. Mr. Bush appears serious on this issue. Read the article Bush: Bad schools should be punished 9/5/1999 12:12 PM Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush said Thursday that federal funds should be confiscated from the worst-performing schools and made available to parents for private education, tutoring or ''whatever offers hope.'' Read the article