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Nov. 21, 1994: Cover:Election:Agreement in Principle
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1994
Nov. 21, 1994 G.O.P. Stampede
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
COVER/THE ELECTION, Page 61
Agreements in Principle
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<p> For all their differences, Bill Clinton and the new Congress
may be able to get a few things done. On some issues Clinton
may even find it easier to do business with the G.O.P. than
with his own party:
</p>
<p> TRADE
</p>
<p> Though Dole is grumbling about some aspects of the latest version
of the worldwide free-trade pact known as the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade, he is expected to find a way to support
congressional approval in this month's special session. It's
the first order of business in his meeting this week with Leon
Panetta, the White House chief of staff.
</p>
<p> LINE-ITEM VETO
</p>
<p> This measure, which would allow a President to strike individual
items from a bill rather than blocking the whole thing, was
a Clinton campaign promise and a feature of the G.O.P.'s "Contract
with America."
</p>
<p> MIDDLE-CLASS TAX CUT
</p>
<p> Everybody wants to pass one, but the budget deficit dictates
that it will probably be only a few hundred dollars a year.
</p>
<p> PRODUCT LIABILITY
</p>
<p> A bill that would limit lawsuits and the amount of damages awarded
was killed in the last session by a Democratic filibuster. But
many of those opponents are now gone.
</p>
<p> SUPERFUND
</p>
<p> Small businesses will be pushing the Republicans to support
the Administration in overhauling the hazardous-waste cleanup
program, long criticized as producing little more than lawsuits.
</p>
<p> WELFARE REFORM
</p>
<p> It's something both parties claim to want. And public sentiment
would seem to demand that they produce something. The question
is whether Clinton and the Republicans can reconcile their different
views on how and when to throw people off welfare if they do
not work? Cost will also be a serious sticking point.
</p>
<p>By Karen Tumulty/Washington
</p>
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