Impeachment not in cards says Hatch on Clinton story
Senate Judiciary Chair Orrin Hatch notes a Clinton impeachment remains unlikely if he addresses the issue properly and public opinion shifts, with polls and DNA questions influencing lawmakers. Bloomberg cites investor views on Gore as a potential 2000 incumbent factor.
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Clinton’s wordplay on anxious versus eager
The column argues Bill Clinton uses precise language in discussing testimony in the Monica Lewinsky case. It contrasts anxious with eager, suggesting voters should read the distinction, and likens his anticipation to sleeping on a bed of tacks.
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Clinton
City Hall
Health care reform clash tests parties and insurers
Peter D. Jacobson argues that Congress rejected 1993 reform, leaving managed care dominant. He notes public backlash over access and patient protections, with Republicans and Democrats proposing different patients rights plans. He warns tougher battles ahead and cites AMA backing for the Democratic plan.
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Peter D. Jacobson
Clinton
Congress
American Medical Association
Critics Fear TV Council Loss as City Talks Tax Vote
A reader letter argues six months without televised City Council meetings is welcome chaos. It blames a small hostile group for letter-writing venom and notes the tax vote was decided by the council and former mayor Don Canney. The piece urges stability and warns against activist stalkers in city offices.
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Don Canney
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
City weighs lease of Edgewood Road building raises questions
Phil Brammer questions Cedar Rapids officials over a July 28 report on leasing a building at 1919 Edgewood Road SW. He questions lease dates, council votes, space alternatives, and the use of taxpayer funds for elections and a multi million dollar move from the old police HQ.
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Dale Todd
Edgewood Road
The
Gazette
Abortion Debate Tangles Race Darwinism and Policy
A reader letter links abortion to racism and eugenics, cites Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, Darwinian ideas, and calls into question legal definitions of personhood. The writer criticizes Congress and President Clinton over abortion policy and proposes retroactive abortion as a concept.
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Clinton
American Medical Association
Planned Parenthood
Margaret Sanger
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