Kassebaum Faces Pressure in Foster Nomination Hearings
Senate hearing chair Nancy Kassebaum navigates intense abortion rights debate over Henry Foster. She reports thousands of letters and postcards, limits testimony to Foster and lawmakers, and seeks a fair, calm process while campaign dynamics swirl around the nomination.
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GOP rifts over budget cuts to Medicare loom in 1990s drive
Washington Republicans push to save Medicare from insolvency while pursuing a balanced budget by 2002. Senate Leader Bob Dole and House Speaker Newt Gingrich tout preserving and reforming Medicare, amid Democratic charges of cuts. Medicare faces deficits from 1996 with bankruptcy projected by 2002 per trustees.
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