Press shifts power as Hart Biden scandals test Democrats
AP analysis notes Democrats fear ongoing disclosures about Gary Hart and Joe Biden threaten field unity. Party leaders worry voter trust erodes and discourse shifts from policy to personal questions while media coverage intensifies.
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Ashington
Gary Hart
Joe Biden
Bonnie Campbell
Iowa Democratic Party
Hart
Biden
Robert Becker
Walter F. Mondale
Peter Hart
Chicago
William Schneider
American Enterprise Institute
Miami
Schneider
Playboy interview exposes Hahn claims against Bakker
Jessica Hahn tells Playboy she was urged to do something tremendous for God before Jim Bakker and John Fletcher forced sex acts in 1980. She says the affair led to PTL’s downfall, hush money payments, and broader accusations involving Falwell and tax issues as she testified to a grand jury in Charlotte.
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Jessica Hahn
Playboy
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Bakker
PTL
Ms. Hahn
Hush Money
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Florida
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Fletcher
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West Babylon
N.Y
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Barbara
Gatlinburg
Tenn
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Belli
John Wesley Fletcher Evangelistic Association
Oklahoma City
Federal Grand Jury
Jerry Falwell
Falwell
Mr. Bakker
Paul Roper
California
Roper
Charlotte Observer
Hahn
Revision of Deficit Law Likely In Senate Action
The Senate plans to vote on restoring mandatory Gramm Rudman deficit cuts after the House approved strengthening the law. The revised bill eases annual targets, sidesteps Supreme Court objections, and sets new 1988 and 1989 deficit goals while delaying full balance until 1993. If lawmakers fail to hit targets, automatic cuts would trigger across military and domestic programs.
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Senate
Gramm- Rudman
Gramm-Rudman
House
Supreme Court
Congress
Reagan
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