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Article: EAGER TO GO HOME, CAMPAIGN GOP hurries to end Congress, cut its losses Republicans retreating after giving ground to Clinton on issues
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 24, 1996
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The 104th Congress, which began almost two years ago with
Republicans storming the barricades of the Washington establishment,
is ending with a mad dash for the exits.
Republicans are doing everything in their power to make this the
last full week before they adjourn and send their troops out for the
high-stakes election campaign.
Although Republicans were the unquestioned commanders of the
political battlefield during their first 100 days in power last year,
their forced march toward adjournment looks like a hasty retreat.
Already, GOP leaders have promised to give President Clinton most
of the money he wants for education programs and other prized