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ven before the smoke
cleared after last week's
electoral mayhem, Repub-
lican legislators were
scrambling to win key commit-
tee posts. At stake is raw leg-
islative power, something the
GOP has not fully tasted in four
decades. And the outcome of all
that jockeying could have an
enormous impact on U.S.-Israeli
relations — and on the fragile
Middle East peace process.
The expected ascension of Sen.
Jesse Helms, R-N.C., to the chair
of the Foreign Relations Com-
mittee has touched off waves of
anxiety about Israel's $3 billion
annual allotment. But his com-
mittee is not a primary player in
crafting the aid bill.
For that role, the chair of the
House Appropriations Commit-
tee — the committee most di-
rectly responsible for shaping
each year's foreign aid bill — is
pivotal.
The Republican takeover
means demoting the committee's
current chairman, Rep. David
Obey, D-Wis., who has frequent-
ly locked horns with Israel's sup-
porters in Washington. But some
Republican prospects don't look
much better, from a pro-Israel
perspective.
Ranking Republican Joseph
McDade, R-Pa., is embroiled in
legal difficulties that will keep
from the chairmanship. Rep.
John Myers, R-Ind., is next in

line, but he has consistently op-
posed foreign aid. And he is re-
portedly not a favorite of
incoming House Speaker Newt
Gingrich, the Republican repre-
sentative from Georgia.
Pro-Israel groups hope the
post will go to Rep. Bob Liv-
ingston, a nine-termer from
Louisiana who has developed
good ties with pro-Israel groups
over the years.
Mr. Obey also was chair of the
critical Foreign Operations sub-
committee, a post that probably
will go to Rep. Jim Lightfoot (R-
Iowa), who has a strong pro-Is-
rael record.
The House GOP hierarchy will
become clearer after a series of
organizational meetings begin-
ning Dec. 5.
In the Senate, the Appropri-
ations job will go to Mark Hat-
field, R-Ore., a 28-year Senate
veteran who will take over from
one of the pro-Israel communi-
ty's least-favorite legislators: Sen.
Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va.
"Hatfield is no bargain, in
terms of aid to Israel," said an of-
ficial with a pro-Israel political
action committee. "But maybe
anybody is an improvement over
Byrd."
And the important Foreign
Operations subcommittee will be
headed by Sen. Mitch McConnell,
a staunch friend of Israel, who
will replace the erratic Sen.
Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.

Will Arlene Specter
Be The One?

W

ith Republicans riding
high, contenders are
just starting to line up
for the race for the
1996 presidential nomination.
On Monday, Sen. Arlen
Specter, R-Pa., announced the
creation of an exploratory com-
mittee. This is the usual first
step in a presidential bid.
The senator, a former prose-
cutor who still trades on his rep-
utation for toughness, hopes to
prove to the nation that there
is still a place in the GOP for
pro-choice moderates, despite
last week's evidence of a shift
to the right in the party. In fact,
Mr. Specter seems to be run-
ning against the Christian right
almost as energetically as he is

Arlen Specter