Ab-

cal scientist Benjamin Ginsberg. "He
may bring a measure of order to the
Republican caucus, and help them
prepare better for 2000."
The real question, he said, is
whether the new leadership team can
balance the electorate's desire for
moderation — a clear message from
voters last week — with the demands
of the far right, which still controls
much of the party machinery.
"The new leadership will have to
persuade the Christian right to settle
for less than they want — or the
party will face a major defeat in
2000," he said.
Other analysts say the religious
right forces will be weaker but angrier
— and in a better position to win
limited legislative gains than in the
105th Congress. Movement on issues
has been gridlocked by the partisan,
confrontational style of the
Republican leadership.
"The irony is that you may see the
(Republican) leadership pick a hand-
ful of issues that are very important
to the Christian conservatives —like
late-term abortions — and push real-
ly hard, while not moving on school
prayer, gay rights and other issues,"
said University of Akron political sci-
entist John Green, who studies the
religious right. "That will leave the
Republicans free to focus more on
issues like taxes and the budget,
which are closer-to mainstream
American politics."
"The religious right took a bad
defeat in this election — but they
could actually benefit from changes
in the leadership," said Green. It
would be a major mistake to write
them off"
Rep. Peter King, a New York
Republican, said "some of the
Christian right issues will come up
under Livingston, but that won't be
his primary focus. There will be more
focus. on Social Security, on taxes."
A number of top items for Jewish
groups that were stalled amid the par-
tisan food fight of the 105th Congress
may get addressed quickly by a leader-
ship eager to shed the do-nothing
label earned by lawmakers this year.
"The Religious Liberty Protection
Act, the Patients' Bill of Rights, cam-
paign finance reforms, hate crimes
legislation, genetic nondiscrimination
in health insurance measures, all of
these things that got stalled this year
will probably be brought up quickly,"
said Reva Price, Washington repre-
sentative for the Jewish Council for
Public Affairs (JCPA).

Price said the religious right may
be forced to pursue more realistic leg-
islative goals. Livingston, unlike
Gingrich, is ready to find ways to
compromise with the Democrats to
advance his agenda.
Other prospective members of the
GOP leadership team — including
Rep. Steve Largent (R-Okla.) and
Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.) —
Largent, a former pro football player,
is running for Majority Leader, and
Watts for head of the House
Republican Conference — are much
closer to the Christian right. They
will produce strong pressure on the
new leadership not to stray too far
from their social agenda.
On the Middle East front, the
prospects for a new, Livingston-led
House are unclear. This week, the
National Jewish Coalition, a partisan
Republican group, distributed a doc-
ument touting Livingston's support
for foreign aid to Israel and his vote
against the sale of AWACS to Saudi
Arabia in 1981.
Conspicuously absent were some
of his less favorable actions —
including his angry outburst last year
when Israel was unable to return a
suspect in a Maryland murder until
extradition proceedings had spun out
under Israeli law.
Livingston and Rep. Sonny
Callahan (R-Ala.), chair of the
Foreign Operations Appropriations
Subcommittee, threatened to hold up
Israel's aid until Samuel Sheinbein
was returned.
Livingston's interest in foreign aid
is much more limited than
Gingrich's, Capitol Hill supporters
say. Rep. Peter King, a New York
Republican, said that Livingston is
getting a bum rap as a neo-isolation-
ist whose foreign policy rarely strays
from finding ways to slash aid.
"I've always considered Livingston
to be very pro-Israel," King said.
But Democrats painted a much
bleaker picture. "Whatever else you
say about him, Gingrich was a friend
of Israel," said Stephen Silberfarb of
the National Jewish Democratic
Council, a group that has found little
to praise in Gingrich over the years.
Silberfarb described Livingston's
domestic record as "right in the mid-
dle between right wing and extreme
right wing."
"There's a wait-and-see attitude,"
said a leader of the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
"His voting record isn't bad, but it's
not the best." ❑

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