The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 3, 1993 - 7
FPackwood
ordered
to disclose
diaries
WASHINGTON (AP) - By over-
whelming vote, the Senate backed a
demand for full disclosure of Sen.
Bob Packwood's diaries yesterday
night as part of aprobe into charges of
sexual harassment and possible crimi-
nal wrongdoing.
The 94-6 vote came after two days
of wrenching debate over whether
#)'ackwood's rights were being vio-
lated, and shortly after one lawmaker
called on the Oregon Republican to
"have the grace" to resign his seat of
a quarter-century.
"I believe he (Packwood) has lost
his grasp of what it means to be a U.S.
senator," said Sen. Robert Byrd.
"None of us is without flaws," the
West Virginia Democrat said. "But
when those flaws damage the institu-
onofthe Senate, itis time tohave the
grace to go."
The vote came on a bid by the
Senate ethics committee to enforce a
subpoena for Packwood's diaries that
the senator has so far defied. Thus
armed, the committee is expected to
seek to enforce the subpoena in court
-amove Packwood'slawyersaid he
is likely to contest.
"At this point, I think our inclina-
tion is to resist the subpoena on the
grounds it exceeds the 4th Amend-
ment rights of the committee," said
Packwood lawyer James Fitzpatrick.
The six senators who voted against
full disclosure included Packwood and
Republicans John Danforth of Mis-
souri, Jesse Helms of North Caro-
lina,, Alan Simpson of Wyoming,
Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and
Jei~mocrat Dennis DeConcini of Ari-
zona.
Senators turned down Sen.
Simpson's proposal to partially dis-
close the diaries and his emotional
plea that the committee's request was
so broad it was "frightening."
Instead, they accepted the argu-
ment of committee leaders that any-
thing less than full compliance would
*let Packwood determine what is "rel-
evant."
"The proposal suggests that there
be two standards," one for the Senate
and one for other Americans, said
committee Chair Richard Bryan.
The voting followed a broadside
by the Senate's senior Democrat, Sen.
Byrd. He called yesterday night for
Packwood resign rather than continue
is defiance of the subpoena.
Packwood spent much of the day
parrying with leaders of the ethics
committee in a wrenching floor de-
bate over allegations that he sexually
harassed women, intimidated would-
be witnesses and then resisted Senate
attempts to investigate him.
Packwood was not on the floor
when Byrd called for his resignation,
but his lawyers were present.
* Byrd said Packwood has chosen
to stay "in spite of the continuing
damage he is doing to the body by
prolonging this matter and refusing to
comply with the ethics committee's
request."
Packwood disclosed that the origi-
nal sexual misconduct controversy
had been expanded to questions of
whether he attempted to have lobby-
*sts hire his wife in exchange for some
senatorial "quid pro quo."
Senate narrowly pass
LANSING (AP) -Major parts of
Gov. John Engler's school proposal,
including schools of choice and char-
ter schools, barely squeaked through
the usually friendly Senate yesterday.
Minority Democrats bitterly com-
plained they were being ignored and
for the most part voted against the
bills.
Majority Republicans struggled
almost until evening before they got
their troops aligned to pass the pro-
posals.
While the bills passed, the close-
ness of the votes was a sober reminder
to the GOP of battles ahead, both in
the Senate and the evenly divided
House. The House is the next stop for
..,.
the bills.
And if lawmakers put a sales tax
increase proposal on the ballot, Demo-
cratic votes will be needed in the
Senate to gain the two-thirds, or 26
votes, needed. The GOP has a 22-16
edge in the chamber.
"What we've done today is the
first step in a very, very historical
effort," said Senate Majority Leader
Dick Posthumus (R-Alto).
"It is a direction that is necessary
to go.
"If we're going to compete with
Japan and Germany ... we've got to
improve the system and give parents
more control."
Minority Democrats said the
es parts of
Engler plan will do little to improve
education and accused Republicans
of ramming through their program
without compromise.
"I'm appalled at the suddenness
of the changes here and the impact
they have," said Sen. Jack Faxon (D-
Farmington Hills). He predicted a
"profusion of confusion."
"We're not going to step aside a
bit," said Sen. Virgil Smith (D-De-
troit).
"You want to ruin public educa-
tion in this state."
Lawmakers are trying to repair
the hole left by the July vote to do
away with property taxes for school
operations. On Oct. 5, Republican
Engler's school plan
Engler issued his plan for school im-
provement and to replace $6.67 bil-
lion of the $6.98 billion lost through
the tax cut.
Yesterday's action came as a Sen-
ate committee delayed further work
on a school tax package. Meanwhile,
a bipartisan group of lawmakers in
the House continued to meet behind
closed doors on education.
One key Senate bill, passed 20-16
after an initial defeat, would allow
alternative charter schools to be set
up by certified teachers, local govern-
ments, state departments or educa-
tional institutions. They would oper-
ate under less state regulation than
other public schools, and would get
state funding like public schools.
Students seeking admission would
be chosen by lottery. Churches would
be banned from establishing charter
schools.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lan-
sing) called the move a "backdoor
way to fund private schools," but Sen.
Dan DeGrow (R-Port Huron) called it
"a viable option to help improve edu-
cation."
A second major bill also passed
20-16. It would make sweeping
changes in the state school code,
among them letting children go to any
school in the state.
But districts could opt out of the
choice system if they wished:
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