2- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 24, 1994
Clinton's press conference to focus on scandals, successes
THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON -- With White
House officials under continuing fire
yesterday over Whitewater, permanent
security passes and back taxes for a
nanny, President Clinton scheduled a
news conference for tonight to deal
with these issues and to trumpet what
an aide called administration "accom-
plishments" so far this year.
Clinton expects questions on the
Whitewater affairduring the 7:30p.m.
EST event - only the second night-
time news conference of his presidency
- but will make only "limited" com-
ments on matters under investigation
by Justice Department special counsel
Robert Fiske, presidential spokesper-
son Dee Dee Myers said.
ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN will
POLICY
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Book," a product of the Task Force on
Alcohol and Other Drugs established
by Duderstadt 2 1/2 years ago.
There is also a section in the pro-
posed policy that advices student
groups to create their own drinking
guidelines.
"Every unit in the University can
tailorapolicy fortheiruses.In that way
it's a very efficient way of making that
information get out as best as pos-
sible," Wagner said. Wagner said the
policy aims to educate groups about
their legal liability when they serve
alcohol - not to sanction groups.
"This is an educational tool. It's
not that the University is trying to
hunt anybody down or stop their so-
cial life," Wagner said.
carry live TV coverage of the news
conference.
Other questions may concern
yesterday's reassignment of Associate
White House Counsel William
Kennedy, who had been responsible
for vetting the background ofpresiden-
tial appointees and for supervising the
issuance of White House passes.
A statement issued by White House
chief of staff Thomas McLarty and
Counsel Lloyd Cutler said the reas-
signment to "other duties within the
counsel's office" was at Kennedy's
request.
Earlier this week Kennedy acknowl-
edged for the first time that he was late
in paying Social Security taxes for an
Arkansas child-care worker. Like first
lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and
Webster Hubbell, who recently re-
signed as associate attorney general,
Kennedy was apartnerin Little Rock's
Rose Law Firm,where he earned
$578,000 in 1992.
Under his wife's previous married
name, Kennedy paid $1;352 in 1992
Social Security taxes for the part-time
worker early last year, shortly before
coming to the White House during the
uproar involving attorney general can-
didates Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood.
Three weeks ago, amid a bitter di-
vorce proceeding, Kennedy paid about
$800 in back Social Security taxes for
1991. He has said he didn't pay sooner
because he had no records of the
worker's earnings for that year. Myers
said Kennedy made "an honest mis-
take."
House Minority Whip Newt
Gingrich (R-Ga.) yesterday demanded
that Kennedy resign "for the public
good and the White House good."
Myers said Kennedy has no intention
of resigning. Another official said
Kennedy's duties could be shifted out
of ethics areas.
In another Republican strike, House
Republican Conference Chair Dick
Armey (R-Texas) called for the depar-
ture of Deputy Treasury Secretary
Roger Altman. Altman, whose resig-
nation as acting head of the Resolution
Trust Corp. takes effect March 30, told
the Senate Feb.24 that he had briefed
senior White House officials early that
month on an RTC investigation that
touched on Arkansas business deal-
ings of the Clintons.
Since then, Altman has amended
his testimony four times to list addi-
tional contacts with White House offi-
cials whom Republicans suspect may
have tried to interfere with the investi-
gation. The White House denies any
interference with the inquiry, now in
Fiske's hands.
Meanwhile, the White House pro-
cess of checking employees' back-
grounds remained in some apparent
disorder. Myers said that about a third
of the 1,044 employees - herself in-
cluded - still have not qualified for
permanent government passes, though
all now have completed the paperwork
needed to trigger an FBI check. Ten
percent, including "maybe a handful"
of senior aides, have not yet been
granted security clearances to deal with
classified information, Myers said.
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) has made
acongressional issue out of the delays,
suggesting they arise from individuals'
desires to hide potential legal prob-
lems. White House officials deny that,
blaming procrastination and a heavy
FBI backlog instead.
As Congress prepares for its Easter
recess, Clinton intends to employ
tonight's approximately 30-minute
news conference for a broad look at
"administration accomplishments" in
the first quarterof 1994, Myers said.
The president is scheduled to meet on
health care reform with selected mem-
bers ofCongress on Capitol Hill Thurs-
day, and he leaves tomorrow for his
half-brother Roger's wedding in Dal-
las and a California vacation.
Dems' shift from Clinton
signals growing unease
Congressional subcommittee passes
Stark's Clinton-like health care plan
LOS ANGELES TMES
WASHINGTON - The move by
congressional Democrats toward
hearings on Whitewater reflects grow-
ing dissatisfaction with White House
management of the controversy and
rising desire among many Democrats
to distance themselves from Presi-
dent Clinton on the issue, legislators
and party political consultants said to
some*extent, the drive for hearings
demonstrates that senior legislative
Democrats believed Republicans were
making gains in their argument that
Congress was joining with the White
House to stonewall legitimate inquiry.
Legislative and White House offi-
cials agree that the decision also illu-
minates a longstanding unwillingn.ss
among many congressional Demo-
crats to bind their fates too closely to
Clinton's.
"I don't think it does a lot of good
necessarily to be a Friend of Bill in
some of these districts," said one lead-
ing House moderate.
Democrats on Capitol Hill say they
have yet to see anything that belies
the president's claim that he has not
done anything wrong.
But the decision to accept hear-
ings illustrated their growing belief
that the White House compounded its
problems by resisting each new step
toward disclosure - from release of
documents relating to the original
Whitewater investment, to appoint-
ment of a special prosecutor, to con-
gressional hearings.
"It is clear that the political strat-
egy in the White House was not suc-
ceeding, that the story had legs of its
own, and it was counterproductive to
try and delay," said the House moder-
ate.
"Theirs was a naive approach."
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THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON-Congress took
its first baby steps toward an overhaul
of the health care system yesterday
when a House subcommittee approved
a scaled-down version of the Clinton
plan that would guarantee insurance
coverage to all Americans.
By a 6-5 vote, the Ways and Means
health subcommittee agreed to a plan
centered around the creation of a new
Medicare program that would provide
health coverage for the poor, the unem-
ployed and workers from small com-
panies that do not offer group health
insurance.
Like the president's proposal, it
would require all employers to con-
tribute to workers' health insurance,
and it would limit increases in health
spending.
The plan, drafted by subcommit-
tee Chair Fortney "Pete" Stark (D-
Calif.) departs from the president's
proposal in rejecting his mandatory
purchasing cooperatives, called alli-
ances.
The committee voted to increase
federal cigarette taxes by $1.25 a pack,
up from the 75 cents proposed by
Clinton and the current 24 cents apack.
It also voted to impose a 1 percent
payroll tax on all companies with more
than 1,000 employes that chose to self-
insure rather than purchase traditional
premium-based health insurance.
There were some tense moments
yesterday when it appeared Stark did
not have the votes he needed to bring
his proposal out of committee. That
would be a major blow to the Clinton-
like plan.
Holding up an accord was the re-
fusal of Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.)
to vote for a bill that included a 0.8
percent payroll tax. Levin and Stark
spoke through the afternoon and settled
on the corporate payroll tax and a 200
percent co-payment for home health
services under Medicare.
In what could be a blow to some
states, Stark's bill proposes a 5 per-
cent increase in Medicaid payments
states would have to make to the fed-
House leaders elect Wisconsin Democrat
interim chair of Appropriations Committee
Selection of younger lawmaker signals new generation's arrival to power
WASHINGTON (AP)-Passing
over a lawmaker with more seniority,
House Democrats yesterday elected
an outspoken liberal activist, Rep.
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The choice of Obey, 55, over 74-
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lieve he will be more aggressive in
dealing with Republicans, while
Smith's backers argued that he de-
served the post because of his years
on the panel.
Obey will take over in the absence
of Chair William H. Natcher of Ken-
tucky, 84, who has been hospitalized
for most of the past month for treat-
ment of a congestive heart ailment. If,
as expected, Natcher does not resume
his duties again this year, Obey would
be an odds-on favorite to succeed him
in one of the most influential jobs in
Congress.
Obey declined to discuss policy
issues yesterday, but House sources
familiar with his views said he would
work to reduce funds allocated to the
Pentagon and defense procurement
and channel more resources to job
training and economic development.
This would pit him and his allies
against Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.),
chair of the panel's defense subcom-
mittee, who often is regarded as the
chief advocate for the armed forces in,
the House.
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ported to be interested in becoming
chair of the full Appropriations panel
himself some day. He was a strong
supporter of Smith during the month-
long intra-party debate over who
would replace Natcher on a tempo-
rary basis.
Obey, who is two notches lower
on the seniority ladder than Smith,
has won respect from both sides of the
aisle for managing the foreign aid
appropriations bill, one of the most
contentious measures taken up in the
House each year. The tart-tongued
Obey also is expected to be a point
man for the Democrats in opposing
House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich
(R-Ga.), who is in line to become the
Republican leader in the next Con-
gress.
Smith, who hasplayed an insider's9
role for most of his 35 years in the
House, said the lopsided outcome
apparently reflected the wishes of a
younger and more diverse Democratic
caucus. About half of the Democrats
in the chamber have been elected since
the 1988 election.
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