2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 1, 1995 CLINTON Continued from page 1 House Republicans are expected to propose similar legislation after the first 100 days of this Congress, said an aide to Rep. Dick Chrysler (R-Brighton). Chrysler is expected to be a significant player; he made education deductions a central campaign issue. Joe McMonigle, press secretary for Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-Au- burn Hills) called the Clinton pro- posal "an admirable effort." However, Abraham opposes the specifics in Clinton's proposal because it does not cover all middle-class fami- lies, McMonigle asserted. "What Sen. Abraham believes is that a tax cut for all Americans would be beneficial, espe- cially the working class families of Michigan," McMonigle said. Abraham supports a $500 tax cut per child, raising the personal exemp- tion, and a capital-gains tax cut. However, Education advisor McLaughlin called this a weak argu- ment. She asserted that all middle- class families would be helped by increasing the tax-deductible contri- bution to Individual Retirement Ac- counts up to $100,000. Mark Fletcher, president of the College Republicans, said the Clinton proposal's principles sound good. "I think the Republican Party will con- sider that. It definitely should be con- sidered in debate," he said. "The Re- publican Party definitely stands for tax deductions." The College Democrats support Clinton's proposal, said co-chair Mike Pokrywka. "We support any programs that help middle-class families afford education," he said. "Any attempt by the Republicans to destroy the current student loan process or dismantle the President's AmeriCorps program - we'll re- spond to that and fight to save those programs," Pokrywka added. Republicans have criticized the President for waiting two years to propose his tax cuts. McLaughlin de- fended Clinton's decision, saying the first two years were about "heavy emphasis on deficit reduction first." Aides to the President told The New York Times the tax cuts would cost about $60 billion over the next five years. It would be paid by cost-cutting measures in five federal departments, and by continuing the cap of discretion- ary programs through 2000. NATIONAL REPORT Govs. compromise on welfare plan WASHINGTON - Wrapping up a four-day meeting, the National Governors' Association adopted a policy statement demanding wide latitude over welfare pro- grams. But governors could not agree on whether welfare should remain an individual entitlement or be converted into a giant block grant program under which the states would decide who gets benefits. Most Republicans favor block grants, but they could not get the three-fourths support needed to put the associa- tion on record as unequivocably in favor of block grants. Engler In a bow to Democrats, the policy also included recommendations for Congress if welfare remains an individual entitlement. In this scenario, the federal government would set general standards and let states experiment. Several Republicans said they agreed to that language only because they considered it irrelevant. "We're in a block grant world," said Michigan Gov. John Engler. w . 1 ui-~k " " " " I -J- N T U E UN % MULTI COLOR SPECIALISTS ARTIST ON STAFF RUSH ORDERS NEAR U OF M CAMPUS 1217 PROSPECTANN ARBOR 665-1771 with this ad. Ann Arbor's Biggest Modern Rock & Alternative Dance Party Clinton withdraws nomination for Panama ambassador WASHINGTON -- President Clinton withdrew the nomination of Robert Pastor to be U.S. ambassador to Panama yesterday, bowing to the determined opposition of Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.). 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The unusually strong warning by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Grigory Karasin was a response to a bill introduced last month in the House of Representatives by Rep. Gerald Solomon (R-N.Y.), one of a growing number of GOP lawmakers who want to make American assistance depen- dent upon Russia's arms control poli- cies, on its behavior toward its neigh- bors and on progress toward a free- market economy. "It's not that we are afraid of the prospect of scaled-down American assistance," Karasin said at a news briefing. "The issue is different. The confrontational outbursts in Congress are fraught with serious complica- tions in our relations and do not meet the national interests of the United States itself." He added: "Our partnership, initi- ated by the Republican administra- tion and successfully continued by the Democratic administration, is too important to the fate of international peace for anyone to try to make it hostage to opportunistic interests and partisan squabbles." 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