2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 1, 1995 Committee OKs weaker term limits WASHINGTON - Moving on one of the most divisive issues on the Republicans' legislative agenda, the House Judiciary Committee yesterday approved a constitutional amendment to set a 12-year limit on the terms of members of Congress, after rejecting more stringent alternatives. But despite its approval, the committee's debate on the issue was a window into GOP disagreements that may help doom the amendment when it reaches the full House in mid-March. In an uncharacteristic breakdown of Republican party unity, the panel unexpectedly refused to send an alternative to the House that would have limited House members to six years. The panel watered down the 12-year term limit plan outlined in the "Contract With America." Instead of a lifetime limit of 12 years, the committee voted to allow lawmakers who had hit the 12-year cap to return to Congress after leaving office for as little as one term. Unlike other elements of the Republicans' campaign manifesto, the contract's term limits are opposed by many senior GOP lawmakers, including some members of the party leadership. Proponents face an uphill fight to win the 290 votes needed to approve the constitutional amendment. Mmm ... bagels Employees at Bruegger's Bagel Bakery, which opened in the former North University location of Drake's Sandwich Shop, offer free bagels In a promotion yesterday. JOE WESTRATE/Daily SOBCHAK Continued from page 1 Sobchak said;"Chechnya lived for over 100 years within the bounds of Russia fairly peacefully." Sobchak said there may be a le- gal possibility of a Chechen seces- sion. "For Russia, it won't be a trag- edy to lose Chechnya. Russia can survive without Chechnya. Can Chechnya survive without Russia?" he asked. He said secession would initiate the expulsion of all illegal Chechen resi- dents currently in Russia. Sobchak said his solution would be to clear out the airspace above Chechnya with military force afteran initial warn- ing. "Then the mercenaries would not be there, and it would not harm the peaceful population ofChechnya," he said. Much of the audience applauded repeatedly as Sobchak responded to the questions that one attendee deemed "quite accusatory." Kate DeMeester, an LSA sopho- more and DeRoy participant, said, "I thought the question-and-answer pe- riod was very exciting. I thought it was sad, though, that the questions were phrased in such a way that put him on the defensive and did not allow for an open dialogue like we had at the semi- nar " Prosecutor: Lopez testimony 'coached' LOS ANGELES - An investiga- tor "handed a script" to a key O.J. Simpson witness and "coached" her through an interview, an incensed prosecutor contended yesterday after listening to a tape-recording belat- edly handed over by the defense. Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark also said the interview, taped July 29, was inconsistent with a sec- ond statement Rosa Lopez gave the defense Aug. 18. "I have never heard anything like it," Clark said after listening to the interview in Superior Court Judge Lance Ito's chambers. "I have never heard a witness basically coached and told what to say through every bend and turn." The 15- to 20-minute interview of Lopez, a maid for Simpson's next- door neighbors, was conducted by defense investigator William Pavelic. In it, according to Clark, Lopez never mentions seeing Simpson's white Bronco parked in the street outside his estate shortly after 10 p.m. She did say in the interview, how- ever, that she had seen the Bronco earlier that night. The dispute over the interview delayed resumption of Lopez's videotaped testimony. Clinton works to extend nuclear treaty WASHINGTON - The Clinton administration has launched a last- ditch campaign to overcome objec- tions of a group of about 90 develop- ing nations and win a permanent ex- tension of the key global treaty that restricts the spread of nuclear arms. Their stance threatens a proposA by the Clinton administration for un- conditional, indefinite renewal of the 25-year-old nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, up for review at a conference in New York in seven weeks. Many developing countries, in- cluding Egypt and Mexico, object to unconditional extension of the NPT. a m~~-Y I C 0 m 1995 Summer Employment Opportunity The University of Michigan Conferences and Seminars Office Will be hiring Summer Conference -Irn Desk Sof- Oome Join Our Team... . Opportunity to meet and extend U-M hospitality to visitors from . around the globe *Provide quality and professional service . Work 15 - 30 hours/week SFlexible Scheduling " Enjoy summer in Ann Arbor A BUDGET Continued from page 1 future congressional tax and budget matters. But even after Dole and other GOP leaders relented and the amendment was revised to satisfy Nunn and one other waffling Democrat, Sen. John Breaux of LouisianaRepublican vote counters still came up one vote shy of the two-thirds majority. In the end, itcame down to whether Republicans could win over the sup- port of one or both of the Democrats from North Dakota. While the packed Senate chamber buzzed with anticipa- tion during a half-hour quorum call yesterday evening, Conrad moved back and forth between the Republican and Democratic cloakrooms, conferring with each side. Conrad had vowed to oppose the constitutional amendment unless itwere rewritten to guarantee that the budget would not be balanced by using the Social Security trust fund. He also has advocated otherchanges, including lan- guage to assure that Congress had some flexibility in responding to economic crises. Conrad, Dorgan, Kentucky Sen. Wendell H. Ford and other Democratic holdouts had rejected a pledge from Dole and House SpeakerNewtGingrich (R-Ga.) that Congress would pass the Social Security guarantee in later legis- lation. Hatch said last night that for a while it appeared Republicans could reach agreement with Conrad on the Social Security issue, but thattalks broke down when Conrad said he also wanted an exclusion for economic emergencies. Republicans said they hoped to pick up the support of Dorgan if Conrad agreed to support the amendment. Last night's dramatic developments capped five weeks of heated debate and political maneuvering. The House overwhelmingly approved the consti- tutional amendment in late January, 300 to 132. While the overwhelming support in the House reflected the broad popu- lar appeal of the measure in the ab- stract, Senate Democrats, who hold the balance of power in passing or defeat- ing it, have played on voter concerns that Social Security, Medicare and other politically sensitive programs would become vulnerable if the amendment were adopted. Others warned that it would dangerously alter the balance of power in Washington, hamstringing Congress in times of economic crisis and giving the president the upperhand in controlling spending. "The amendment is so full of flaws, so reflective of flabby thinking, so arro- gant in its disregard for the traditional checks and balances and separation of powers that its consequences could be nothing short of calamity," Byrd said. 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The Attorney General's StaffChairm Office scheduled an evening news said yesterda conference on the case, but it was not In additi immediately clear what Raul Salinas' spotted Iran connection was to the killing. ward posi A spokeswoman for the fed- Shalikashvil eral attorney general's office con- are an older firmed local news reports that Tehran by th Salinas, 48, was arrested yester- use them toc day afternoon. from the 550 Radio Red said federal police had eight Gulf su arrested him in connection with the "All of t1 September 1994 slaying of Jose Fran- conclusions cisco Ruiz Massieu, No. 2 man in the want to hav ruling Institutional Revolutionary dict the ship Party, known as the PRI. of Hormuz, Investigators had been puzzled ing a break by the assassination, and in the past ers. were unable to come up with a mo- "What th tive. Raul Salinas is the brother of very much." former President Carlos Salinas de -f o left office in Decem- were brothers-in-law of ran deploying on key islands NGTON - Iran has de- k anti-aircraft missiles on ands around the Strait of potential choke point for s through the Persian Gulf, linton and Joint Chiefs of ian Gen. John Shalikashvili ay. on, U.S. intelligence had moving artillery into for* tions on the islands, i said. Although the Hawks system originally sold to he United States, Iran can cut off traffic bound to or 0 mile waterway bordering tates. hat can lead you to lots of . One of them is that they ve the capability to inter- pping traffic in the Straits " Shalikashvili said dur- fast meeting with report- his is all about bothers us From Daily wire services K The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. 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