NATION/WORLD tNew year may finally see a resolution to balance budget The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 3, 1996 - 7 I r GIVE THIS PAGE TO SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU WELE .*****..E. . .. ......... .Eu.........u...............m. 11 WASHINGTON (AP) - After years ofsummits, stalemates and just plain peglect, 1997 promises the best oppor- uity yet for the White House and gress to finally shake hands on a d44l aimed at Iaincing the The p Jt won't be !Mn-dunk easy; really are fomidable polit- cal -and policy this year remain. With the - Rol ,conomy robust, F resi denti alnreSSIn vleptions over g4n both sides saying publicly that they crave such an :;reement, Republicans and Democrats 3Wt out with fewer, lower hurdles. w"The planets really are aligned this year," said Robert Reischauer, former director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, who inks a pact is likely. Unlike two years ago, President Clinton and many congressional %.N IMA Democrats now voice acceptance of the GOP's premise that federal deficits must be eliminated. Clinton does not face re-election and has less to gain by casting Republicans as coldhearted budget-slash- ers. Looking to his legacy, he has even said if aligned' he could achieve only one thing in his second term, it rt Reischauer would be bal- )rmer director, ancing the bud- "R11dot Offirp get.- "implementation Congress" next year. "There is no locked-in anything," House Budget Committee Chair John Kasich (R-Ohio) said recently about GOP demands. "The only locked in is we'll balance the budget by 2002 with no smoke and mirrors." Some Republicans, speaking on con- dition of anonymity, say they are likely to seek not much more than the $122 billion in tax cuts over six years they last proposed, a bow to the lack of pub- lic demand for lowered taxes. They also may limit their Medicare savings to whatever Clinton wants to shield them- selves from Democratic attacks. They previously proposed saving $158 bil- lion from Medicare, compared with Clinton's $124 billion. There are still substantial barriers to the effort to eliminate deficits for the first time since 1969. Republicans must overcome bitter memories of an election in which Clinton and congressional Democrats repeatedly accused them of plotting to gut Medicare, Medicaid and other social programs. Dear AlI want QZMom QliDad Li Santa ; .. , _ LII fill in the blank %W I I DUU6 V4.~UL'IIRA; ing failed last January Months of budget bargain- but left the two sides within shouting distance of each other's proposals for tax cuts and sav- ings in Medicare, Medicaid and other programs. And most Republicans, who in 1995 unsuccessfully tried ramming their budget priorities down Clinton's throat, now hail compromise and incre- mental action, with even House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) predicting an for LI Hanukkah QI Christmas w Kwanzaa w Graduation w my birthday LQ being special OMA ,Ontinued from Page 1 Regent Philip Power (D-Ann Arbor), iwho is, also a newspaper publisher, plans to testify at today's hearing about limitations OMA placed on the most .cent University search. "My testimony will urge that the act e amended. I think the evidence from our presidential search is compelling," Power said. "There is nothing in the act that says the process of selecting a pres- j4ent must be conducted at all steps in 1411 view of the public." Hlarrison said today's hearing is a step 19aser to more definitive guidelines Jout what types of meetings are per- tted in presidential searches. "There are enough people unhappy in ihe Legislature with the way our search hadto proceed," Harrison said, referring to a Washtenaw County circuit court juling that forced the regents to conduct 3shrmost the entire final phase of the mearch in public. - Judge Melinda Morris ruled that Jndividual regents couldn't meet pri- Vately with candidates or members of Presidential Search Advisory . mmittee. The Ann Arbor News, The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press brought the case against the University ust three days before the advisory com- r1 ' .: . mittee was to announce its list of final- ists. While that case controlled the final phase of the search, it was later dis- missed Nov. 9 after Dartmouth Provost Lee Bollinger had been chosen as the next University president. In dismissing the case, Morris ruled that because the University completed the search under the preliminary court order, the case was "moot, as there is no longer a case or controversy." "We were puzzled and surprised," Harrison said about Morris' "unusual" decision to dismiss the case. "We were unhappy because we oth- erwise could have questioned the con- stitutional issue, but happy we didn't have more wrangling in the court,' Harrison said. If the case had proceeded, the University might have had an opportu- nity to challenge OMA on the grounds that it interferes with the board's task to select presidents - a job outlined in the state constitution and a stipulation often referred to by members of the board, especially Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor). "The constitution clearly states that the regents of the University should select the president. The constitution supersedes the Legislature," Baker said, adding that the last time the Legislature discussed the issue there were "so many bells and whistles that it wasn't accept- able." But since the Univerity's most recent court case was dismissed, Harrison said the University will look to the Legislature and to a similar Michigan State University case currently pending before the Michigan Court of Appeals. "I think there is still a real question of the constitutionality of the act as it applies to the University," Power said, adding that he was "flabbergasted" at Morris' decision to dismiss the case. He said Morris' decisions have left some people wondering if her original restric- tions placed on the regents in the mid- dle of the search will become the accepted standard. Baker said the state Supreme Court would be the most appropriate place to find an answer. "The quickest solution would be if the appellate court finds for Michigan State University," Baker said. Schwarz agreed that this issue needs to be decided quickly, but said the state's lawmakers should set the stan- dard. 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