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k WASHINGTON - In a city of dealmakers, tobac-
6is shaping up as the deal of 1998.
1ig Tobacco wants a deal so it can stop worrying
about exorbitant lawsuits.
The states want a deal to help pay for escalating
:*alth costs.
And the Clinton-Gore team wants a deal that posi-
tions it as the defender of America's youth.
The big question now is: Does Congress want a deal?
'Congress will act," predicted Sen. Connie Mack, a
y rida Republican pushing for legislation that is
tough on tobacco. "There will be throughout the coun-
S ry a strong reaction to the need to do something about
the effects of tobacco on our society."
The road will be long and tortuous, but the elements
are in place for Congress to pass a national tobacco
policy next year.
s
ild for tobacco settlement
Pending litigation against manufacturers, Gore's
potential presidential campaign, public sentiment
against Big Tobacco and the prospect of a giant pot of
money for the states are all potent inducements to
hammer out a bill - especially in an election year.
After waiting three months for President Clinton's
verdict on the $368.5 billion settlement 40 state attor-
neys general negotiated with tobacco companies, it
appears the pace toward passing comprehensive tobac-
co legislation is quickening. Beginning on Sunday's
network talk shows, the tobacco industry will intensify
its public lobbying on behalf of a deal. On Capitol Hill,
one recalcitrant tobacco state Republican is promising
hearings before the end of the year, while several
Democrats have begun drafting legislation.
"The prospects have improved dramatically," said
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), In the last three
months, the tobacco industry has suffered three leg-
... .
islative losses - including last week's repeal of a $50
billion tax credit - despite heavy lobbying and gener-
ous campaign contributions. Kennedy is recruiting a
GOP co-sponsor for his anti-tobacco bill. Such biparti-
sanship is how Kennedy won passage of an increase in
the minimum wage last year and a 15-cent increase in
the tobacco tax to fund children's health care this year.
No one expects action before next spring, and it is far
too early to predict the specifics of any get-tough-on-
tobacco legislation - how much a pack of cigarettes
will rise in price, whether tobacco farmers get relief, and
what restrictions the FDA will impose on the industry,
among other issues. What is important, say veterans of
similar epic legislative battles, is the surprisingly strong
and widespread desire to have a deal.
"When you have bipartisan voices calling for action
in both chambers, it bodes well for an end result;" said
White House political adviser Rahm Emmanuel.
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attacks on affirmative action are a public-
ity stunt for the lawmakers who want to
seek higher office. Jaye, for example, is
running for the state Senate seat left
vacant by the death of Doug Carl.
"It's simply grandstanding," Hertel
said. "The members have decided to use
this as a platform for their campaigns.'
Hertel suggested that the legislators
look into other ways of voicing their
opinions against affirmative action.
"There are a lot of other avenues for
them to take," Hertel said. "They could
bring up their concerns at proper House
* committee and caucus meetings."
Affirmative action, Hertel said, is
necessary at a time when minorities
still do not receive equal opportunities.
OU "We don't live in a perfect society
and there are individuals who need
assistance," Hertel said.
3n Officials in Gov. John Engler's office
E said Engler does not yet have a com-
ment on the potential lawsuit.
Jaye said he hopes to file the lawsuit
sometime this fall, and the legislators
are working with the Center for
Individual Rights, the law firm that
won the groundbreaking Hopwood
case, which challenged affirmative
action policies at the University of
Texas school of law.
University President Lee Bollinger
said the University's admissions poli-
cies are being reviewed this year as
they are every year.
Jaye said he does not think the annu-
al review will change the affirmative
action system.
"A new shade of lipstick does not
make a prostitute a virtuous woman,"
Jaye said. "We will not settle for any-
thing less than merit-based admissions."
Jaye said more than 400 people have
contacted him and the other legislators
with complaints about the University's
affirmative action policies.
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Clinton suggests voluntary school tests
WASHINGTON - If President Clinton has his way, millions of fourth= and
eighth-graders will soon sit down in their classrooms to take tests measuring how
well they can read or do math.
They'll fill out multiple-choice questions. They'll write answers: a few words, a sen-
tence, sometimes longer. They'll show how they solved their math problems -
might get some credit for using the correct approach even if the answer is wrong.
As little as six weeks later, the grades will come back - a numerical score based
on correct answers to the 90-minute tests, each given over two days.
Each child's skills and knowledge will be deemed basic, proficient or advanced
in the subject - a judgment not made in the other widely used, commercially
available tests now found in many American schools.
And if the Education Department can iron out technical problems, the math
results will be compared with how students in other countries do.
Whether the voluntary tests are given in the spring of 1999 as planned depends
on Congress. The House voted last week to block them. The Senate has given them
the green light, but only if an independent board takes control of testing from the
Education Department.
The Clinton administration says the idea behind the tests is to give parents and
schools new types of information in a more-timely fashion.
Army poised for test
of anti-satellite laser
WASHINGTON - Alarmed by a
boom in commercial spy satellites, the
Army is poised to fire up a furnace in
the New Mexico desert, collect the rag-
ing energy on mirrors and focus it into
a laser beam aimed to cripple a satellite
hundreds of miles up in space.
Army scientists hope the million-
watt laser, the nation's largest, could
blind orbiting eyes that might reveal
the position of U.S. and allied troops
and weapons in times of war. A suc-
cessful trial of the laser, based at the
White Sands Missile Range, would
give the military at least theoretical
dominance over the realm of satellite
reconnaissance.
But whether the test goes forward
has become a political issue of extreme
sensitivity. Arms-control advocates
worry that it would set off a renewed
space arms race among nations that
have observed a de facto moratorium
on such work since the late 1980s.
"This would open a whole anti-satel-
lite race,"said Spurgeon Keeny, execu-
tive director of the Arms Control
Association, a private advocacy group.
The test is "provocative and wholty
unnecessary."
Albert case merg
sex, significance
WASHINGTON -- NBC sportsdast-
er Marv Albert's trial on sexual-assault
charges, which starts today, is a televi-
sion talk show's dream: sex, sports and
celebrity all wrapped up in one pack-
age.
Some two dozen television trucks
are planning to park outside
Arlington, Va., courthouse for t
duration of Albert's trial on forcible
sodomy and assault charges. More
than 50 media organizations, from the
New York tabloids to Court TV, Sports
Illustrated and ESPN, have picked up
credentials. Brace yourself for daily
reports of testimony that is almost cer-
tain to include descriptions of oral sex
and biting and allegations of roUgh
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Jaye, along with Reps. Greg Kaza (R-
Rochester Hills), Michelle McManus
(R-Lake Leelanau) and Deborah
Whyman (R-Canton), will hold a public
hearing on the University's affirmative
action initiatives at 6 p.m. on Monday,
Sept. 29, in Shelby Township's city hall.
Israel makes many
arrests in West Bank
JERUSALEM - Israel arrested
dozens of Palestinians yesterday in an
extensive crackdown on Islamic mili-
tants while easing travel restrictions on
Palestinians working in Israel.
Military censors withheld the names,
villages and the exact number of
Palestinians arrested.
However, Israel television Channel 1
reported that about 40 suspected mili-
tants were taken into custody during
the sweep, which it said took place
north of the West Bank city of Nablus.
An army statement said only that the
operation took place in the northern
West Bank and elite paratrooper and
undercover units participated in it.
The arrests come in the wake of two
suicide bombings in Jerusalem that
killed 25 people, including the five
attackers. The Islamic militant Hamas
group claimed responsibility for the
July 30 and Sept. 4 bombings.
The Israeli government also loos-
ened a ban yesterday that had prevent-
ed Palestinians from traveling to Israel.
The ban, imposed after the Sept. 4
bombing, had cost the struggling
Palestinian economy millions of dollars
each day, the World Bank said.
Israel announced that 4,000#
struction workers would receive fer-
mits to go back to their jobs. Last week,
some 10,000 Palestinians were allowed
entry. y
Solidarity coaition
ahead in elections.
WARSAW, Poland - A rej*
nated Solidarity movem t
appeared to have pulled off a stub-
ning political upset yesterday, fin-
ishing well ahead of the ruling"for-
mer Communists and their allies in
parliamentary elections, according
to Polish television projections.
Swept from power in a humiliat-
ing defeat four years ago, a ebali-
tion of three dozen right-wing
groups led by the Solidarity tiade
union was faring better than tin
pollsters had predicted.
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