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Sept. 9, 1998.
Sen. Ashcroft chairs a Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights subcommittee
hearing on "Impeachment or Indictment: Is a Sitting President Subject to
the Compulsory Criminal Process?" Ashcroft and Sen. Torricelli (D-NJ) heard
conflicting views from two panels of legal scholars.
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Sept. 2, 1998. Sen. Ashcroft
discusses his economic plan, "A New Beginning," at the Heritage Foundation.
The plan, released on August 26, has five key points: (a) massive restructuring
of the tax code, reducing the income tax rate to 10 percent for most taxpayers
and 25 percent for those earning more than $68,400; (b) reducing the size
of government (starting by establishing a commission similar to the Base
Closing commission); (c) paying off the national debt over 30 years; (d)
open markets and free trade; and (e) unleashing the information economy.
"It's time to let the mighty eagle soar once more," Ashcroft said. |
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June 17, 1998.
Sen. Ashcroft speaks at a press conference, urging House-Senate conferees
to adopt a budget resolution that provides at least $101 billion in tax
cuts and an end to the marriage penalty tax. "We want the full $101
billion in tax relief and we will accept no less," he declared. In
late March, Ashcroft had led a group of five Senators threatening to vote
against the budget resolution because it would have increased the size
of government and contained inadequate tax cuts; Senate Republican leadership
agreed on April 2 that Senate budget negotiators would seek larger tax
cuts and address the marriage penalty.
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June 12, 1998--Cedar Rapids.
Sen. Ashcroft, with wife Janet standing by, delivers his basic speech on
the great necessities of our time at the Iowa GOP's First in the Nation
Gala. He drew energetic applause for taking the Clinton administration
to task on its China policy: "By month's end Bill Clinton will travel to
communist China. There he'll offer slick words of appeasement to the world's
worst-persecuted people of faith, to the world's worst proliferator of
nuclear weapons and to the worst perpetrator of weapons of mass destruction,
and to our worst trading partner. My friends, Republicans ought not sit
silent as this president offers up toasts to tyrants who send tanks to
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June 12, 1998--Cedar
Rapids. Sen. Ashcroft scooped the competition at the Iowa GOP's First in
the Nation Gala by serving ice cream right outside the convention hall
before and after his speech. Long lines gathered as Ashcroft and wife Janet
scooped and chatted with activists.
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June 12, 1998--Cedar
Rapids. Sen. Ashcroft, accompanied by wife Janet, spoke at the media availability
prior to the Iowa GOP's First in the Nation Gala.
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March 30,
1998. Sen. Ashcroft, chair of the Senate subcommittee on the Constitution,
Federalism and Property Rights (Judiciary), holds a hearing on protecting
the American flag.
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Jan. 30, 1998.
At the Conservative Political Action Conference in No. Va., Sen. Ashcroft
becomes one of the first Republican officials to offer a strongly worded
public comment on the Lewinsky affair. In his speech Ashcroft declares,
"Mr. President, if these allegations are true...you have disgraced yourself,
you have disgraced this country, you have disgraced the office and you
should resign."
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Jan. 20, 1998. Sen. Ashcroft
reaffirms his opposition to President Clinton's nomination of Dr. David
Satcher as surgeon general. Citing Satcher's support of partial birth abortion
and of a controversial reseach project on HIV, Ashcroft says the nomination
is "ill-advised" and "sends the wrong signals."
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Jan. 12, 1998. Sen. Ashcroft
unveils a 10-point proposal to overhaul the tax system, stating that while
he supports more sweeping reform proposals, "this can deliver tax relief
to the middle class immediately."
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Oct. 23, 1997. At the Heritage
Foundation, Sen. Ashcroft calls for government that encourages "America's
highest and best" rather than compressing us at "our lowest and least."
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April 1997. In the Senate
swamp in front of the Capitol, Sen. Ashcroft explains the Working Americans
Wage Restoration Act, which would allow workers to deduct Social Security
payroll taxes from their income taxes. |