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It went left-right, left- right, left-right.” Perhaps the Republicans were expected to have second thoughts about being so polite — they believe Clinton was seriously wound ed politically by the November elections and are in no mood to help him recover. But a morning-after review of the Democ ratic commentary suggested that Clinton’s repeated overtures to Republicans left some Democrats wondering where they fit in — or just what to believe. “He opposed every moderate effort in the last Congress,” said conservative Democratic Rep. Mike Parker of Mississippi. “I can only wonder now if he actually believes in his own promises, or will he reverse course yet again?” Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon found himself much in agreement with Clin ton. But instead of leaving it at that, De- Fazio went on to point out major differences with Clinton — not exactly what the White House had in mind on a night Clinton hoped to reassert himself. DeFazio took issue with Clinton’s efforts to stabilize the Mexican peso through $40 billion in loan guarantees, and the president’s proposal to raise Pen tagon spending by $25 billion. Adding to the De mocratic disunity, oth ers questioned Clin ton’s demand for a middle-class tax cut. Overall, most De mocrats came loyally to Clinton’s defense. But even many in this group took pains to protect themselves. “I could close my eyes and hear him talking about in creasing opportunity but requiring respon sibility,” Sen. John Breaux of Louisiana said Thursday. “It was getting back to ba sics and the middle class themes that helped him get elected.” "He opposed every moderate effort in the last Congress. I can only wonder now if he ac tually believes in his own promises, or will he reverse course yet again?" — Mike Parker, Democratic representative, Georgia Yet for all his praise of Clinton, Breaux issued a statement that noted “he will sup port the Clinton administration when he can and oppose it when necessary.” That line was reminiscent of last year’s campaign, when Democrats were eager to put a little distance between themselves and Clinton. And it was evidence that some Democrats fear having him atop the ticket in 1996. Republicans were more than happy to feed those concerns. Most labeled Clinton’s speech “me-too- ism,’’suggesting he would not be talking about smaller government, lower taxes or incremental health care reform were it not for the Republican rout of Nov. 8. Outside Washing ton, instant polls gave Clinton high marks roughly eight in 10 said they be lieved Republican in Congress were tak ing a stronger lead ership role in the capital than Clinton- a dynamic that has a lot to do with the GOP willingness to bluntly criticize Clinton. “They hear him getting back on the right themes so they want to put the final nail in the coffin,’’said Breaux.”! think they know his capacity to come back and his re siliency, so they are going to keep after him with a venegeance.” House presses for balanced-budget amendment Differing views on implementation lead to showdown, discussion, debate WASHINGTON (AP) — In a debate with enormous economic and political significance, the Republican-controlled House advanced Wednesday toward a showdown on a balanced-bud get amendment designed to end the government’s massive run up in red ink. “This is the cornerstone of our party’s ‘Contract With Ameri ca,”’ said Rep. Dan Schaefer of Colorado, as GOP leaders brought the proposal to the floor a scant three weeks after swear ing in their new, aggressive House majority. GOP lawmakers were nearly unanimous in their support. But with a two-thirds majority re quired for passage, the amend ment’s fate was in the hands of a divided Democratic party. House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri told lawmakers the proposal was “perhaps the most important is sue we will consider in your whole time in the Congress.” He pressed his demand for Re publicans to identify the cuts they would make to wipe out the deficit. “Is there a hidden agenda here? Is there somewhere in here a veiled attack on Social Security or Medicare, which some of our friends on the other side have threatened in the past?” Republicans denied the politi cally potent charge, and arranged passage first of a com panion measure — which does not have the force of law — pro claiming that Social Security not be used to balance the budget. With majorities in both hous es of Congress, Republicans ex pressed optimism that they would finally prevail in a strug gle that has been waged unsuc cessfully in the House and Sen ate since 1982. It takes a two- third majority in both houses and ratification in three-fourths of the states to add the measure to the Constitution. In the Senate, an all-out fight is expected from Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., but Republicans expressed confidence that they have the votes to prevail. One longtime GOP opponent. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas, said the amendment was “ a bad idea whose time may have come,” and several GOP officials said they expected she would support the proposal. In the House, the main point of controversy concerned a re quirement for a three-fifths vote in both houses to raise taxes. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and most Republicans supported it, but many Democratic bal anced-budget supporters did not. Under the rules established by the GOP, the House scheduled a first vote Thursday on an amend- ment including the three-fifths requirement — the version con tained in the “Contract With America.” That would be followed by a vote on a milder version that re quired only a majority of the whole House and Senate to raise taxes. With many freshmen de manding passage of the tax-limi tation provision, GOP aides held out the possibility that they would change plans if they came close on the first roll call and see whether they could pressure enough reluctant Democrats to switch their votes and assure passage. Both versions call for a bal anced budget by 2002, and re quire a three- fifths vote of both houses of Congress to run a deficit there after, with an additional three-fifths vote require ment to raise the debt. 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