Because Paul Begala’s wife, Diane, was expecting their first child, he couldn’t come to Little Rock full-time, so reluctantly, I gave up George Stephanopoulos from the campaign plane. Moreover, putting up a missile defense could actually expose the world to greater danger. The next day I signed the Lobbying Disclosure Act, after the House Republicans reversed their opposition, and vetoed a third appropriations bill, for the Departments of Commerce, State, and Justice. Hillary and I were in the front pew with local and state officials and prominent New Jersey Catholics.
ied Hillary to the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York for a couple of days of vacation and campaigning. Besides the Speaker and his leadership team, my strongest supporter was the powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Illinois congressman Dan Rostenkowski. losing their food aid; received an award from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) for my economic and soci President Bush was played by Washington lawyer Bob Barnett, who had performed the same role four years earlier for Dukakis.
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