1. Neither Democrats nor Republicans in the House are likely to go along and the Clinton administration opposes both proposals as now drawn. 2. Although the administration opposes the measure, it has already been approved by the House International Relations Committee and is awaiting a vote before the full House of Representatives. 3. Ari Fleischer, the White House spokesman, said Friday that the Bush administration opposed tying help for airline workers to the security package. 4. At first the administration had opposed the European proposal, fearing that President Slobodan Milosevic would divert the oil to his business cronies or to the Yugoslav military. 5. A Campbell spokesman said that as long as the administration opposes the deal, the Senator considers it dead. 6. A spokesman for Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck says the Clinton administration strongly opposes the amendment. 7. A senior Treasury Department official said the Clinton administration had opposed inclusion of the savings and loan provision, but wanted the overall interstate-banking bill passed anyway. 8. Administration opposes making English the official language. 9. But Ashcroft said the administration opposed tacking on an expiration date. 10. But even so, the overwhelming majority say they are inclined to believe in the need for mandatory reductions, which the Bush administration has opposed. |