Summary

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 79068
Story Slug CRIME BILL DEBATE UPDATE (1994)
Location WASHINGTON, DC
Format PKG
Date 8/23/1994
Archive Time 31:53
TRT 1:37
Supers WASHINGTON, D.C. SEN. RUSS FEINGOLD (D) WISCONSIN SEN. PAUL WELLSTONE (D) MINNESOTA SEN. PHIL GRAMM (R) TEXAS SEN. ORRIN HATCH (R) UTAH SEN. GEORGE MITCHELL MAJORITY LEADER SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D) CALIFORNIA (PRESIDENT CLINTON) MARY MILLER STANDUP
Video Description (FOR AN ADDITIONAL FEE, THE REPORTER IS LICENSABLE) SENATE CHAMBERS, SOTS, NEWS CONFERENCE SOTS, SHOTS OF GUNS ON A TABLE DURING NEWS CONFERENCE, FILE OF BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN PLAYING IN BASKETBALL GAME , SOTS, BILL CLINTON DURING BILL SIGNING CEREMONY OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, SOT, STANDUP
Script LEAD: THE SENATE STRUGGLED THROUGH A SECOND DAY OF TRYING TO PASS A CRIME BILL... WITH MOST OF THE ACTION, ONCE AGAIN, OFF THE CHAMBER FLOOR RATHER THAN ON IT. MARY MILLER HAS MORE FROM WASHINGTON. SCRIPT: BITE/FEINGOLD 10:50:54 ON SEN. FLR. 1: THIS WILL ONLY RESULT IN AN UNWARRANTED INTRUSION ON STATES RIGHTS. 5 SEC. BITE/WELLSTONE 11:22:13 ON SEN. FLR. 2: PREVENTION IS NOT PORK! IT'S CRIME CONTROL BEFORE IT STARTS! 5 SEC. AS DEBATE OVER THE MERITS OF THE CRIME BILL RAGED ON THE SENATE FLOOR... THE REAL CONCERN THIS DAY WAS NOT OVER A VOTE ON THE BILL ITSELF... BUT ON A GOP MANEUVER TO DERAIL IT. IF IT SUCCEEDS, THE BILL COULD BE CHANGED, THEREBY PROLONGING A LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THAT APPEARED TO BE ON THE HOME STETCH. REPUBLICANS SPENT A GOOD PART OF THE DAY STRATEGIZING, AND COUNTING VOTES. BITE/GRAMM 11:21:52 ON SEN. GOP S/O: IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY CLOSE VOTE, IT'S GOING TO BE A TEST OF WILLS. 6 SEC. BITE/HATCH 12:09:06 ON SEN. GOP S/O: IF WE SUSTAIN THE POINT OF ORDER, THEN OF COURSE WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THE DEMOCRATS WILL SIT DOWN IN GOOD FAITH AND NEGOTIATE IT WITH US. 7 SEC. BUT GOOD FAITH IS THE LAST THING DEMOCRATS WOULD ATTRIBUTE TO REPUBLICANS AT THIS POINT... ACCUSING THEM OF WANTING TO ELIMINATE THE WEAPONS BAN, NOT ALLEGED PORK PROJECTS AND SOFT SENTENCING GUIDELEINES. BITE/MITCHELL 14:40:47: IT'S A TRANSPARENT POLITICAL GAME THAT I HOPE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE THROUGH. SEC. BITE/FEINSTEIN 10:02:01 ON FEINSTEIN N/C: IT IS CLEAR THAT SOME WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO STOP THE CRIME BILL. 6 SEC. PRESIDENT CLINTON, MEANWHILE, USED A ROSE GARDEN BILL-SIGNING CEREMONY TO ISSUE A PLEA TO GET ON WITH THINGS. BITE/CLINTON 11:31:24 ON W.H./WOFFORD S/O 1: EVERY SENATOR WITHOUT REGARD TO PARTY OUGHT TO CONTINUE THE BIPARTISAN SPIRIT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE HOUSE. 7 SEC. MILLER STANDUP
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