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2The Tar HeelMonday, August 29. -1988 Stated " IHow They Stand Issue Bush Dukakis Bentsen Voluntary school prayer Aye Nay Aye Federal funding for abortions Nay Aye Nay Capital punishment for drug related murders Aye Nay Aye Line-item veto for the president Aye Aye Nay Balanced budget amendment Aye Nay Aye Oil import fee - Nay Nay Aye Military aid to the Nicaraguan Contras Aye Nay Aye Military aid to the UNITA rebels in Angola Aye Nay Aye Maintaining sanctions against South Africa Aye Aye Aye MX missile Aye Nay Aye Reduce funding for the Strategic Defense Initiative Nay Aye Nay ("Star Wars") - Nuclear test ban Nay Aye Nay B1 bomber Aye Nay Aye Loose interpretation of the ABM treaty Aye Nay NA U. S. comittment to no first use of nuclear weapons Nay Nay Nay Midgetman missile Aye Nay NA Intermediate Nuclear Force elimination treaty Aye Aye Aye Increased Federal funding for education (including Avt Ayt Pell grants) Federal funding for daycare Nay Aye NA Increase in the minimum wage Nay Aye NA Aye-Suitots NAY-Orrosis NA-Not Available i1;:: "vt i,11:: '"..y"," ,-;--. ,,,vlim-,-..- i . . "1 " r-r r'T Bookcase I ' J ' MW 1 Mow ssz ' I J I ftiiME 1 ffTiPrS0i student OesK (j TZZ&SZT .... Mow So 1 Ii ' $(5)00 (feg") 1 Sp (,C3-'89M) J natural home p J Wr-.f ' 316 west Franklin St. j Chapel Hill, NC 27514 933-2222 Focus is on short session for gubernatorial race By ANDREW LAWLER Staff Writer When the short session of the General Assembly ended in July, it marked the beginning of the guber natorial campaigns, and the legisla tive session is a hot topic for. the candidates. Republicans will emphasize Gov. Jim Martin's success in the short session. "The governor was able to get 90 percent of his agenda passed," said Tim Pittman, press secretary for the Martin campaign. The campaign will also focus on those programs pro-? posed by the governor that were not approved by the Democratically controlled legislature. Among these, Pittman said, were three of four programs to increase penalties for drug crimes, as well as a request for more highway patrolmen. Martin has long had trouble with the legislature that his campaign characterizes as arrogant and parti san, and reform of that body will be a major focus of the campaign, according to Pittman. Specifically, Martin will concen trate on opening the legislature to public scrutiny, said Tom Ballus, assistant director of communications for the N.C. Republican Party. "The Democrats are still meeting in secret and hammering out their own budget," Ballus said. Although Chapel Hill, reporters are now allowed into budget sessions, Ballus said Democrats continue to keep the process private by "speaking in code" before the press. But a focus of the Democratic gubernatorial campaign is the success of Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan, Martin's opponent, in the short session. Jordan was the main voice of reform in the process, said Laura Carpenter Bingham, Jordan's policy assistant. Jordan initiated the reforms, not Martin, by leading the fight to open budget meetings and increase the amount of deliberations given each matter, Bingham said. Republicans will also focus on pork barrel funding, in which sena tors received between $30,000 and $60,000 to be used at their discretion for their counties. "Our concern is not the projects being funded, but rather the use of the money to force legislators to vote the (Democratic) party line," Pittman said. Ballus added that the eight most powerful Democrats received the most money for their counties. Republicans also are attempting to use the short session to portray Jordan as a weak leader. "Basically, Bob Jordan was offered an opportunity to show leadership in the short session and failed to do so," See CAMPAIGNS page 9 316 west Franklin St. NC 27514 933-2222 . . . J
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