RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL  (TRP NOTES MAIL)

CREATOR: Ron Klain ( CN=Ron Klain/O=OVP [ OVP ] )

CREATION DATE/TIME:11-JUL-1996 09:13:36.00

SUBJECT:  Updates

TO: Albert Gore ( CN=Albert Gore/O=OVP [ OVP ] )
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CC: Heather M. Marabeti ( CN=Heather M. Marabeti/O=OVP [ OVP ] )
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TEXT:
A few items of note this morning:



1.  School Construction.  This announcement will happen today.  It was 

supposed to be in Fla, but the storm cancelled the POTUS trip, so it will 

be in suburban Maryland.  Obviuosly, you were not going to be at the 

announcement (in Fla) as originally planned.  So now, the question is, 

should we tear up your schedule to get you at this announcement here?  

While you certainly deserve credit for having been for it and for having 

come up with the offset, I don't think you'll get much out of going.  But 

we'll see how hard it will be to get reorganized...



2.  Helms-Burton/Cuba.  The Helms-Burton decision will come while you are 

gone, as will some other Cuba related decisions.  I will talk to Leon 

today and make sure you are equipped with whatever you need for lunch 

tomorrow.



3.  Welfare Reform.  The odds of us getting a stand-alone bill are 

rising.  While this will make the liberals mad, this is probably the #1 

achievement we could (realisitically) get this year.  



4.  Kennedy-Kassebaum.  This seems not to have changed much since your 

chat with the President on Monday.  But I fear it could come into final 

focus while you and Mrs. Gore are away, so I intend to put a final push 

for this in your lunch memo for tomorrow.



5.  Wisconsin Waiver.  This seems to be on track for a YES on welfare and 

a NO on Medicaid, as discussed at the Residence Meeting on Tuesday.  This, 

too, will probably happen while you are gone, as the 30-day review period 

runs out on Monday.



6.  Quello/Kid TV.  You've now seen the public discussion of his reversal 

-- he clearly will not allow any rule to go through.  We are readying the 

recess appointment so that Reed will be able to do this over Quello's 

objection by mid-August.



7.  Tax Attack.  Finally, as I told you yesterday, the GOP has gone up 

with an attack on Dole on taxes (not welfare).  We will put up the answer 

you have seen screened at the Residence Meeting twice (i.e., "Bob Dole ... 

35 years in Washington, 35 years of higher taxes")  We are nailing down 

which of the Dole tax hikes cited in the ad that you voted for in the 

House or Senate, for surely Dole will counter attack on you for this.  Our 

defense of you (and others who voted for these tax hikes, like Leon 

Panetta, our Hill Dem allies, etc.) is that we are not attacking the tax 

hikes themselves, but Dole's hypocrisy in voting for those tax hikes and 

then criticizing us on taxes.   We'll see how it works......