Senate GOP Leadership Meeting, March 2, 1993

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Senate GOP Leadership Meeting, March 2, 1993

Date (Dublin Core)

1993-03-02

Date Created (Dublin Core)

1993-03-02

Congress (Dublin Core)

103rd (1993-1995)

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Congress

Creator (Dublin Core)

Dole, Robert J., 1923-2021

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attendance lists

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eng

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https://dolearchivecollections.ku.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=26&q=

Physical Location (Dublin Core)

Collection 007, Box 406, Folder 26

Institution (Dublin Core)

Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Archival Collection (Dublin Core)

Robert J. Dole Republican Leadership Collection, 1985-1996

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(Page 1)

SUBJECT: Leadership
DATE: March 2, 1993
TIME: 12:15
LOCATION: S-230
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
Senator Position Invited Yes (Crossed off: No) on time
Cochran Conference WCB (Checkmark) (Checkmark) (Checkmark)
Dole Republican Leader (Checkmark) (Checkmark)
Gramm Senatorial Committee (Checkmark) (Checkmark)
Lott Conference Secretary (Checkmark) (Checkmark)
Nickles Policy Chairman (Checkmark) (Checkmark) (Checkmark)
Simpson Asst. Republican Leader (Checkmark) (Checkmark) (Checkmark)

RANKING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Senator Committee Invited Yes No
Chafee Environment
Cohen Special Aging
Danforth Commerce
Domenici Budget
D’Amato Banking
Hatfield Appropriations
Hatch Judiciary
Helms Foreign Relations
Kassebaum labor
Lugar Agriculture
McCain Select – Indian affairs
McConnell Ethics
Murkowski Veterans’ Affairs
Packwood Finance
Pressler Small Business
Roth Gov’t Affairs & Jt. Econ
Stevens Rules & Administration
Thurmond Armed Services
Wallop Energy
Warner Intelligence

[illegible]
REPUBLICANS
Bennet Gorton
Bond Grassley
Brown Gregg
Burns Jeffords
Coats Kempthorne
Coverdell Mack
Craig Smith
Durenberger Specter
Faircloth

DEMOCRATS
Akaka Kerrey
Baucus Kerry
Biden Kohl
Bingaman Krueger
Boren Lautenberg
Boxer Leahy
Bradley Levin
Breaux Lieberman
Bryan Mathews
Bumpers Metzenbaum
Byrd Mikulski
Campbell Mitchell
Conrad Moseley-Braun
Daschle Moynihan
DeConcini Murray
Dodd Nunn
Dorgan Pell
Exon Pryor
Feingold Reid
Feinstein Riegle
Ford Robb
Glenn Rockefeller
Graham Sarbanes
Harkin Sasser
Heflin Shelby
Hollings Simon
Inouye Wellstone
Johnston Wofford
Kennedy

OTHERS:
PF1.020

(Page 2)

TALKING POINTS FOR LUNCH WITH CLINTON
o Mr. President, this is the first time you have had the opportunity to meet with the Senate Republicans. We welcome you and hope this will be the first of many visits.
o You have heard many times, from many of us, the words "we want to work with the President, to help him succeed. " Those are not hollow words, Mr. President. We care about our country, its people, its future.
o Should Republicans all stick together, we can frustrate your agenda, we can block bills from passing. That is not our desire. We want to work with you, to be consulted, to help formulate the best possible policies to move this country forward. If we are allowed through the door, in the room, we can and will help. That is the direction we want our relationship with you to take.
o We know that it is difficult to get things moving this early in an Administration -- there are so many tasks you are expected to complete -- all at the same time. Consultation with Republicans is one task that has yet to begin. We hope it will commence soon. That would benefit you, it would benefit us, and most importantly, it would benefit the American people.
o So, like your predecessor did to the Democrats in Congress, we, the Republicans in the Senate want to extend to you, a Democrat in the White House, the hand of bipartisanship. We hope it will be received in the spirit it is offered, and not in the manner your predecessor's offer was received.
o You have asked us to provide you with specific suggestions to your budget outline. I believe we will be able to do that, to try to be helpful and constructive. However, until we have the opportunity to review your proposal, in its entirety, in detail, it will be difficult for us to help.
o You will find that a number of us have strong reservations about various parts of your package. However, you will also find that, as a group, we are prepared to make tough choices, to make tough votes to better America. None of us support the status quo.

(Page 3)

SUGGESTED SPIN POINTS FOLLOWING LUNCH
1) We want to be consulted. We told the President we are willing to be helpful. But, if he wants our help, he should include us in policy development.
2) For all the talk, all the hype, all speeches about the Clinton Budget Plan, it does not exist. President Clinton has given us an outline, but he is required by law to submit a detailed budget. It's now more than a month overdue, and we are still waiting.
We cannot be expected to offer alternatives to something we have not seen, we cannot be accused of obstructing something that does not exist.
The President and others say give us specifics, yet they have no specifics of their own.
3) The information we do have about the Clinton Plan makes one point clear -- this is a record $360 billion tax increase. Republicans support deficit reduction that emphasizes spending cuts, not tax increases.
(Page 1)

SUBJECT: Leadership
DATE: March 2, 1993
TIME: 12:15
LOCATION: S-230
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
Senator
Position
Invited
Yes
(Crossed off: No) on time
Cochran
Conference WCB
(Checkmark)
(Checkmark)
(Checkmark)
Dole
Republican Leader
(Checkmark)
(Checkmark)

Gramm
Senatorial Committee
(Checkmark)
(Checkmark)

Lott
Conference Secretary
(Checkmark)
(Checkmark)

Nickles
Policy Chairman
(Checkmark)
(Checkmark)
(Checkmark)
Simpson
Asst. Republican Leader
(Checkmark)
(Checkmark)
(Checkmark)

RANKING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Senator
Committee
Invited
Yes
No
Chafee
Environment

Cohen
Special Aging

Danforth
Commerce

Domenici
Budget

D'Amato
Banking

Hatfield
Appropriations

Hatch
Judiciary

Helms
Foreign Relations

Kassebaum
labor

Lugar
Agriculture

McCain
Select - Indian affairs

McConnell
Ethics

Murkowski
Veterans' Affairs

Packwood
Finance

Pressler
Small Business

Roth
Gov't Affairs & Jt. Econ

Stevens
Rules & Administration

Thurmond
Armed Services

Wallop
Energy

Warner
Intelligence

[illegible]
REPUBLICANS
Bennet
Gorton
Bond
Grassley
Brown
Gregg
Burns
Jeffords
Coats
Kempthorne
Coverdell
Mack
Craig
Smith
Durenberger
Specter
Faircloth

DEMOCRATS
Akaka
Kerrey
Baucus
Kerry
Biden
Kohl
Bingaman
Krueger
Boren
Lautenberg
Boxer
Leahy
Bradley
Levin
Breaux
Lieberman
Bryan
Mathews
Bumpers
Metzenbaum
Byrd
Mikulski
Campbell
Mitchell
Conrad
Moseley-Braun
Daschle
Moynihan
DeConcini
Murray
Dodd
Nunn
Dorgan
Pell
Exon
Pryor
Feingold
Reid
Feinstein
Riegle
Ford
Robb
Glenn
Rockefeller
Graham
Sarbanes
Harkin
Sasser
Heflin
Shelby
Hollings
Simon
Inouye
Wellstone
Johnston
Wofford
Kennedy

OTHERS:
PF1.020

(Page 2)

TALKING POINTS FOR LUNCH WITH CLINTON
o Mr. President, this is the first time you have had the opportunity to meet with the Senate Republicans. We welcome you and hope this will be the first of many visits.
o You have heard many times, from many of us, the words "we want to work with the President, to help him succeed. " Those are not hollow words, Mr. President. We care about our country, its people, its future.
o Should Republicans all stick together, we can frustrate your agenda, we can block bills from passing. That is not our desire. We want to work with you, to be consulted, to help formulate the best possible policies to move this country forward. If we are allowed through the door, in the room, we can and will help. That is the direction we want our relationship with you to take.
o We know that it is difficult to get things moving this early in an Administration -- there are so many tasks you are expected to complete -- all at the same time. Consultation with Republicans is one task that has yet to begin. We hope it will commence soon. That would benefit you, it would benefit us, and most importantly, it would benefit the American people.
o So, like your predecessor did to the Democrats in Congress, we, the Republicans in the Senate want to extend to you, a Democrat in the White House, the hand of bipartisanship. We hope it will be received in the spirit it is offered, and not in the manner your predecessor's offer was received.
o You have asked us to provide you with specific suggestions to your budget outline. I believe we will be able to do that, to try to be helpful and constructive. However, until we have the opportunity to review your proposal, in its entirety, in detail, it will be difficult for us to help.
o You will find that a number of us have strong reservations about various parts of your package. However, you will also find that, as a group, we are prepared to make tough choices, to make tough votes to better America. None of us support the status quo.

(Page 3)

SUGGESTED SPIN POINTS FOLLOWING LUNCH
1) We want to be consulted. We told the President we are willing to be helpful. But, if he wants our help, he should include us in policy development.
2) For all the talk, all the hype, all speeches about the Clinton Budget Plan, it does not exist. President Clinton has given us an outline, but he is required by law to submit a detailed budget. It's now more than a month overdue, and we are still waiting.
We cannot be expected to offer alternatives to something we have not seen, we cannot be accused of obstructing something that does not exist.
The President and others say give us specifics, yet they have no specifics of their own.
3) The information we do have about the Clinton Plan makes one point clear -- this is a record $360 billion tax increase. Republicans support deficit reduction that emphasizes spending cuts, not tax increases.

Senate GOP Leadership Meeting, March 2, 1993

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