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Comments on the controversy surrounding the political and financial affairs of U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright. Speculations over the political relationship developed by the Democrat Congressman with Fort Worth, Texas-based developer George Mallick; Investigations on the personal finances of other members of the House of Representative.

Presents information on the deteriorating political condition of the Republican Party after ten years of success. Information on the results of the political campaign of 1990 that were not in favor of Republicans; Focus on the Democratic Party gaining nine seats in the U.S. Congress; Report that Grand Old Party is also loosing its image of party of fresh thinking and new ideas.

Reports on the social programs proposed by Minority leader Newt Gingrich and his colleagues in the Conservative Opportunity Society. Welfare and retirement programs; Housing programs; Social and labor problems; Proposed programs for education and health care; Other ideas proposed by the conservatives.

The article discusses the impact of senator John Kerry on the success of the Democratic Party to obtain majority positions in the U.S. Senate. Kerry, who won the chairmanship of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, has shown optimism that Democrats will reign during the 1988 senatorial elections. According to Patrick Griffin, a former Democratic Senate aide, Kerry is a smart and aggressive man who has a crop of candidates to work with.

The article reports on the plan of the Democratic political party in the U.S. to stage a preconvention for the election of a political leader to represent their party in the 1988 presidential elections. Many political figures were nominated to lead the party presidency including the close fight between Massachusetts governor Michael S. Dukakis and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson where both had their own style of getting votes from fellow partymates.

The article reports on the battle among Democratic candidates who want to win the nomination for presidential election in the U.S. Senator Albert Gore Jr. captured five states which is surprising for someone who skipped Iowa and New Hampshire. Meanwhile, Jesse Jackson also won five which shows that he had broadened his appeal beyond the African-American vote. It is noted that Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis became the first Democrat to win convincingly outside his home region.

This article discusses U.S. politics under Republican President George Bush. Congressional Democrats have been humbled by Bush's dominance of the policy agenda, including bailouts of savings and loan association failures, education, child care, clean air, capital gains, and drug traffic policy. INSET: Where the big issues stand..

Explains that Republican and Democratic legislators in the United States House are throwing allegations of unethical conduct against each other. Speaker Thomas Foley as target of GOP attacks that hinted at personal impropriety; GOP plans to launch fresh ethics complaints against Democratic members.

The article reports on the potential of Vice President George Bush to advance on the Republican nomination for president in the U.S. After Super Tuesday, jubilant aides greeted the news of the Vice President's historic 16-state sweep by showing off business cards affixed with pictures of the White House. However, Bush's stumble in Iowa made him vulnerable to an assault by Kansas Senator Bob Dole.

The article reports that the campaigns for the Republican and the Democratic presidential nominations are taking on the look of long, bitter and bloody struggles. Winners of the primary elections in New Hampshire cut short their victory to start campaigning in the South. Democratic Party Chairman John C. White admits that "there is a war of attrition on both sides."

The article analyzes the situation of the Democratic party as they enter into the 1988 election in the U.S. The author stated that the Democratic party is entering the election woefully short of themes that can attract voters' imagination. Political scientist William Schneider noted that if a year from now if the U.S. economy is in the same condition it is now, there is no way the Republicans will lose in the election.

The article discusses the conflict between the Democrat and Republican legislators over the issue of federal budget in the U.S. Representative Jim Slattery, member of the House Budget Committee, admits the difficulty of drafting a spending blueprint. Some of the things the conflicting parties differ include the reduction in defense and domestic spending programs by $18 billion.

The article profiles Joseph R. Biden Jr., who wants the Democratic Presidential nomination. Biden is a little-known senator from Delaware but is an able speaker on the civil rights movement. Biden's game plan is to become the champion of a new generation of voters who want idealism. He claims that Gary Hart and the other candidates are mistaken in offering technocratic solutions the social and economic problems.

The article profiles House Majority Leader Richard A. Gephardt, who is the election-year point man in the attack on George Bush. Gephardt is best known as a harsh critic of Japanese trade practices. But in a March 6 address, he called for a new international alliance, including Japan, that would funnel massive resources to the Soviet Union and its former satellites. He also proposed a major aid plan for the fledgling democracies of Eastern Europe, funded by cuts in defense spending.

Discusses the Republican Party's strategy for handling issues concerning the politics of abortion in the United States. Debate in Congress over federal funding of abortion in cases of rape and incest as a political liability; Republicans' desire to fight for restrictions designed to keep abortion from being used as a woman's primary means of birth control; Republican strategists' view that abortion issue is sure to hurt them in the 1990 elections; Radical shift in the politics of choice after the Supreme Court broadened states' rights to restrict abortions.

Focuses on the position of the Democratic Party in the U.S. Presidential election of 1989. Report that on November 7, 1989 Democrats won Virginia's governorship and swept its entire top elected posts; Reasons for party's victorious results; Win of L. Douglas Wilder, the nation's first elected black governor in Virginia.

Reports how, with President George Bush's support in the U.S., Congress is well on its way to approving ten billion dollars a year in expanded tax benefits geared toward families earning more than $50,000. Information on the catastrophic health insurance program provided by the Congress for senior citizens; Ways in which Democrats are responding towards the new thrust of the Grand Old Party.

Reports that Democrats in the U.S. Congress are divided over the capital-gains tax cut issue. Efforts of the Democrats to block President George Bush's campaign pledge to restore a tax break on capital gains; Potential problems in the Senate debate of the capital gains tax issue.

Reports that the U.S. Republicans would benefit from President George Bush's proposed campaign finance revisions that would eliminate direct business and labor political action committee (PAC) contributions to candidates. Increase of amount individuals can give; Corporate tendency to funnel funds to Democrats.

Reports on the decision of United States Democrat, Jim Wright, to resign his position as Speaker of the House. Reasons behind Wright's resignation; Other House Democrats who have been caught in ethics scandals; Impact of the controversies surrounding Wright and his consequent resignation on the status of the Democratic Party; Legislators being considered to replace Wright.

Reports that U.S. House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich needs to prove to President George Bush, Republican congressional leaders, and House Democrats that he is ready to change from revolutionary to leader. Personality and temperament; Expected difficulties with the Democrats and Republicans.

The article reports on the battle for the United States House Democratic Caucus chairmanship. Among the candidates, African American and Baptist preacher William H. Gray III and former teacher Mary Rose Oakar are the ones considered as top choices. The implication on the Democratic Party of electing the first African American or the first woman into a leadership post is discussed.

The article reports on the relationship of Republican President George Bush and Democratic Party dominated United States Congress. Some of the issues that will be facing the two political parties are long-term health care benefits, child care subsidies and parental leaves. Democrats would also try hard to control the foreign policy of the government.

The article reports on Albert Gore Jr. and his campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination. His campaigns are experiencing problems as his last speech in front of the Harriman Society, an elite group of Westchester County Democrats, did not do well. However, Albert Gore Jr., hopes to make a stand in his other campaigns.

The article comments on the emergence of Representative Richard A. Gephardt as a serious contender for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in the U.S. in 1988. Gephardt's trade bill, which taps into deep-seated voter resentment over the declining economic might of the U.S., has made him a contender for the Democratic nomination. It requires the President to take retaliatory action against foreign countries that use unfair trade practices to maintain large surpluses with the U.S.

The article reports on the failure of the members of the U.S. Congress to fulfill their agenda at the first session of the 100th Congress. The Democratic leaders were unable to convert President Ronald Reagan's political weakness into legislative victories. In fact, key democratic initiatives, such as a trade bill, catastrophic health insurance, and welfare reform, are unfinished business.

Focuses on the impending standoff between U.S. President Bill Clinton and Republican Party members of Congress over United States foreign policy. Influence of the Republican party over foreign policy issues; Criticisms on United States-China foreign economic relations.

Reports on the political changes in Japan. Formation of first non-Liberal Democratic Party government in 38 years led by Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa; Political effects of Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) ouster from power; Alleged weakness of Hosokawa's coalition; Differences between Hosokawa and Ichiro Ozawa, the renegade who caused the downfall of the LDP; Possible implications on United States-Japan relations.

Examines the efforts of the U.S. House Majority Leader Richard A. Gephardt to build a growth-through-competitiveness platform for the Democratic Party. Steps taken by Gephardt to keep his ideas in public eye; Challenges faced in making trade a popularly-debated issue; Efforts made by Gephardt in the past; Changes proposed by him to the Gephardt Amendment to the 1988 Trade Act; Plans of Gephardt to propose legislation outlining a set of Gephardt principles designed to make certain that U. S. businesses investing in Mexico under any free-trade agreement are good corporate citizens.

Focuses on reasons behind the lack of funds for political campaign of Democratic presidential aspirants in the 1992 U.S. elections. Worries of potential fund givers about their recession-hit finances; Information of the options being searches by the Democrats for fund raising; Contribution of public funding to covers the cost of the general election campaign.

Informs that the Persian Gulf War, overwhelmingly opposed by the party on Capitol Hill, has wounded Southern Democratic officeholders. Efforts of party leaders to distract the nation from victory by pushing a liberal social agenda are widening the deep chasm between Southern moderates and the national Democratic Party; Republicans have been chasing the elusive goal of a Sunbelt realignment; Difficulty in recruiting first rate candidates in the South; Information that some nervous Southern Democrats are trying to distance themselves from the party's liberal wing.

The article uncovers how this year, outraged by big tax hikes, a slumping economy, and the spectacle of disgraced Governor Michael S. Dukakis plays out his last days in office amid budgetary chaos, and Bay State voters rebelling. This is the year the Massachusetts Miracle became the Massachusetts Massacre. The 34 year-old conservative senatorial candidate and Boston real estate developer leads his band straight into his new storefront campaign office.

Presents information about the impact of U.S. President George Bush's taxation policy on the Democratic Party in the United States. View of Democratic National Committee Chairman Ronald H. Brown that the political situation is swinging their way; Expectation that the Democrats will insist on big tax hikes at a time when the public believes lots of money can be saved in spending cuts; Plan of Democrats to appeal to the middle class by showing the Republican Party as the promoters of greed.

Describes that some Republican party leaders think that the controversies over flag-burning and obscene art are the hot-button issues that will galvanize jaded voters in the next election. Repercussions of the capitalization on the emotional matters of people; Anxiety of Democrats for their political stand; Campaign against the flag burning issue.