NBC Nightly News - 1991-06-04
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[0:00] The Delta Airlines Grand Floral Parade,
[0:03] Saturday morning at 10:00.
[0:06] >> Recognized for 10 minutes. Civil rights
[0:09] and jobs, the political issue of the
[0:11] season in Washington. Now up for a vote
[0:12] in the House.
[0:15] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Broth.
[0:19] Reporting tonight from NBC News
[0:21] headquarters in New York.
[0:23] >> Good evening. It's finally time to vote
[0:25] on the Great Divide. This civil rights
[0:27] bill on job discrimination that has so
[0:29] divided Democrats and President Bush.
[0:32] There is much more at stake here than
[0:33] relief from job discrimination. NBC's
[0:36] Andrea Mitchell is on Capitol Hill
[0:37] tonight. John Cochran is at the White
[0:39] House. Andrea, this is a monumental
[0:41] political fight leading to 1992.
[0:44] >> Indeed, it is. The issue is emotional.
[0:46] The political stakes are high. The
[0:48] debate has been mean.
[0:51] Lobbyists for business groups were
[0:52] everywhere today pressing congressmen to
[0:54] vote no. They didn't win over New York
[0:56] Republican Sherwood Bowler.
[0:58] >> Now listen to what he has to say.
[1:00] >> Oh, come on.
[1:01] >> No. No. You can't make a Rosenberg
[1:04] Patuni just by calling it a patun.
[1:06] >> Opponents can't defeat the Democrats
[1:08] bill, but they do have the votes to make
[1:10] sure it does not survive a presidential
[1:11] veto. That's because the White House has
[1:13] labeled it a quota bill and the label
[1:15] has stuck. Florida Republican Craig
[1:18] James voted for the civil rights bill
[1:20] last year, but after a call from the
[1:22] attorney general today, he decided to
[1:24] support the president.
[1:25] >> Unless you can prove you need a 350
[1:28] hitter, you have to hire and promote the