CBS Evening News - 1995-10-19
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[0:02] overhaul plan, including higher Medicare
[0:05] premiums. 6 months after the Oklahoma
[0:08] City bombing, the man whose job it is to
[0:10] get one of the prime suspects off the
[0:13] hooks and mime and punishment. He saves
[0:17] the day when your time is [music] up at
[0:19] his own expense. A very moving violation
[0:22] story.
[0:25] >> [music]
[0:27] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:31] Rather. [music] Good evening. The
[0:33] Republican majority in the US House of
[0:35] Representatives voted late today to pass
[0:37] its major overhaul of Medicare. The
[0:39] Republican plan calls for a quart
[0:42] trillion dollar cut in Medicare. The
[0:44] cuts will come from previously planned
[0:46] spending increases. The final tally 231
[0:49] in favor, 2011 against. But even before
[0:52] the vote, President Clinton denounced
[0:54] the plan as a radical and extreme hit on
[0:57] the old and the poor, and he vowed to
[0:59] veto it. Linda Douglas reports.
[1:03] >> House Speaker N. Gingrich promised this
[1:05] day would be remembered as a historic
[1:06] point in the Republican revolution. He
[1:09] claimed he is trying to save Medicare
[1:10] for future generations. We want a
[1:13] solution to protect younger Americans
[1:15] from higher taxes, higher interest
[1:17] rates, crushing debt, and a bankrupt
[1:20] government.
[1:21] >> But President Clinton charged Medicare
[1:22] itself would be crushed and warned
[1:24] Republicans are wasting their time.
[1:26] >> My message to the Republicans is simple.
[1:28] I hope you will think again. I will not
[1:30] let you destroy Medicare and I will veto
[1:34] this bill.
[1:40] Throughout the day, Democrats outside
[1:42] the capital and in charged Republicans
[1:45] will someday feel guilty about wh