Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 12:01:10 -0400 (EDT)

Dole says he'll get most done with Congress
By KEVIN LANDRIGAN
Telegraph Staff

CONCORD -- Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole said Monday that 
he can get more done with the GOP-led Congress than any other candidate.
"My view is people are looking for someone with experience, someone they 
know," Dole told reporters at a news conference across the street from the 
Statehouse.
   The Kansas senator said President Clinton -- as a candidate -- promised 
to reform welfare, improve the nation's health care system and give 
the middle-class a tax cut. He has failed on all counts even though 
Democrats controlled the Congress his fi rst two years, Dole charged.
"With someone like Bill Clinton, experience is more important than 
ever," Dole said.
    On Monday, Dole picked up the endorsement of state House Speaker Harold 
Burns, R-Whitefield.  Burns said Dole as Senate majority leader has had to 
make tough decisions and forge compromise to get things done.
"Bob Dole brings the kind of common sense conservative leadership and 
valuable political experience that this country so badly needs," 
Burns said.  "The election of Bob Dole as president will ensure that 
Republicans achieve goals like cutting taxes and government spending and 
strengthening the family. His election will help complete the Republican 
revolution that began with the 1994 elections." 
  Burns backed Dole in the 1988 primary campaign won by former President 
George Bush.
   When the U.S. Senate returns into session next week, Dole said it will 
pass a welfare reform bill that gives states more freedom to reduce 
their rolls as they see fit.
   Dole backs a GOP compromise that would group several welfare programs 
into block grants for the states and end most of the federal mandates 
with which states must comply to receive federal support.
   Dole also predicted that the Senate this fall will pass tax reform 
legislation that will include a cut in the capital gains tax on 
investments, a bigger deduction for children with families and lower 
taxes on estates.
   "We feel that is exactly where we should be going," Dole said.
At the end of the year, Dole and House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., 
will receive a report on the federal tax system that Dole said probably 
will include several options for even bigger changes.  "We hope it's going 
to be a fairer, flatter, simpler tax," Dole said.
Several of Dole's rivals are supporting a flat-rate income tax, including 
conservative com mentator Pat Buchanan and U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa. 
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., supports a national sales tax to replace 
the current federal income tax .
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