European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 16, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 13 f. Scuttled crime Bill May be reborn after All democrats portrayed it As a detention plus prevention take it or leave it now or never the peo pie demand it crime Bill. But that was before they  said that if the House did t pass the Bill then it would be dead beyond revival but now it is morn ing after wound Licking cooler Heads time and the democratic leadership of the House is talking about modify ing the Bill maybe easing up on its social welfare crime prevention spending maybe toning Down its gun control provisions and trying anew. Speaker Thomas Foley d-wash., said the lawmakers Vejl Lake another look. We Are going to put this Bill Over the top  crime Bill cannot die said president Clinton As he left Mike Feinsilber for Minneapolis an speech to a supportive police group. For four years Congress has struggled to address the Issue americans say most concerns them. Neither democrats nor republicans can relish going tothe voters in 88 Days to explain Why they can t for Clinton politically thursday s 225-210 House vote blocking floor consideration of the $33.2 billion crime measure was a stinging loss. From his viewpoint the tuning is terrible exposing him As vulnerable at the very moment his health care Bill on which he stakes his reputation is before Congress and health care s constituency seems to be losing interest House gop whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia said that he hoped the vote would be a lesson to Clinton on where the american people Are and where the con Gress is and that it would Lead to More bipartisanship on health  met into the night thursday with stunned White House strategists and said he hoped for another attempt to legislate on crime this week. Rep. Charles Schumer d-n.y., a key player said passing a crime Bill this year was still a possibility if the american people really voice their  trouble and aware of it the crime Bill s supporters pulled emotional strings in the debate. They called up images of the dead the raped and the frightened a Mother of four killed on her front porch two girl named Amanda and Megan shot dead two women in their mid-80s sexually assaulted at gunpoint. People locked in their Homes afraid of the streets. But among the passengers of this omnibus legis lation were some easy targets and opponents had their Way with  for Midnight basketball games was in this Bill Money for self esteem counselling Money for arts handcrafts Money exclaimed the opponents for dancing lessons dancing lessons for Street thu sit is the great society reinvented moaned  Mccollum a Fla. We need to put the swiftness and certainty of punishment Back into the system he said and what the democrats offered was Midnight Ca a