European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 10,1�94 elections 94 the stars and stripes Page 13 wants a Likely a Oriff Leader savors gop s 53-4 7 grip on Senate Washington a r Bob Dole revealed wednesday in republicans Cap Ture of the Senate and the Likely next majority Leader said the gop would work with president Clinton on health care and other issues but would set its own Agenda. -. I think the vote for republicans is vote for change we re going to have to put together our Agenda. We have part of the responsibility now said Dole r Kan. ,. / i republicans not Only won All nine open Senate seats tuesday but they also " i returned All i Senate i to of their in to. Cum Bents to Washington and welcomed the defection of a conservative Democrat sen. Rich Ard Shelby of Alabama. The events erased a 56-44 democratic advantage in the Senate and gave the gop a 53-47 hold on the upper chamber. Shelby who was first elected to the Senate in 1986 and has been courted by the gop for months announced his party switch wednesday. In addition to winning the nine open seats in which no incumbent was run Ning republicans scored key victories against incumbent democrats Harris Wofford of Pennsylvania and Jim Sasser of Tennessee. Of a up. There were a few Bright spots for democrats 14 of 16 democratic incumbents won re election including the Vir Ginia Victory of Charles Robb Over conservative Republican Oliver North and Edward Kennedy s defeat of Mitt rom hey in Massachusetts. Diane Feinstein held on to her Cali fornia seat in the most expensive Senate race Ever beating Republican Michae Huffington. Republicans More than offset those re sults with victories in Maine Ohio Mich Igan Oklahoma Minnesota Wyoming Missouri and Arizona. In Tennessee they handed democrats devastating defeat by grabbing both seats. -.--v. A. / for the first time since the Truman administration republicans control the Senate with a Democrat in the Whitehouse. Gop political operatives remember All too Well hour the politically wounded president Traman ran against a do nothing Republican Congress in 1948 and won. For the republicans the hew Day dawning wednesday Over the Capitol in Washington could t have been brighter. Dole specifically mentioned health care Reform As an area Ripe for bipartisan Compromise if Clinton is willing to Schleback his plans. And Start working with us Early  sen. Phil Gramm a Texas a potential rival of Dole s for the 1996 Gap presidential nomination struck a More combative  today the train is going to pull out of the station. It is a train that is headed for less government and More  question for the president is she going to get on the train and be the Engineer. Or is he going to stand on the track and try to Stop the train big kiss for the Winner Republican Fred Thompson gets a kiss from his daughter in Law Mara Thompson in his ,tenn., hotel is m tuesday As he is declared the Winner in the race for  . Senate seat Over democratic rep. Jim Cooper. At left is his grandson Adrian. Term incumbent rep. Bob Carr. Gramm said. The Senate becomes far More conservative As a result of the elections. Sen. Jesse Helms ,is in line to be come chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee and sen. Strom thur mond the South carolinian who ran against Truman under the Dixi Carat Banner in 1948,can move into the Senate armed services committee chairmanship. The gop congressional Agenda is sure to include a proposed balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and term limits for lawmakers. Republicans also favor increased de sense spending cuts in taxes and welfare spending and anti crime legislation. Clinton said he hoped for More responsible bipartisan efforts on the Parton republicans a reference to the top s quashing of much of Clintos Agenda this year in the  called the vote a referendum on the Clinton program and said the american people have spoken very Clear  additions on the Republican Side Indi Cate that experience in elected office was t a Barrier to Victory. The Winner included Ohio it. Gov. Michael Dewine 47, a former House member Maine  Snowe 47 four term Oklahoma rep. Jim Inhofe 60, former Missouri gov. John Ashcroft 52 Arizona rep. John Kyi 52 three term Wyoming  Thomas 61 and Minnesota fresh Man rep. Rod Grams 46. In Tennessee where Democrat Sasse lost to heart transplant surgeon Bill Frist and actor lawyer Fred Thompson beat democratic rep. Jim Cooper a majority of voters disapproved of Clinton s perform Mancey according to exit polls conducted for the associated press and four television networks. Nearly nine of 10 of them voted Republican. The trend was mirrored in Pennsylva Nia where Wofford lost to two term re publican rep. Rick Santorum and Mich Igan where Republican political operative Spencer Abraham beat nine Senate dem. Gop other won 14 2t leading no race in 94 34  & 44 0 " 5 trend to the us Olthouse who have won those who i leading and the seats not up for re election into year. Starting today the train to going to up ii out Fttie station. It it a train that it headed for less government and More a # Freedom the question for the president is is he going to get on the train and be the Engineer or is he going to stand on the track and try to Stop the train sen. Phil Gramm a Texas