WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, May 21) -- When Senate Democrats won the battle over gun-show background checks, Vice President Al Gore called it a turning point for the country. It may also have been a turning point for him. CNN political analyst Bill Schneider explains in the political pay of the week.

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Friday, May 21, 1999

• Democrats push for immediate House action on juvenile crime, gun controls
• Clinton signs $15 billion spending bill for Kosovo, storm victims, farmers
• Fund-raiser Charlie Trie pleades guilty under plea agreement
• House panel looks into charges of 'racial profiling' by U.S. Customs
• Unknown soldiers may be identified
• Top Dole adviser quits campaign
• George Bush baseball cards to be given away Saturday
• Lawmakers get no unexpected windfall this tax season
• Administration moves toward marijuana research
• Starr's office argues for reinstatement of charge against Hubbell
• Gingrich says GOP should focus on lower taxes, not reforms
• The Political Play of the Week: Gore makes a move
• McCain says Dole is loyal to wife's campaign
• School shooting reignites candidate debate over gun control
• Kasich to release contributors' names
• Senate panel OKs 'sweepstakes' bill
• House OKs land treaty restrictions
• FEC may allow credit-card donations
• Senators push rural Internet access
• House panel decides to force Congress to recycle its trash
• NAACP leader's son arrested on drug charges
• Duke questioned about payment from Foster's 1995 campaign
• Susan B. Anthony dollar is back -- temporarily -- by popular demand

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