Rep. BOEHNER: Each of these hearings will be looking at additional provisions in the Reed-Kennedy Bill that raised serious concerns.

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Representative JOHN BOEHNER (Republican, Ohio): It's clear that Senate Democrats and Republicans alike are moving away from the Reed-Kennedy bill and toward the House position.

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And this is one thing that Director Bill Reed was trying to get people not to focus just on the center of circulation or on the coast.

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"Most of our domestic initiatives were not paid for through the tobacco bill, " Reed said.

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"You were witnessing history, " he went on, noting the match-ups: Willis Reed and Wes Unseld, Bill Bradley and Jack Marin, Dick Barnett and Kevin Loughery, Dave DeBusschere and Gus Johnson.

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But Bruce Reed, a top domestic policy adviser, denies the White House had counted too much on the controversial tobacco bill.

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