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...Ohio's legislature neared its first round of forced retirements last year, 13 of 39 term-limited representatives quit to take jobs in the private sector or in Governor Bob Taft's administration. House speaker Jo Ann Davidson, term-limited herself, had to appoint three finance chairmen in a single year. "You have to run an ongoing orientation throughout the session," she says...
...Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the Carolinas. North Carolina's other Senator, Democrat JOHN EDWARDS, opposes Boyle, but Edwards is holding off blocking the nomination to see if he can strike a deal with the White House. Edwards wants Bush to appoint another North Carolinian to the Fourth Circuit, state appeals court Judge JAMES A. WYNN, an African American whom Helms has blocked in the past. If they agree to a trade, Bush and Edwards will have to overcome one other hurdle: Helms. He's told North Carolina reporters that...
...Trent Lott now control the Senate because Vice President Dick Cheney casts the tie- breaking vote. But 98-year-old Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who spends many weekends in the hospital, is looking increasingly frail. The governor from his state is a Democrat and likely to appoint a Democrat to fill the seat if Thurmond leaves early. That would mean the Democrats control the Senate with a 51-49 majority, making Sen. Tom Daschle the majority leader...
...Undergraduate Council’s Student Affairs Committee (SAC) voted to appoint McKean and Milikowsky to the 20-person committee, which will consist of faculty, administrators and students. They were selected over 19 other student applicants...
...council's Student Affairs Committee (SAC) will be accepting applications this week from any undergraduates who wish to apply to be on the committee. Then SAC--in accordance with the council's constitution with regard to appointments--will vote to appoint two of the applicants. SAC's choices will be voted upon by the council at large in a confirmation hearing scheduled for May 16th...