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...debate over John Ashcroft's nomination for U.S. attorney general may finally be drawing to a close, and TIME congressional correspondent Douglas Waller is keeping a close eye on the political maneuvering. Here, his observations on the latest developments...
...Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle announced he will vote against Ashcroft's nomination. Did his decision catch anyone off guard...
...Waller: I don't think anyone was surprised that Daschle came out against Ashcroft - opposing this nomination has become a Democratic issue. It won't sink the nomination by any means, because there are enough Democrats who will vote for him. On the Senate Judiciary Committee, two Democrats are still hedging their bets: Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl, both of Wisconsin. Feingold will probably vote for the Ashcroft nomination, and that could mean Kohl, who's really held off making any judgment on Ashcroft, will follow his lead...
...Waller: It is - every Senate Republican will vote for Ashcroft, and every Democrat will at least express reservations about the nomination, and there could be 40 of them voting against it. At this point, all Democrats want is to keep Ashcroft on a short leash once he's at the Justice Department. They want him to know they'll be keeping an eye out for any movement that betrays Ashcroft's personal ideology...
...spending for use by charities and churches - are remarkably similar to those of the blueprint the President announced Monday. Even the idea of allowing religious groups to bid on government contracts to provide job training and other "bootstrap" services has been around for a while - thanks to Senator John Ashcroft, who insisted that just such a provision be inserted in the 1996 welfare reform bill...