Word: backrooms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those who would have made otherwise made excellent Senators, Representatives or even presidents have been shoved aside by the big boys playing big-boy politics. The Founding Fathers' vision of a fair and representative political system has been lost in a haze of fund-raisers, White House coffees and backroom deals...
...Johnson administration bribed senators in backroom dealings with the promise of appointing a secretary of war of their liking. Johnson's opponents pressured the senators with threats ranging from political ostracism to assassination. In the end, Johnson's opponents made good on at least one threat: None of the Republicans who voted for acquittal was ever re-elected to the Senate...
...voters have a clear choice: four moreyears of special interest politics, a lake ofethical standards and backroom deals or newleadership they can trust," he said...
...million citizens living on farms, so agricultural reform remains essential.) The issue of preventing state industry and the entire banking system from disappearing into a black hole was not mentioned in the final communique, but Zhu's once ambitious plans are still the subject of a fierce backroom debate. Everyone knows where the buck stops in China's economy--not least Zhu, who, before he became Premier in March, coined his own version of the motto Harry Truman used: "I have 100 coffins--99 for corrupt bureaucrats and one for myself...
WASHINGTON: With some of the air having leaked out of the impeachment balloon in the wake of President Clinton's videotape performance, the backroom maneuvering on Capitol Hill has become increasingly intense -- and openly partisan. Speaker Newt Gingrich nixed minority leader Dick Gephart's request to strictly timetable the House impeachment probe Wednesday, saying it "puts the cart before the horses." An angry Gephardt responded by denying Gingrich a joint photo-op following their meeting Wednesday, perhaps the most potent political snub there is. It's a sign that Democrats are taking heart from the President's poll numbers...