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...push from the enthusiastic National Rifle Association and a little-known historical precedent for cockpit guns has turned an idea few thought would pass into a virtually done deal. Although Bush Administration officials and air-safety experts strongly opposed arming pilots, their resistance has been overwhelmed by a bipartisan wave of support. In July the Republican-led House approved, by a 197-vote margin, a plan that would give a gun to any pilot who volunteered for and could pass weapons training. Now that the bill has locked up backing from anti-gun Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer of California...
...offices by police. The judge's ruling was based on his findings that Batasuna forms an integral part of ETA's structure and, as such, shares responsibility for the band's terrorist actions. The move coincided with a resolution passed on Monday in the Spanish Congress by a large bipartisan majority, urging the government of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar to petition the Supreme Court for an outright ban on the party - the first such a measure since the restoration of democratic rule in Spain...
...that was when relations were good. Two months later, as new facts about her case have surfaced, Tauzin's patience with Stewart has worn thin. Congressional investigators increasingly see her as uncooperative, and that's usually enough to create bipartisan resolve. Sources told TIME last week that Stewart has twice spoken to the FBI, which is investigating ImClone, and gave the account told in the letter...
...mojo working was movement on the politically explosive question of whether and how to provide prescription-drug benefits to the elderly. Few expected anything more than theater in the Senate. But quickly enough, Florida Democrat Bob Graham and Oregon Republican Gordon Smith proposed the outlines of a viable bipartisan compromise--one that offers full coverage to people with incomes under 150% of the poverty level and modest discounts to those earning more. Some Democratic strategists were worried that the party could be ceding one of its best issues this fall; one groused that the appetite for action was "a fever...
Still hung up by bickering is a bill that initially had significant bipartisan agreement: the creation of a Homeland Security Department. No one is against it. It's just that the Democratic Senate's version offers civil-service protection to the department's 170,000 employees. But Bush, who wants flexibility to hire and fire, says that could trigger his first veto. These differences may evaporate quickly under Washington's fever to show it can get things done...