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Democrats and Republicans will be neck and neck in the Boston Marathon on April 16, as a bipartisan Harvard team of 15 politicians, journalists, staff and students from the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) will run together in the spirit of "FUN-raising to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association...
...Even Washington was edging into the breach. Thursday, Republicans in the Senate were moving toward a bipartisan-endorsed $60 billion tax cut for 2001 as an addition to the still back-loaded Bush plan, and House leaders, elbow-deep in the budget, quickly signaled they were willing to follow suit...
...Officials deny that any indictment is expected soon, although Hezbollah, which has enjoyed support from the Iranian regime, has long been suspected. A bipartisan commission last year concluded that the Clinton administration had not done enough to press Iran to cooperate in the investigation...
...Vilsack appointed a bipartisan group to figure out what to do. The Strategic Planning Council urged officials to use all available means to increase Iowa's population. "We've got to fire every bullet," says council chairman David Oman. And so in hopes of adding 310,000 new residents to the population over the next nine years, Vilsack is trying to lure expat Iowans back home. He is hosting receptions around the country for Iowa university alumni. But so far, only about 300 families have returned...
...that end, Senate Democrats on Wednesday proposed a series of amendments designed to soften the bill, including several proposals making it harder for minors to obtain credit cards without their parents' signature. All were defeated, and the bill - which still enjoys wide bipartisan support in both houses - was headed for passage...