Word: capitol
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...enthusiasm for health care reform wanes on Capitol Hill, a group of Harvard students are hoping to push health issues to the forefront of campus discussion, by starting a magazine...
...Capitol Hill hearings on the President's Haiti policy, Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch told House members that establishing a deadline for an American withdrawal from Haiti would set an "extremely bad precedent" for U.S. military policy. But he didn't persuade the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which decided to return tomorrow and draw up legislation to send troops home as soon as March...
Republicans have been feeling lucky for weeks about their chances to seize a Senate majority come November, but now they're also actually within shooting distance of the House for the first time since 1954. This morning, about 350 G.O.P. lawmakers and House candidates gathered under the Capitol dome for a photo-op signing of a new "Contract with America" -- a 10-point platform they said they'd turn into reality if they tip the electoral scales in six weeks. Among the pledges, courtesy of ringleader and House minority whip Newt Gingrich: a balanced-budget amendment, presidential line-item veto...
Against all odds, health-care reform registered a faint but detectable pulse on Capitol Hill as various alliances of legislators continued to seek some form of compromise. While both positive and negative reports surfaced, there was no official action...
...have students working on Capitol Hill on environmental science policy issues, while others have internships at chemical waste disposal companies," McElroy says...