Word: capitol
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clustered around a table in a cramped second-floor room in the Capitol, the seven Senators -- three Republicans and four Democrats -- set out to piece together a proposal that would get as close to the President's commitment to guarantee insurance coverage for all Americans and still garner enough votes to pass through the committee and onto the Senate floor. After their staffs labored most of last Thursday night and sorted through disagreements that several times threatened to torpedo the process, the group emerged Friday with only New Jersey Democrat Bill Bradley expressing some displeasure with the results. Relying...
...opposition of many on Capitol Hill to universal health care is entirely hypocritical, Dukakis said...
...began with the Theodore Roosevelt, class of1880, who introduced the idea of national healthcare. He proceeded to outline the proposals offormer presidents Harry S. Truman and Richard M.Nixon, and concluded with an overview of thecurrent debate on Capitol Hill and the optionsbefore Congress...
Gays are working openly in the White House and on Capitol Hill, at least two of them as elected members of Congress; a gay man is president of the Minnesota state senate, and another is the Democratic candidate for secretary of state in California. Unabashed gays are employed as doctors, lawyers, teachers, police officers. Pop stars and Olympic heroes acknowledge they are gay -- as gold-medal diver Greg Louganis did, movingly, during Saturday night's opening ceremonies at the Gay Games. The gay dollar is courted by big companies, and gay tourism is encouraged, not only in Miami...
...person's sport, according to spending reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. During the 15 months ending March 31, candidates gave or lent their campaigns more than $28 million out of their own pocket, up from $24.3 million during the comparable period two years ago. Roll Call, a Capitol Hill biweekly, recently listed 21 candidates for the House who had already personally invested $100,000 -- nine months before Election Day. An additional 24 had put up more than...