Word: capitol
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...latest tussle was easily the most significant legislative debate so far in the 103rd Congress. At stake was the President's proposal, which Congress has approved in broad outline, to slice the deficit $496 billion with a blend of spending cuts and tax hikes. But as the revolt on Capitol Hill gained momentum, several alternative plans were put forth, both formally and informally, that had at least three things in common: they sought to minimize the tax bite, maximize budget cuts and reflect the mood of the voters, of which Congress is the all-time champion bellwether. And in Congress...
...Breyer] moved successfully from academia to the hardball political world of Capitol Hill and the Senate," Kenneth R. Feinberg, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's '54-'56 (D-Mass.) former administrative assistant, told the Globe. Kennedy is reportedly pushing Breyer for the high court...
...became fascinated by how little Americans know about their early art and its role in the nation's life. He recalls Adams' contemporary, Thomas Jefferson, admiring the Maison Carree at Nimes in France. Moved by its classical structure, he decided it should be the model for the new capitol in Richmond, Virginia. "Noble, astringent, eloquent," remarks Hughes, "just what the new republic stood for." That's a series we'll tune...
...Dole, is calling for military action, but former Vietnam naval aviator -- and POW -- Republican John McCain is a leader of the opposition to bombing. Many members of Congress are calling for clear explanations from Clinton. Democrat Sam Nunn, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and one of Capitol Hill's leading military experts, says, "There ought to be a clear exit point. We ought to know how we're going...
With Congress, the president got a good start, but things have not taken long to deteriorate. Soon after the election, he journeyed to Capitol Hill a couple of times for congenial sessions that were typically described in the press as "love-fests." He impressed legislators by knowing their names and speaking in complete sentences, qualities often lacking in Reagan and Bush, respectively. And the goodwill continued through the introduction of his ambitious budget proposal, with Congress congratulating him on making tough choices and then hastening to pass a blueprint of the plan...