Word: capitol
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...true that not all old blood is bad blood. Many and perhaps most Congressmen are qualified and competent. But together, as an institution, they are paralyzed. Expeditious action on Capitol Hill is reserved for nonsensical commemorative resolutions and reciprocal pork-barrel bills. Important issues are ducked, and contrivances like automatic spending cuts substitute for judgment...
...though I'd seen enough character assasination on Capitol Hill," said Tabak. "I would at least hope if somebody is out to destroy the integrity of another council member that they would do it personally and not have other people ask the questions...
...worth, legislators could take some small comfort in the fact that few people could claim to be perfectly clean. The culture of special privilege, it turns out, is so pervasive that those using the House bank included not only members and their staffs but also journalists who cover Capitol Hill. Maybe it's time to move the nation's capital to Omaha...
...chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Representative John Dingell has gained a reputation as Capitol Hill's fiercest -- and most feared -- watchdog on fiscal prudence. His well-publicized investigations have focused on everything from wasteful military spending to sloppy accounting for federal research funds at universities. So whose name should be high on the list of congressional check bouncers? Yes, John Dingell...
...some bemused observers, the situation is reminiscent of the Soviet Union before the collapse of the Communist Party. Average Soviet citizens used to grumble at the special access party apparatchiks had to stores selling merchandise in scarce supply for everybody else. Capitol Hill shoppers aren't quite so pampered, but they still have a major perk. Taxpayers may never know if they are footing the bill for personal items, since it is up to every lawmaker to follow the rules. But at the very least, tax dollars are supporting two bustling shops that give a big price break...