Word: capitol
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...White House he soothed the sulking Democrats of Capitol Hill. They still smarted over the fact that he had interrupted their party's long grip on the presidency. He won Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate majority leader Lyndon Johnson to his side as often as not. One evening after plying L.B.J. with Scotch, Ike pointed to his own chair in the Oval Office and said, "Senator, someday you should be in that chair." Johnson roared back to his office in the Capitol wearing that tribute like a battle ribbon...
...self-congratulatory bombast on Capitol Hill could not mask the fact that no matter what compromise is eventually reached, the middle class will end up footing most of the bill. Democrats tried to camouflage that unpleasant reality by larding their proposals with provisions that appeared to soak the rich but would only add $60.4 billion to the government's coffers over five years. Republicans attempted to disguise it by denouncing even small increases in income taxes for the wealthiest citizens as an attempt to foist higher rates on everyone. Such maneuvers missed the point: both parties are responsible...
...booths. Nearly 61% of Americans 65 and over voted in 1986, compared with about 22% of those between the ages of 18 and 24. Meanwhile, the American Association of Retired Persons, with 31 million members and a 1988 budget of $236 million, is among the most powerful lobbies on Capitol Hill. Alongside it is the even more militant National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. Last year the 5 million-member organization led the successful fight to repeal the surtax that Congress had imposed on the Social Security benefits of wealthier recipients to finance catastrophic health insurance...
...more popular cause since Iraq invaded Kuwait, and it is not certain that Congress will move the goalposts in the Administration's direction. Congressional staff members say they expect the White House to look for a compromise once the newly elected government has been formed. "The Pakistanis," says a Capitol Hill staffer, "probably assume we'll find a way to resume aid, but I'm not at all sure it's going to happen." Regardless of the outcome of the debate on the Hill, of course, Pakistan will remain a nuclear power...
...prime material recorded by a vocalist who has real roadhouse spirit and a way with a song that makes her right for the kind of reappraisal this set encourages and amply justifies. Jazz fans should also take note. Rhino has just released a 16-track compilation called Jumpin' at Capitol: The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio, a heavenly slice of rhythmic virtuosity covering the years...