Word: capitol
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other side of the Capitol, Senators seem just as eager to pack up and move on; 14 Senators retired prior to the '96 election, the highest number in at least a half-century. Turnover has been so high in recent years that 42 of the 100 Senators now serving are in their first term...
...Court's jurisdiction and defining the power of its prosecutor and important moral questions about whether or not a universal standard of justice is applicable, or even desirable. These objections, however, should be discussed and debated in Rome; they should not be used to kill the endeavor from Capitol Hill. Some of the most heinous human beings of our time are laughing at the world right now, confident that they will never be punished for their crimes, and it seems as though they may be right...
...only way to do it, McCain decided, was to open up the process. He asked the White House to send a team to Capitol Hill to work with the committee, and he called on Koop and Kessler for input and support. Finally, he asked Moore to fly to Washington to serve as a sounding board, along with a team of other AGs and trial lawyers...
...Over on Capitol Hill the lawmakers were just as shocked as everyone else and scrambling to find some high ground. For Democrats who had stuck with Clinton just as long as the public did, the ruling made it much easier to snuggle up to him and embrace an agenda that has been carefully tailored to their tastes. For Republicans who had been relishing the opportunities for legislative mischief that a distracted President presented, the idea of facing a vengeful, vindicated, legacy-building White House wasn't much fun. Any impeachment effort that was not bipartisan would amount to a suicide...
...office of Vice President Al Gore '69. Last fall, Gore put the Clinton administration behind the tax, whose revenue will subsidize Internet access for public schools and libraries. Yet, the administration soon learned that the tax, which would raise about $10 billion over four years, had little support on Capitol Hill...