Word: capitol
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...Through Aguirre's persistence, the ensuing spat spilled over to Capitol Hill. The Senate Judiciary Committee ended up holding three hearings, and in early August issued - jointly with the Finance Committee - a damning, 108-page report that largely backs up Aguirre's allegations of outside interference in an SEC investigation. In highlighting institutional deference to Wall Street bigwigs, arbitrary personnel practices and a dysfunctional inspector general's office, the report seriously calls into question how effectively the SEC is carrying out its mission of policing U.S. capital markets, especially at a time when new opportunities for insider trading are proliferating...
...Adopting a more aggressive posture toward Iran's regional role may play well on Capitol Hill, but the White House is clearly having trouble selling it abroad. Just last week, the leaders of the two governments most reliant on U.S. military protection directly contradicted President Bush's claims that Iran was causing trouble in their countries. Both Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and Iran's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki publicly reiterated their view of Iran as a friend and a positive influence for stability in their countries, leaving President Bush to huffily demur. Iran helped install the Karzai government...
...including Taylor, even chose the milder brand of Christian conservative, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (with 2,587 votes), over Brownback (2,191). Huckabee, a Baptist preacher, went easy on Jesus in his tent, performing Devil in a Blue Dress, among other secular classics, with his rock band, the Capitol Offense. (I thought his bass playing was pretty solid...
WASHINGTON Heat wave hits U.S.; smog blankets the Capitol...
...members of Congress angered by Alberto Gonzales' recent appearances on Capitol Hill, few seemed to take it as personally as Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. Though he has so far refused to call on Gonzales to resign over his role in the firings of nine U.S. Attorneys and his testimony concerning the Administration's wiretapping programs, Specter has rarely hidden his frustration with Gonzales. Just this week, after Gonzales sent Specter and committee chairman Patrick Leahy a letter trying to defend himself against accusations that he had committed perjury in his testimony before the committee, Specter blasted him for deliberately "misleading...