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...WASHINGTON - Dinner at swish American bistro CityZen - Private sushi and sake tasting at Café Mozu - Private tour of the National Gallery of Art - A commemorative U.S. flag that flew over the Capitol - Guided limousine tour of the city's landmarks (with bubbly) - Tickets to a Kennedy Center performance or a Verizon Center sports event
...Hastings was elected to Congress in 1992, but his first big moment on Capitol Hill came three years before that. Appointed as a federal judge in Florida in 1979, Hastings had been acquitted in a 1983 criminal trial on charges of soliciting a $150,000 bribe two years earlier in a deal to provide favorable treatment for defendants in a racketeering case before him. Despite his being legally cleared, Congress determined that the evidence against Hastings was still powerful enough to remove him from the bench, which the Senate voted to do in 1989 - even though Senators Arlen Specter...
...Hastings was elected to Congress in 1992, but his first big moment on Capitol Hill came three years before that. Appointed as a federal judge in Florida in 1979, Hastings had been acquitted in a 1983 criminal trial on charges of soliciting a $150,000 bribe two years earlier in a deal to provide favorable treatment for defendants in a racketeering case before him. Despite his being legally cleared, Congress determined that the evidence against Hastings was still powerful enough to remove him from the bench, which the Senate voted to do in 1989 - even though Senators Arlen Specter...
...Pelosi made her first move toward the leadership with a bid for the No. 2 job, which pitted her against Hoyer. As it happens, the two had interned in the office of Senator Daniel Brewster of Maryland in 1963. That experience also introduced Pelosi to the different opportunities that Capitol Hill offered men and women. Hoyer "worked directly for me and helped me with a number of different projects," recalled Brewster, 83, in an interview last week with Capital News Service. Pelosi was a receptionist--or, as Brewster put it, "an excellent front person...
...closest allies. They entertained one another with stories about an old rivalry between Phil Burton and Texas Congressman--ultimately Speaker-- Jim Wright that had divided the Democrats decades ago. Pelosi seemed cheerful and relaxed--anything but war weary. It was a reminder of something else that is true about Capitol Hill: what really matters in a fight is whether you're standing...