Word: capitol
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...Specter announced the deal Thursday, and it has not been particularly well received on Capitol Hill or among critics of the Administration. That's because it limits presidential power in only narrow, almost symbolic ways - which is surely why Bush signed on for it. But the timing of the deal is telling; in the ongoing series of negotiations between the legislative and executive branches over the balance of power in the "war on terrorism," it is just the latest sign of how the ground is slipping out from under the White House...
Cynthia McKinney's reputation on Capitol Hill and elsewhere may have taken some shots in recent months. But in her Georgia district, the congresswoman known for testing, if not betraying, decorum enjoys solid support as she heads into the July 18 Democratic primary - the only election that much matters in her heavily Democratic district...
...stream of controversy following McKinney spiked this spring when she was charged with punching a cop who, failing to recognize the congresswoman, physically restrained her after she bypassed Capitol security. It's not the first time security has challenged her credentials - recurring mistakes that the African-American representative calls racist. (A jury declined to indict her after hearing witness testimony from four congressional aides...
...politics and power. Interns are the lifeblood of the city. Most Senate and Congressional offices have between five and 30: the interns often outnumber regular staff. A little grade school math and a rough estimate of 15 a Senator and seven per Representative puts about 4,500 interns on Capitol Hill. In monetary terms, this is a staggering indicator of our democracy’s health. I work around 40 hours per week gratis, and will be here for eight weeks. At $15 per hour, a normal summer wage at home or around Harvard, my time is worth...
...glanced over my shoulder at the parade of umbrellas huddled in front of the Capitol, I felt the weight of Rev. Jim Wallis’ sermon from the night before—that we were the foundation for a new social movement that would remind politicians that poverty is a manifestation of a nation’s moral lapse, of its unwillingness to help the poor. This movement would fill a void in the soul of the nation, and provide a home for people who believe that morality should guide policy, but that a “culture of life?...