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...Senate prepared to convene in regular morning session last Tuesday, a cable failure at an electrical substation suddenly cut power in a square-mile section of Washington, including the Capitol building. Office workers groped through dim hallways toward daylit exits, subway trains coasted into motionlessness, and tourists stood around in knots, prevented by guards from entering the darkened Capitol. But no mere utility collapse could be allowed to shut down the U.S. Senate. Under the pallid glow of a lone emergency light, the lawmakers went about their business as usual. Since the bells normally used to call the Senate...
...Mahan ’05 would have it all figured out. At the very least, you’d think he’d have a long-term plan: law school, probably, then the inevitable promotion to Washington. He might have an internship lined up for the summer on Capitol Hill, or an entry-level position at the Attorney General’s office...
...happen to tune into one of the Sunday political shows and have a deja vu feeling, it's not just you. According to Roll Call, a Capitol Hill publication, John McCain has already appeared on one of the Sunday shows five times since the beginning of the year. But no one can top Delaware senator and potential 2008 presidential candidate Joe Biden, who has appeared on Sunday shows seven times. Other Republicans who are strong on the list include Senate Leaders Bill Frist and Mitch McConnell. The surprise in second place is Indiana. Sen. Dick Lugar. As chairman...
...acted effectively in crises. It is credited with preventing much long-term damage from the President's visit to the German cemetery at Bitburg, once the decision to go had been made, and managing the White House response to the Beirut hostage taking adroitly. Indeed, some of the Capitol Hill criticism of Regan seems to reflect primarily congressional nostalgia for Baker's assiduous wooing of legislators, which Regan has neither the temperament nor the inclination to duplicate...
...There is a distinction on Capitol Hill between Regan's grasp for power and his ability to use it wisely," summarizes a Republican strategist. Not just on Capitol Hill, either. No one in Washington doubts Regan's power, but there is a nagging sense that he may lack the collegial temperament to use it as judiciously and effectively as is necessary in such a political town. --By George J. Church. Reported by Sam Allis and Laurence I. Barrett/Washington