Word: capitols
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That group has become one of the most powerful lobbies at the Capitol, if only to oppose every form of gun control that the Congress enacts. Far from an association of rifle-owners, the NRA has become the National Handgun, Assault Weapon and Federal Lobbyist Association...
...Nationalist Chinese who fled the communist takeover of the Chinese mainland in 1949, as a renegade province.) The State Department has been loath toupset its delicate China policyin hope that gradual pressure will persuade Beijing to moderate its trade and human rights policies. But they said recent outcries from Capitol Hill -- including near-unanimous House and Senate resolutions supporting the visa application last month -- have forced President Clinton to make an exception of Lee as a "friend of democracy...
...substantialcredible evidence" that Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon abused his officeand engaged in a pattern of sexual misconduct spanning two decades. A five-page committee report released today details 18 cases of alleged sexual harassment over 21 years involving 17 women. The incidents allegedly took place in Packwood's Capitol Hill offices, a Senate elevator, his home, on the campaign trail in Oregon, in a motel room and elsewhere. "With details like 'forcing his tongue in her mouth six times,'" says TIME congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty, "it's incredibly damaging." The committee also accuses Packwood of seeking job offers...
...Dole and Newt Gingrich didn't quite expect the table to be turned. Their prey had been the President, even though they spoke in statesmanlike tones at a press conference last week. "Come to the Capitol, sit down and visit with Republicans and see if we can't work this out," said Dole in an open invitation to Clinton. Such a summit would tackle the volatile subject of Medicare. Shouldn't the President start handling the crisis? Indeed, as Dole spoke, Gingrich pointed to a precipitous slope indicating Medicare insolvency by the year 2002. And then the questions began...
...state capitol in Concord, New Hampshire, the local press was all over him after his senate appearance. But he was not universally applauded. State senator Burt Cohen, a Democrat, left the chamber in a huff even before Reed spoke. "He [Reed] represents a dangerous trend in this country. We should keep religion and politics separate," Cohen said later. Another state senator, Jeanne Shaheen, a Democratic stalwart, heard Reed out. But she also was offended. She said, "Anytime you paint yourself as having the right answers because of a direct connection to God, that's very dangerous...