Word: capitols
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sustain bomber operations over an extended period of time,'' General John Loh, head of the Air Combat Command, told Congress three years ago. Legislators were skeptical, threatening to pay for only 15, but they were eventually convinced. Today, however, B-2 advocates in the defense industry, on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon are lobbying for 20 more of the Stealth bombers. Seven former Defense Secretaries have urged President Clinton to buy more B- 2s because, they wrote in a Jan. 4 letter, ``the end of the cold war was neither the end of history nor the end of danger...
...Clinton worked on finishing touches late last week, another crisis loomed. His proposal to provide $40 billion in loan guarantees to the Mexican government ran into an unexpectedly hostile reception on Capitol Hill. His Democratic allies in the House, still smarting from their failure to stop nafta in 1993, pressed the President for concessions from Mexico City on more favorable labor practices and environmental regulations. House Republicans, though philosophically supportive of the Clinton plan, balked at providing the rest of the votes unless Clinton took a firmer public stand against the demands of the liberal Democrats. Clinton was forced...
...didn't take long for the jokes to start percolating on Capitol Hill after President Clinton's unexpectedly lengthy and rambling State of the Union address . Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) described Clinton's address as "a great marching speech. It went left-right, left-right, left-right." Congressional Democrats said they were trying to figure out in whichdirection Clinton is trying to leadthem. "I could close my eyes and hear him talking about increasing opportunity but requiring responsibility," offered Sen. John Breaux (D-La.). Said conservative Democratic Rep. Mike Parker of Mississippi: "He opposed every moderate effort...
...AFTERNOON THAT MEDIA BARON RUPERT MURDOCH paid his visit to the Speaker-to-be, Newt Gingrich's one-room Capitol office was in chaos. Extra telephone lines were being installed, and aides were camping out on a floor littered with phone messages. Gingrich, arriving late, waved his hand at the mess and invited Murdoch and two of his lobbyists to an ornate reception room down the hall. There, as caterers set up for a Democratic dinner, the two sat on a bench and talked for 10 to 15 minutes. Their chat was mostly about the election that had swept...
...regulators that Murdoch's control of Fox, which is owned by his Australia-based company, violates rules on foreign ownership of TV stations. Padden told TIME he was the one who raised the issue with Gingrich: "Right at the end, I interjected that NBC was trashing us all over Capitol Hill, and it was just sour grapes because we were hurting them in the marketplace...