Word: capitols
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Holder also accused Rostenkowski of having used office funds to buy from the House stationery store about $40,000 in gifts for family and friends, including hand-painted chairs and crystal models of the Capitol, and of spending $100,000 in House funds and $73,500 in political-campaign funds to lease cars for his personal use. In the most serious charge, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, he was accused of witness tampering for allegedly asking an engraver to say nothing to a federal grand jury about 50 brass plates he had engraved...
...anyone courageous enough working for him who'd come up to him and say, 'Boss, you can't do that anymore.' " Former Oklahoma Congressman Wes Watkins, who retired four years ago, says a friend once offered him a useful epigram about Washington: "There are some that go to the Capitol and grow, and some that go there and swell." He adds, "Some get power hungry and arrogant, and that leads to corruption." Which kind Rostenkowski will turn out to be is now up to a court to decide...
...support for his embattled plan, the President went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, but his session with House Democrats turned out to be a political pep rally. White House officials had been complaining in recent weeks about what one top Democratic aide called "the failure of Democrats to crow about the economy." Fearful that lawmakers will be unprepared for criticism of the President's performance during the 12-day recess, the White House readied a 20-page guide on how to argue the President's case while visiting with voters back home. The list of accomplishments: lower inflation, a smaller...
...JOURNALISM tends to foster more thoughtful, knowledgeable citizens, but rarely can a publication go beyond informing its readers to actively involving them in the political process. This week -- and approximately once a month hereafter -- we offer a new feature intended to do just that. It is called TIME on Capitol Hill. It contains a brief rundown of the most important bills Congress has acted on during the previous month, followed by a personalized * chart that will enable each of our 4.2 million home subscribers to see how his or her Senators and Representatives voted on those bills...
...that we put out each Sunday night through America Online, TIME Daily highlights each weekday's top national and international stories, shaped with the same telling detail and knowing perspective as stories in the magazine. With AOL's interactive bulletin boards, TIME Daily enables us, as does TIME on Capitol Hill, to keep subscribers up to date while providing them with a way to make their voices heard on the issues that matter to them...