Word: capitols
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hundreds of new people whom lobbyists need to cultivate into executive policymaking posts. Their displaced Republican predecessors, meanwhile, have stepped en masse through the famed revolving door into lobbying. They have been joined by an exceptionally large number of former Representatives, Senators and their staff members who have left Capitol Hill, by retirement or defeat, but have no wish to depart from the corridors of power...
With George Bush in the White House, much legislative maneuvering -- and lobbying -- on Capitol Hill was mere shadow-boxing. So many bills were obviously headed for veto that congressional tinkering with their details was irrelevant. Now lobbyists must go all out to influence committee and floor votes on amendments to legislation that a Democratic President is almost sure to sign into...
Almost immediately his fate was appropriated by columnists and talk-show hosts, who compared Shingledecker with the five-year-old alleged to have been under the influence of MTV's Beavis and Butt-head cartoon when he started a fatal fire. And on Capitol Hill, Shingledecker haunted a long-scheduled Commerce Committee hearing on screen violence, where Attorney General Janet Reno took off after a brace of entertainment executives...
...dispute that has been brewing between the Food and Drug Administration and the vitamin industry for two years -- and which reached Capitol Hill last week -- is more than Hollywood's latest cause celebre. Reports that the FDA was planning to crack down on supplements touched a nerve among the 75 million Americans who take vitamins, minerals and other dietary aids every day -- including large numbers of new-age leftists and right-wing libertarians who may disagree about almost everything else but who share a basic distrust of the government-medical complex. Over the past few months, thousands of letters, postcards...
...Back on Capitol Hill, President Clinton won a fight over war powers that involved the question of sending U.S. troops to Haiti and Bosnia. The Senate passed a resolution stating that the President should seek approval from Congress before committing troops but that he is not required to do so. The legislation was a weak version of a proposal made by minority leader Bob Dole, who wanted such approval to be required...