Word: capitols
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...whoever becomes the Democratic nominee will probably win the general election, and will almost certainly end up on a Republican-occupied Capitol Hill fighting the establishment, not establishing policy...
...tone, seemed to prove is that the White House's emerging legalistic strategy--to shift the focus of the debate from what Clinton did to what insist he didn't do--is doomed to miss the big political mark. Even before independent counsel Ken Starr gets his report to Capitol Hill, the President's lawyers plan to submit their own defense on what they consider the legitimate questions of conspiracy and obstruction of justice, the questions raised by the "talking points" that Lewinsky gave her friend Linda Tripp, by the career help that Clinton and his allies gave Lewinsky...
...just because Starr has sent 36 boxes of evidence to Capitol Hill, but because he'll lie to us again. At the heart of the Lewinsky matter is the simple fact that time and again Clinton has put himself and his desires ahead of the country and its needs. And that is the worst thing a president...
...remaining before his second term ends. Even if there are no impeachment hearings and he survives the next few months, Clinton may never succeed in restoring the credibility he needs with Congress to be able to lead effectively. The most he might hope for is to be viewed from Capitol Hill with disdain by his enemies and pity by his friends. Which is why, even to sympathetic Democrats like Jim Moran, Clinton's plight seems so unbearable. "After dedicating his life to public service, to have his career defined by a sleazy incident like this is more than ironic," Moran...
Your coverage of the shooting of two policemen in Washington's Capitol by a gunman left no stones unturned [NATION, Aug. 3]. The flag flew at half-staff to express Americans' concerns at the loss of these men, but maybe we should also mourn our justice system. Why should we spend effort, time and money to save the gunman's life, and perhaps pay attorneys to put him away for a couple of years? All this will be paid for by hardworking Americans, who would like to see this person put away where he belongs--in an unmarked grave...