Word: capitols
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...couldn't last forever. With all the money it throws around on Congress, Big Business tends to get its own way in Washington. But for three surprising months this winter, on an issue near and dear to its heart, corporate America seemed to be getting the cold shoulder on Capitol Hill. It started last December when House Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner, without informing the business lobby in Washington, whipped through a draconian immigration bill that targeted the so-called "jobs magnet" - agribusiness, service sector, construction and other industries that eagerly, and often illegally, employ cheap, undocumented immigrant labor...
...state's cars and trucks-a measure that triggered a furious counter-attack. Whipped up by conservative talk shows and a $5 million ad campaign funded by the auto industry, angry calls flooded the legislature by the thousands. At one point, a menacing parade of SUVs circled the State Capitol and a man threatened to stalk Pavley with a baseball bat. The highway patrol provided her a bodyguard, but Pavley was unfazed. "I didn?t lose any sleep over it. It was the right thing...
...India nuclear deal George Bush signed with much fanfare in New Delhi on March 2 may not be dead on arrival, but it has certainly landed with a thud on Capitol Hill. Even though it is too early to tell whether opponents will build enough momentum to block the landmark agreement, what's already striking is how silent-and unenthusiastic-Congress seems over an agreement the Bush Administration hails as critical for cementing a strategic alliance with the world's largest democracy...
...three decades in Congress Hyde, who brought clout and many political goodies to his District, had been an unbeatable incumbent. So when he decided to end his storied career on Capitol Hill, Dems viewed it as an especially promising opening. And with a greater mix of young people and minorities, especially Hispanics, moving to the area, Dems believe the district is trending in their favor...
...course, younger staff members are not usually thinking about marriage when they cruise the dark, surprisingly dank bars of Capitol Hill. If they consider--however dimly--the consequences of these more brief entanglements, they aren't thinking in terms of securing earmarks so much as they are of securing company for the night. Sheer physical appeal (and proximity) may be what accounts for most of the attraction, but neither the youthful carousers nor the not-so-youthful ones would be in the District if they weren't also interested in playing a, well, deeper game. This...