Word: capitols
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...Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, a powerful conservative group based in Washington, plans to recruit Christian activists for the fight through his daily radio talk show, his weekly TV program and a massive database of followers. He will be telling people to flood Capitol Hill with telephone calls and messages of support for the President's nominee. Barely an hour after Bush announced the O'Connor resignation, Sekulow had sent an e-mail to 850,000 sympathetic souls. "We want people to prepare for a battle," he told TIME...
...mood on Capitol Hill, where the recent battle over filibusters did nothing to improve the atmosphere, is every bit as testy. Senate majority leader Bill Frist gave a speech last week warning Democrats that the so-called nuclear option--the proposal to change Senate rules to prevent filibusters of judicial nominees--remained an option if Democrats sought to block Bush's eventual choice. The Democrats, meanwhile, were doing some early saber rattling of their own. Within hours of O'Connor's resignation, Senator Kennedy called a press conference to warn that if Bush chose a nominee who "threatens to roll...
...mail and arrange a follow-up lunch, for instance, to develop a more substantive relationship. You have to wade into the shallow end before you can get to the depth. The speakers like to emphasis that this is the way of life in the hectic, always moving Capitol. People network, even if they groan at the mention of that ugly word...
...look at it. It refers to the tedious process of linking uncooperative computers together. Worse, it describes the superficial routine of introducing yourself to others long enough to ask for their business cards. Shallow and a bit awkward? Surebut wildly popular nonetheless. As Ive quickly learned, networking is Capitol Hills Paris Hilton...
...other case involved a vintage 1961 six-foot sculpture of the commandments donated with support from Cecil B. DeMille, director of the movie "The Ten Commandments." Standing in a park on the grounds of the Texas state capitol, the work is accompanied by 17 other statues and sculptures-a primary reason why it is acceptable, the court said. In that 5-4 decision, O'Connor sided with the minority that would have disallowed the Texas monolith...