Word: capitols
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...right wing spews venom at McCain for his occasional departures from conservative orthodoxy, but it is precisely his maverick nature that the general public most admires. The GOP's troglodytes must either support McCain or watch the Democrats take both the White House and the Capitol in November. William R. Deeble West Tisbury, Massachusetts...
...quality of defense spending is unlikely to figure prominently when Gates testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Lawmakers are always more concerned about how much money is being spent in their districts, rather than how well it is being spent...
...there are many in the party establishment who don't remember the history of that decade quite that way. What they recall is the "triangulation" that made Democrats on Capitol Hill nearly irrelevant. And they are still trying to recover, they say, from the wreckage that was left behind. While Bill Clinton fought his way to being the first Democratic President since F.D.R. to be re-elected, the party lost its majorities in the House and the Senate, as well as in the governors' mansions and statehouses across the country...
What has to be making them nervous is that more and more of the Democratic establishment, particularly on Capitol Hill, is breaking rank with the Clintons?despite the fact that she is leading in the polls and, if elected, may be disinclined to forgive turncoats. Kennedy's defection followed those of 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry (along with many of his biggest fund raisers) and Vermont's Pat Leahy. Obama also counts among his growing list of supporters Senators such as Tim Johnson, Kent Conrad, Ben Nelson and Claire McCaskill, as well as governors Janet Napolitano and Kathleen Sebelius...
...issue exploded during Clinton's first week as President, triggered by those in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill opposed to his campaign pledge to reverse an executive order barring gays and lesbians from serving. "The issue is whether men and women who can and have served with real distinction should be excluded from military service solely on the basis of their status," Clinton said at the time. "And I believe they should...