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...plan to be arrested and nothing out of line about studying a social movement first-hand. As for the IOP, it funds an eclectic range of options. During my semester at the IOP, the Institute was subsidizing a former Republican congressman to fly Harvard students for a day on Capitol Hill. On another occasion, they were paying the fare for Katherine Harris, the Florida official blamed by many for partisan manipulation of the 2000 election, to share her wisdom at Lowell House. Another IOP fellow, the campaign manager for Mass. Gov. W. Mitt Romney, offered popcorn at seminars...
...BLAS OPLE was the guy Ferdinand Marcos dispatched to Washington just before he ordered tanks to try to quell Manila's People Power revolution. In a starched barong tagalog and with an extraordinary baritone, Blas vainly lobbied Capitol Hill that Marcos wasn't all that bad. One day, he admitted to the press what he shouldn't have: that the Philippines under Marcos was in an "interregnum." Blas, a big talker and determined erudite, loved that word...
...outrageous rate of spending on Capitol Hill can have disastrous consequences for America’s short and long term economic health. The Concord Coalition, the Center for Economic Development, and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities—three budget watch-groups ranging across the political spectrum—jointly held a press conference warning Americans to take action against the upcoming fiscal crisis. The groups cautioned, “the budget will remain mired in deficit throughout the next ten years…Thereafter, as Boomers retire and cash in their entitlement claims, the deficit will explode...
...favor for the only Democratic Congressman from a state whose Jan. 19 caucuses are looking more crucial than ever in the fight for the nomination. By siphoning off some of his money supply to Boswell, Dean was sending a signal to the Democratic Party establishment on Capitol Hill--especially Southern Democrats--which may have some misgivings about the prospect of a presidential ticket headed by an antiwar nominee from the liberal Northeast. The meaning was clear: My rising tide can lift your boat too. Dean's campaign manager, Joe Trippi, says the former Governor is considering making similar share...
Since he made the decision too late to register for the fall term, Lane worked an internship at The Cato Institute, a libertarian think-tank in Washington. Lane, who aspires to a political career, spent a lot of time during the internship on Capitol Hill...