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Nearing the Capitol, tens of thousands of people marched under a colorful array of Latin American flags, united in spirit and with the determination to be heard. Small children marched quickly alongside their weary parents. Downtrodden workers demanding just treatment shared their signs with civil rights activists, Central American refugees and socially conscious students. Despite the diversity of backgrounds present at the March, we were able to lay these differences aside and come together that morning to address the marginalization of Latinos in the United States...
...Safire of the New York Times reported that the Democratic Party had collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from relatives and employees of the Riady family, which heads the $6 billion Lippo Group of Indonesia. Although the party and the donors denied violating the foreign-contributors ban, Republicans on Capitol Hill say they plan to hold hearings to examine any favors the Clinton Administration did for Lippo...
...candidate sounded like someone who had chosen Death with Dignity, who wanted, before leaving public life, to erase his public image as a growling hatchet man and put on display for the history books the kind of senatorial courtesy he has been known for in his 35 years on Capitol Hill. Asked by Koppel whether he'd rather "lose as a gentleman or win rough," Dole replied, "Well, I'd like to win, but there are certain limits. I can't see myself getting into the mud here in the last three weeks...Whatever happens, I want...
...make several appearances around the state. Why? In his 1996 book Washington Babylon, Cockburn asserts that Pressler had hastily married "amid speculation that he was gay." The only source cited by Cockburn and co-author Ken Silverstein was Steve Gobie, the former homosexual prostitute who entertained clients at the Capitol Hill apartment of Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank, though without Frank's knowledge...
McLaughlin said this year's orientation will last about four days, featuring presentations by Harvard faculty members, former U.S. senators and representatives and Congressional staffers with extensive Capitol Hill experience...