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Although there aren't exactly Bunsen burners and graduated cylinders roaming the halls of our nation's Capitol, chemical processes help to explain the dynamics of American politics...
...DAYS LAST WEEK, THREE OF Bill Clinton's top national-security advisers trudged up the steps of the U.S. Capitol and tried to explain to Congress why the White House wants to send up to 20,000 American soldiers to Bosnia. The Senators who listened had plenty of questions for the President's emissaries. Some of the queries were pointed, others acerbic, a few downright hostile. One, however, stood out for the succinctness with which it cut to the heart of the matter. It came from Oklahoma Republican Senator James Inhofe, who is known for making crisp and at times...
Student leaders and school administrators said they were encouraged by the Senate action, but were quick to note that no such concessions have been made across the Capitol. The House of Representatives yesterday passed a balanced-budget bill, which still includes severe cuts in federal...
House Majority Leader Dick Armey told a Capitol news conference today that when the House votes on lobbying reform in the next few weeks, the Senate-passed rules might be weakened to allow lawmakers to go on charity golf, tennis and ski trips. "This is a much-loved perk, and Armey may be floating this idea to see what the response would be," comments TIME's Jeff Birnbaum. In addition to banning charity trips, the Senate bill forbids accepting gifts worth more than $50 and more than $100 worth of gifts from any single source in one year. Armey said...
...march drew near, trains, planes and automobiles converged on the District, and officials planned for 11,000 buses--enough to hold half a million men--with 1,600 of them chartered in New York City alone. D.C. authorities ordered additional security for the Mall in front of the Capitol, where the speeches would take place, and scrambled to find enough water, parking spaces and portable toilets to accommodate the throng. People around the country were arguing about whether to attend the march, and organizers from Farrakhan's Nation of Islam were tight-lipped about who would be speaking and what...