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Though the White House quickly leaked a diverse list of potential choices, retiring Senate majority leader George Mitchell was the early front runner. A U.S. Attorney and a federal judge before becoming a Senator in 1980, Mitchell is popular with both parties on Capitol Hill. For a President looking for an easy confirmation, who could be better than a man who gets an occasional smile from Jesse Helms...
...everything there is a season. And on Capitol Hill, where legislators are eager to reap the rewards of passing landmark health-care legislation, this is the season to sow -- discord, that is. Currently, five Senate and House committees, each with jurisdiction over health-care legislation, are jostling over the details of "purchasing alliances," "payroll taxes" and "employer mandates," all in an effort to invent the plan that will eventually supplant the Clintons' hopelessly complicated 1,342-page proposal. The lawmakers all know the President is intractable on only one point: universal coverage. Each senses that the American public will balk...
Switching to Capitol Records and teaming with ace producer Don Was, Raitt finally found the up. Nick of Time and Luck of the Draw (1991) made her a best seller without selling her out. "Here I am, not having sought it, but somehow getting it," she says. "But the idea of playing the game of being 'hot' is offensive to me." The fact is, Raitt loves the road; hot or cold, she'll be happy as long as she's working. "When the lights go down, it is the same gig as 15 years ago. I have the coolest...
Locked inside the Capitol in room H305, a racquetball-court-size chamber outfitted with eavesdrop-proof paneled walls and soundproof padded doors, the members of the House Intelligence Committee could barely mask their indignation last week as they hurled questions from a horseshoe-shape dais...
...battle started last November in Richmond with Virginia's new Republican Governor, George Allen Jr., allying himself with "the mouse," a sobriquet used by the locals and even Disney itself to describe the dozens of lawyers and lobbyists who descended on the state capitol. The mouse was managed by Mark Pacala, a negotiator who threatened to walk out of Virginia if Disney did not get what it demanded. Many legislators, while incensed, were still scared of losing such a potential cash cow. After months of wrangling, Virginia will give Disney the support structure it wants but will force the company...