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Featuring songs like "We Arm the World," "Thank God I'm a Contra Boy," and an ode to Eastern Airlines, "Help me make it through the flight," Capitol Steps plans to perform for 90 minutes at Sanders, a troupe spokesperson said...

Author: By Peter S. Kozinets, | Title: Satire Troupe to Perform | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

Formed in 1981, The Capitol Steps include "sixteen of 17.5 million jobs created by the Reagan Administration," according to Elaina Newport, co-founder and press agent of the group...

Author: By Peter S. Kozinets, | Title: Satire Troupe to Perform | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

...Capitol Steps' humor is nonpartisan. "Our staffers are from both sides of the aisle. One guy swears that he's a Bull Moose," Newport said...

Author: By Peter S. Kozinets, | Title: Satire Troupe to Perform | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

...There is something in the heart of every politician that loves a military installation," declared Texas Senator Phil Gramm about Capitol Hill's ingrained tradition of preserving obsolete forts. Thus it was truly historic last week when Congress approved a measure that could actually shut down some useless installations -- say, Fort Douglas, Utah, which was founded to guard stage-coach routes, or Fort Sheridan, Ill., which mainly protects its 18-hole golf course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress: Farewell, Fort Sheridan | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

What I really love about you, Derek, is your labor record. If I pick you for secretary of labor, you'll look great on paper to all those pro-union, liberal do-gooders up on Capitol Hill. As a professor of labor law, you have a great resume and a strong reputation for being pro-labor...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: To Derek, From George | 10/19/1988 | See Source »

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