Word: caucus
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That scurrying has included the statement of Senator Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), who has said that all 45 members of the Democratic caucus support the reform bill, although his name did not appear on the legislation's list of sponsors...
...forth by Attorney General Janet Reno and drug czar Barry McCaffrey, the disparity will be reduced to 10-to-1: five years would be the mandatory sentence for selling 25 grams of crack and 250 grams of powder cocaine. The revision is now headed for Congress, where Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Maxine Waters has already rejected the new sentence ratio, saying that the change doesn't go far enough and snipping that the White House had yet to even consult her. White House spokesman Mike McCurry sounded like he already missed the old policy. "Parity does not reflect the fact...
...discrimination. Those who feel racism's sting and recall the country's systematic denial of black rights believe it's too soon to abandon the remedy. To remove all race- and gender-based affirmative action, says California assembly member Kevin Murray, chairman of the state's legislative black caucus, "is to tacitly authorize a system of preferences that benefits white males." This view is not confined to the left. "'Color-blind' is a cute word," says Representative Watts, who supports affirmative action, "but it has no meaning now. When you look at the number of blacks in FORTUNE 500 management...
Gardiner got her picture in the local paper for the very first time at age three when she accompanied her dad, Robert H. Gardiner '66, to the state's Democratic caucus...
Mack said the Caucus will remain in close contact with the Board and that, should the process be stifled, the organization will mobilize to forward their cause...