Word: caucus
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...four candidates fielded queries frommembers of the council's Freshman Caucus in theback room of the Union...
...candidates also fielded questions aboutstudent affairs projects and the role of theFreshman Caucus...
When House GOP caucus chair John Boehner of Ohio took the floor with warnings that Clinton's peso rescue plan was "unfortunate," Gingrich -- who happened to be meeting with Vice President Al Gore -- took the mike: "I think it was very unfortunate to have a member of the leadership come out when the vice president is here being very helpful and very cooperative frankly . . . The president had the courage to do what he was being told by very sophisticated experts was vital to reinforce international markets...
...free to criticize if need be, if they back off on term limits or a balanced budget." The new Speaker and Rush have spoken, he guesses, only "seven, eight times at the most." Rush has kept less distance from the new members, who have been called the "Dittohead Caucus" and dubbed him the "Majority Maker...
Sixty-four House Democrats have now defied the House Democratic Caucus to endorse the Republican-backed balanced budget amendment. The GOP now has the 290 votes it needs to pass the bill. The Democratic support is conditional, though: the GOP would have to give up on a part of the legislation that would require a super majority (3/5) vote in both the House and Senate on any bill that raises income taxes. The amendment bill won't be voted on until work is finished on legislation blocking unfunded mandates -- something House Speaker Newt Gingrich has said is priority one. Work...