Word: caucused
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Around 9 that evening, two dozen members of the antiabortion Family Caucus had taken the question to a higher authority. They retreated to the Tip O'Neill room, where they usually held their weekly Bible class, and took turns reading Scripture and praying, sometimes holding hands. They finally told their leaders they would go along with the family-planning money and vote for the bill. Now Gingrich needed the moderates to cede ground over the rape and incest question. "This is a time when the American people are looking at what we are doing," he told them. Did they want...
...Dole has a worry, it is the shallowness of his support among the state's conservatives. Campaign manager Scott Reed expects 40% of caucus-goers to be social or religious conservatives, twice the percentage that participated when Dole won in 1988. Reed's goal is for Dole to attract about one-fifth of that constituency, which he believes will be enough to give Dole 40% of the overall vote, a knockout blow. That's the chief reason Dole attacks what he believes are "Hollywood's nightmares of depravity" whenever he visits the state. And it helps explain why Dole...
...land 20,000 American troops in an area steeped in hatred and skilled at war. "It was kind of like running into a brick wall," says U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke, "and the critics weren't just Republicans." Holbrooke addressed about 100 members of the House Democratic Caucus and received a standing ovation. It was "great," he says, "for about two minutes. Everyone was polite at first, saying things like 'Blessed are the peacemakers.' And then, one by one, they got up and shouted, 'But I haven't gotten a single call from a constituent supporting...
...concentration fair is traditionally the first activity of the Freshman Caucus, and has gained in popularity since its move from Memorial Hall to the Union rotunda last year, Grossman said...
...caucus has been working on this event since the beginning of the year and has published the event with posters and announcements, encouraging their classmates to attend...