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...chanting in unison. "Cut it! Cut it!" But they had no idea what they were cutting. With the economy slowing, the state legislature faced an $800 million budget shortfall. And so the Republican leadership was staying up through the night, going through the budget line by line. Then the caucus found an $8.4 million agriculture item no one could explain. "Cut it! Cut it!" The item was slashed. But the next day someone pointed out that the money was earmarked to help prevent the spread of mad-cow and foot-and-mouth diseases. The caucus quickly restored--even increased...
...once-a-decade exercise of redistricting now under way in every state will help mobilize Latino voters and encourage them to seek elected office. But no one expects Latinos to show the kind of huge gains that the Congressional Black Caucus made after the 1992 election. Indeed, the boom in the Hispanic population has fostered political tension between the two minority groups. "On issues, we're very close," Gonzalez says, "but power is power." Black legislators in Georgia, a state that saw a quadrupling of its Hispanic population over the past decade, opposed a bill that would expand a minority...
...DASCHLE, the new challenge is to show he can lead with a slim margin. Daschle and majority whip HARRY REID must keep their fractious caucus together, especially the powerful new Democratic committee chairmen (below). The leaders may already face trouble as JOE BIDEN considers pushing for his old job running the Judiciary Committee rather than Foreign Relations. That could set off a chain reaction, forcing several other Democratic chairmen to switch jobs...
...Quirky Vermont Independent Legislator Caucus Doubles in Size: Congressman Bernie Sanders no longer has to serve as recording secretary, treasurer, president and vice president. Jeffords initiation hazing will probably be light, consisting mostly of the public recitation of notable events in the history of maple syrup production...
...Jeffords has been feeling increasingly isolated in the Republican caucus, and he's suffered slights from the Bush White House, including veiled threats to Vermont's dairy interests. He's also pointedly not been invited to high-profile ceremonies, like the Teacher of the Year awards honoring a Vermont schoolteacher...