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Downer said in his campaign that as president, he would “reach out to freshmen in a different way to build a vibrant community for Republicans,” recruiting and creating a freshmen caucus...
...father, Rep. Robert Menendez D-N.J., is the first Hispanic ever to head the Democratic caucus, and has been in the House since his daughter was nine. On Take Your Daughter to Work Day she went to the House floor. Her parents’ divorce was announced in a press release. Still, she is unfazed about the drawbacks of a political career. “I know what I’m getting into,” she says...
...longer expect to hamstring attempts by other nations to form powerful trading blocs as it did in the early 1990’s when it limited the authority of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and shut down the East Asian Economic Caucus. It may be that for the U.S. to retain its preeminent seat in the world both politically and militarily, it will have to show some leadership economically...
...despite a public show of solidarity, Republican Congressmen tell TIME there was a bitter debate behind closed doors over whether to change the rule for the man known as "the Hammer," and it has left some Republicans angry and concerned that their party looks arrogant. During a private caucus last Wednesday, more than 200 G.O.P. lawmakers argued for four hours over a proposal by Texas Representative Henry Bonilla, a DeLay loyalist, to do away with an 11-year-old party rule requiring leaders to relinquish their posts if indicted. DeLay, who stood in the back of the room and remained...
...ethical and legal troubles of the opposition's leaders. "Now we're starting to act like the very people we defeated," Shays told TIME afterward. Even some of DeLay's ideological soulmates were outraged. Arizona Representative J.D. Hayworth wouldn't comment to TIME on what he said in the caucus. But other Congressmen who were there say the conservative gave an impassioned speech, warning his colleagues that the backlash from the rule change could "jeopardize the very majority [DeLay] has worked so hard to build." --By Douglas Waller