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...away from conflict, Helms has been more than happy to fight on issues he?s committed to. He has outraged critics by using his position to rail against "indecent" art, gays and lesbians and civil rights in general. He has enraged the Senate?s growing pro-globalization caucus by maintaining an unapologetically isolationist attitude. Most recently he galled abortion rights supporters by blocking payment of U.S. dues to the UN as a protest against funds sent to women?s health providers that, Helms argued, were ostensibly used for abortion education or the procedure itself...
...problems started when he got there. Bobby's eldest son picked fights with his colleagues, who conspicuously left committee hearings when his turn came to speak. A female lawmaker recalled that when Joe noticed her fiddling with a bra strap during a caucus meeting, he leaned over and whispered, "You need any help with that?" His fits of temper drove staff members away, but they saw a vulnerable, insecure side as well. "There was this huge fear of failure. His mother fueled that a lot," recalls one. Ethel told Joe he would never be what his father was, that...
...These days, Hillary-haters are still out there, but their voices - and numbers - are being challenged by a newly emergent, pro-Hillary caucus. For her part, Senator Clinton is on the rise, moving back into public life, enjoying a bit of the spotlight and savoring the fact that whatever attention she does get is all about...
...that allows state parties to keep collecting soft money, arguing it creates a loophole for unregulated donations. Organized labor, a key Democratic constituency, opposes a ban on TV ads that unions and other interest groups run during campaigns to help their favorite candidates. And the 38-member Congressional Black Caucus is divided on doing away with soft money, which it wants for turning out African-American voters. "The bill goes too far in reducing the role of national parties," complains Representative Albert Wynn, who chairs the black caucus' task force on campaign reform...
...Shays-Meehan bill (which lines up with McCain?s Senate version and bans all unregulated soft-money contributions to national parties) are afraid their coalition will fracture more the longer the issue is out there. There are lot of people within their own coalition (the Congressional Black Caucus and organized labor, for example) who are nervous about the Democrats? bill because they fear the restrictions on soft money will go too far in blunting outreach and campaigning...