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...Daschle cannot dictate how the Senate will work, he and his committee chairmen will have the power to decide which bills reach the floor. He can force the debate to happen on his terms, at least in his half of the Capitol...
...committee chairmen will take their shots as well. Bush's missile-defense proposal is likely to look a lot different once it goes through a panel headed by chairman Carl Levin, a leading skeptic. At Commerce, South Carolina's Fritz Hollings will put a shoulder to Bush's deregulatory push. While Democrats as a first gesture of conciliation dropped their efforts to stall the nomination of Solicitor General Ted Olson, Bush's more controversial judicial nominations may die in Leahy's Judiciary Committee--or be euthanized before they get there. On Saturday, for example, the New York Times reported that...
...seen his reputation tarnished in recent years through debt, an inability to streamline the firm in the face of the Asian financial crisis, and allegations of fraud and cronyism. Last year the Hyundai Group was splintered by two of his sons, who served as the company's co-chairmen...
...there is a lot of trust built up." All three companies have managed to make money in difficult times by keeping raw material costs down and focusing on the kinds of high-grade finished products that the auto and appliance industries prefer. Kinsch and Mer will act as co-chairmen...
Last week, when the Senate opened for business, Democrat majority leader Tom Daschle whizzed through a half dozen apparently ceremonial and pro forma resolutions that were quickly approved by voice vote. Republican committee chairmen are angry that one of the floor resolutions Daschle got passed made Democrats chairmen of the committees until Jan. 20. The Republican chairmen didn't know that Daschle was offering the resolution because Lott apparently never alerted his committee chairmen that the Democrats would control their panels for 17 days. "Only Lott knew," says a GOP aide. "But he didn't pass...