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...entering the Senate chamber shortly before 4 p.m. last Wednesday, White House Courier Tim Saunders suddenly became the Invisible Man. Not that anyone actually failed to see him, or to guess what he was carrying in a manila envelope decorated with the White House seal. With Saunders in plain view, Majority Leader Robert Dole archly informed fellow Senators that Ronald Reagan had vetoed an attempt by Congress to block a sale of arms to Saudi Arabia, and * "somewhere there is a messenger who has that information." But the moment Saunders' presence was officially acknowledged, the veto would become the pending...
...earth. They are fussed over by constituents, lobbyists and journalists, fawned over by handlers and flunkies. The Senate is a closed and comfortable world, a place even Senators proudly call the most exclusive club in Washington. Small wonder that the very idea of allowing television cameras into their august chamber sparked the kind of weighty deliberation and heated debate normally associated with issues like the Panama Canal treaties...
They also demanded that employers pay workers for the time off, just as they would on an official holiday. At first, many employers refused and threatened to penalize absent workers. The conservative Chamber of Mines even appealed to the courts to ban the work stoppage. But when judges ruled that the unions had the legal right to call the strike, some employers agreed to pay their workers for the day. Even at the Chamber of Mines, officials allowed striking employees to count the day as a personal...
...Democrats watched in amazement. The measure was winning, mainly because few Republicans were voting. Suddenly, with time running out, the Republicans pushed their vote buttons in a rush and -- what was this? -- all but one hit the aye choice. The ban passed, 361 to 66. Republicans stood in the chamber, applauding and laughing...
...rather take in the splendors of their own land, on motor-home jaunts to Disney World, camping trips to U.S. national parks, and surfing safaris to Hawaii. The travel industry expects a jump of 10% or more in domestic bookings this year. Says Harold Van Sumeren, president of the Chamber of Commerce in Traverse City, Mich., a boating and camping mecca: "We're really anticipating one of the biggest and finest summer seasons we've ever...