Word: coelho
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Wright and Majority Whip Tony Coelho, with whom Mack golfs, support Mack's rehabilitation; they view the dredged-up story as an indirect attack on Wright, who is under investigation by the House ethics committee. Others feel that rehabilitation occurred before adequate retribution. Mack may have satisfied the demands of the legal system, but his elevation to a position of privilege may yet offend a larger notion of decency. Should a felon who has been denied the right to vote be instrumental in making the nation's laws...
Most Democrats expect anything but courtesy from Gingrich. In fact, they view his combativeness as a potential plus. "Newt probably unites the Democratic Party more than any other single Republican," said House Majority Whip Tony Coelho of California. If Gingrich lives up to his loose-cannon reputation, he could further hinder the President's crusade for congressional bipartisanship. Of course, if Gingrich has his way, there will not be a Democratic majority in the House for long. "Newt wakes up in the morning, and < the first thing he thinks about is how to become the majority party," says Charles Black...
From the start, the House electronic tote board showed the adjournment motion, made by House Majority Whip Tony Coelho (D-Calif.), was losing...
...Feisty House Democratic Whip Tony Coelho tells newspeople after the first congressional leadership meeting with Bush, "Very harmonious. No dissent. This is the first day of the honeymoon, and it was very hopeful and exciting, just like a honeymoon." Question from the edge: "Come on, Congressman, when do you get tough?" Slow smile over the little scrapper's face and a glint in his bright, crafty eyes. "When he gets specific, we'll get tough. About budget time." Interpretation: if Coelho couldn't fight, he'd go back to California...
Still, a majority of House members reached for this fig leaf. They voted to kill the Brady amendment and replace it with McCollum's phantom plan. Even leading Democrats from states where the N.R.A. is strong, like House Majority Leader Tom Foley of Washington and House Whip Tony Coelho of California, supported the gun lobby. They contended, as has George Bush, who boasts that he is a life member of the N.R.A., that such restrictive legislation should be left to the states. But only 22 states require waiting periods. A gun buyer in a hurry need only cross a state...