Word: coelho
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...over and over again. The rising generation of younger lawmakers seems even less inclined toward Rostenkowski-style leadership, part back slapping, part arm twisting. The new crowd tends to be more attuned to polls and job preservation. "Dealmakers are willing to take risks, willing to be tough," says Tony Coelho, the former House Democratic whip who resigned in 1989 after reports about misuse of campaign funds. "They're not coming to Congress anymore...
...media must, and usually does, take aim at every public figure; even during the Republican administration Democrats like Jim Wright and Tony Coelho underwent career-ending inquiries...
...many Brazilians had no sympathy for the victims. "Everyone is making them out to be heroes," says taxi driver Joao Mendes, "but they were not sweet flowers." Citizens calling in to local talk shows applauded the massacre. Says Alexandre Coelho Reis, 23, who works in Rio: "Many of these 13-year-old kids have killed. They deserve...
...hoping for a Cabinet post in a Clinton Administration. But which one? A source close to both Brown and Clinton maintains that Brown wants to start at the top, as Secretary of State, though that might be aiming a bit high. Among his possible successors at the D.N.C.: Tony Coelho, the former House whip who resigned from Congress in 1989 amid questions regarding his use of campaign funds, has reportedly been hinting around about the job for months...
...protege of House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski, Russ also enjoyed the backing of former House majority whip Tony Coelho and ex- House Speaker Jim Wright. But he was unable to earn the trust of House Speaker Tom Foley. Two years ago, after the General Accounting Office disclosed that the House bank had cashed $232,000 in bad checks in the 12 ! months ending June 30, 1989, Foley directed Russ to halt overdrafts in the free check-writing and check-cashing service. Russ never...