Word: congress
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Congress to make moving a sports franchise punishable by anything the spurned fans can come up with short of death. Any kind of beating, whipping, electrical stimulation, or painful and possibly humiliating medical procedure (we are talking about old men in most cases) would be fair game...
...censure in favor of pushing for full impeachment the House Republicans have shown blatant disregard for the health of this nation and the will of the people. Polls show that 66 percent of Americans approve of the job that Clinton is doing. That is a much greater figure than Congress' 44 percent approval rating...
Back in 1986, when Espy became the first black elected to Congress from Mississippi since Reconstruction, he looked like the archetype of a new breed of crossover politician--shrewd enough to reach out to whites by standing up for prayer in schools and by posing in ads for the National Rifle Association. Even some good ole boys predicted that he would someday be Governor or Senator. Though he was doing a terrific job, Espy was forced out of office for chump change. Instead of moving on to a glittering future, he got kicked out of the Cabinet in disgrace...
...joined the Audubon Society's Pilchuk chapter, named for a mountain near Everett, Wash., discovered a talent for tactics and alliances and soon became Pilchuk's paid director. Recently she has prowled the halls of Congress, wheelchair and all, for the Forest Water Alliance, a consortium of 21 environmental groups...
...Vice President Al Gore has made perhaps the ultimate sacrifice for his boss, canceling a Thursday pre-2000 primary trip to New Hampshire in order to help out in Washington during the first day of impeachment hearings. Gore came out swinging on Monday in defense of Clinton, urging Congress to keep the President in office. He also blasted House Republicans for abandoning the censure option. The "decision to reject compromise," said Gore, does "not give the members of Congress a chance to vote their conscience. It is not in keeping with the wishes of the American people...