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...Democrats don?t want a soft-money ban any more than the Republicans do. They just want the issue." Especially now that Democrats are now raising just as much soft money as Republicans ?- and it constitutes a bigger portion of their annual fund-raising haul. So here?s a Congress 101 for you: When New Jersey Democrat Bob Torricelli says...
...individuals or attacking individuals," he said Thursday, struggling to keep the debate on some sort of high ground. "I am attacking a system. I am attacking a system that has to be fixed." Added partner Feingold: "This is not only a crucial issue to the health and future of Congress, but also for democracy itself...
...fair, the impetus comes mostly from the firms that are recruiting. Local non-profits, magazines, school districts and Congress have few built-in mechanisms or resources to come here and woo us. OCS does attempt to present a variety of other options (or at least, direct us to the ubiquitous "binders in the downstairs reading room"). We should expect more of OCS, though. Compared to the convenience of the recruiting process, finding information about other fields is a much more arduous a task. Students who pursue other fields must be largely selfguided...
...Sunday, General Parvez Musharraf addressed the nation he now heads following Thursday's coup intending to, as they say in Congress, revise and extend his remarks. "This is not martial law," Musharraf told the country, but rather "another path toward democracy." Further, he made the surprising announcement that he would pull back troops from Pakistan's tense border with India and seek talks with his nuclear neighbor. India, which ordered its troops on high alert immediately following the coup, has so far reacted cautiously to the news. After two days of vainly casting about for a credible civilian administration...
...here is paying for a lot of violence down there," says Shannon. "And fighting the traffickers is among the government?s top priorities, because the cartels are rich enough and powerful enough to pose a threat to national security." Rounding up cocaine kings is definitely one way to make Congress amenable to helping...