Word: congress
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...There are people in Congress who get themselves re-elected time after time by not being controversial," he said. "Media attention is a double-edged sword....and the brightest stars burn out faster...
...poor as they work additional hours, on a monthly basis rather than at the start of the year. This means that the payments for October, November, and December of the year 2000 would go on the fiscal year 2001 budget, turning about $9 billion in costs into the next Congress' problem. That means that GOP leaders can claim to have a $400 million surplus without touching Social Security, as long as no one looks at next year's books...
...move generates a meager political benefit at a substantial public cost. White House officials have called it "a forced interest-free loan to the Government." Some Republicans in Congress have also objected, and Texas Gov. George W. Bush has opposed the delay, saying that it would be wrong for Congress to "balance their budget on the backs of the poor...
Because of a stopgap measure to keep the government running, Congress has until Oct. 21 to get a budget passed or there will be another government shutdown. It is time for the Republicans in Congress to stop playing budget games and start to recognize that the spending caps are unrealistic. Helping people is more important than saving face...
Could this be the real Clinton legacy - fiddling while Congress self-immolates? The debate over patients? rights hit the Hill with a fury Wednesday as three separate bills - each allowing patients to sue their HMOs for uncovered medical costs, but in varying degrees - added to the general legislative tangle that has been the story of Capitol Hill this summer and fall. Things got complicated Tuesday when House GOP leaders did an about-face, gun-control-style, and sought to undercut a popular right-to-sue bill with a watered-down version of their own. That bill had Democratic backing...