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...lawmakers were willing to echo Early's intemperate remarks -- at least not publicly. But there is little doubt that many Democratic Congressmen blame Foley for the continuing political mess that may have cost several incumbents their jobs in primaries last week. One of the defeated lawmakers, five-term Chicago Congressman Charles Hayes, wrote 716 bad checks. Many more may be sent packing in November: a Washington Post/ABC News poll published last week indicated that 79% of Americans are unlikely to vote for Representatives who repeatedly wrote bad checks...
Spousal conflict-of-interest charges are usually aimed against wives for a simple reason: few women hold high public office that could place their husbands in jeopardy. When Barbara Morris Lent, wife of New York Congressman Norman Lent, became a lobbyist for NYNEX, she sought assurance from the House ethics committee that her job would not interfere with his voting on communications legislation. When Debbie Dingell, a lobbyist for General Motors, married Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, she switched to an administrative position. "Fortunately," she says, "GM is large enough that I could change jobs...
...eliminate long lag times, some of the industry's better citizens are calling for direct access to FBI data banks. One major hurdle: California Congressman Don Edwards, the tough chairman of the House Civil and Constitutional Rights Subcommittee (and a former FBI agent himself), who vigorously opposes such access on privacy grounds. "It's a Catch-22," argues a top industry lawyer, Clifford Ingber. "Security is either going to be a meaningless service, or you have got to give companies greater latitude, as you do law enforcement, to allow them to screen their people...
...lure a big-name contender into the fray -- it remains a five-man race. Despite nudges and nods from Albany, the overhyped Mario Cuomo write-in campaign (4%) drooped as badly as New York State's credit rating. Clinton's resurrection was enough to scare off potential candidates like Congressman Richard Gephardt and Senator Lloyd Bentsen. The message from New Hampshire was an unequivocal one: "No guts, no glory...
Though William Casey has been vilified for aspects of his tenure as CIA chief, there is no criticism of his instincts on Poland. "Basically, he had a quiet confidence that the communists couldn't hold on, especially in Poland," says former Congressman Edward Derwinski, a Polish-speaking expert on Eastern Europe who counseled the Administration and met with Casey frequently. "He was convinced the system was falling and doomed to collapse one way or another -- and Poland was the force that would lead to the dam breaking. He demanded a constant ((CIA)) focus on Eastern Europe. It wasn't noticed...