Word: congressman
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Amid increasing tension and rumors of a possible armed intervention, the U.S. took steps to focus its policy toward Haiti. President Clinton appointed a new special envoy to the country: William Gray, a former Congressman from Pennsylvania. The White House also announced that Haitian boat people would now be permitted hearings at sea to determine whether they should be allowed political asylum. Meanwhile the Haitian military government named Supreme Court Justice Emile Jonassaint, 80, as President, a move the U.S. denounced as "cynical, unconstitutional and illegal...
...honesty. He follows his deeply held beliefs -- he is a devout Catholic who is against abortion -- but he keeps an open mind on many issues. In a fight where most minds are shut tight, that made him a long- shot possibility for the forces of Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congressman Charles Schumer, the authors of the assault-weapons ban. "We knew it would take a lot to change the Congressman's mind, but we thought if we could just get all the information on these guns to him, we might be able to do it," says Feinstein press secretary Bill...
...Lunch with Michigan Democratic Congressman Bob Carr, chairman of the Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee, in the members' dining room at the Capitol...
...Lunch with Connecticut Democratic Congressman Sam Gejdenson, a noted champion of the Coast Guard budget, also in the members' dining room...
...Brooklyn Congressman leads winning blitz on assault weapons...