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...other potential G.O.P. presidential candidate. Even more significant is the number of big-name Republican fund raisers who are climbing aboard, suggesting the beginnings of a money operation that other contenders in the party will have difficulty matching. None of McCain's new allies are more impressive than former Congressman Tom Loeffler of Texas, a mega--fund raiser for Bush. Loeffler says he has told McCain he is willing "to be your bottle washer, or I'll fix the flat on the Straight Talk Express bus." While Loeffler notes that he has been "very, very, very close friends" with McCain...
When you?re a U.S. Congressman and 25,000 constituent families can?t find affordable heating oil this winter, you tend not to care where help comes from. That?s at least how U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah of Philadelphia felt last week when Citgo - the U.S.-based company owned by the government of Venezuela?s left-wing President Hugo Chavez - delivered 5 million gallons of heating oil at a 40% discount to low-income Philadelphia residents. Fattah says he doesn?t understand the objections of many congressional conservatives who feel U.S. cities should not be helping improve the image...
...Swann is attempting what another NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver-and a former Seattle Seahawk no less-failed to do just four years ago. Steve Largent, one of the NFL's all-time leading receivers and a former Oklahoma congressman, lost his Oklahoma gubernatorial bid in 2002 despite initially being considered the favorite. But Swann has certainly gotten off to a good start, even before the Steelers' stunning championship run. He is leading his main opponent, former Lieutenant Governor Bill Scranton, in an ongoing straw poll of GOP state committee members. Scranton has also had to spend quite...
...Budget (OMB) director Josh Bolten to press for more money for scientific research, Boehlert found Bolten unexpectedly receptive. Later that day, four Cabinet Secretaries showed up for a meeting on scientific research held at the Commerce Department. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman surprised Boehlert by staying all day. Although the Congressman has been advocating increased scientific research for years, Boehlert says, "Now it was getting the visibility." Soon Bush himself was pushing the proposals through the OMB, which often rips such initiatives apart...
Fashion statements can be risky, as antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan, below, and a Congressman's support-the-troops wife learned last week when they got booted from the Capitol for sporting political T shirts. Here's a look at other wearable agendas...