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...Iraq in Washington last week. The central issue is no longer how best to prosecute the war, but how best to leave it. This appeared true for many of President Bush's strongest supporters and even for some of the most adamant traditional hawks in Congress-as Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman John Murtha's call for a hasty withdrawal of U.S. troops most vividly demonstrated. The Senate resolution calling for a "significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty"-that is, Iraqi control of the war effort-in 2006 was less vivid than the House's ugly theatrics surrounding the Murtha proposal...
They generally take a softer approach on the conservative agenda. In Pennsylvania, Representative Tom Ridge won the election this year by claiming outsider status -- no easy trick for a six-term Congressman -- and supporting heavier use of the death penalty and an end to parole for criminals sentenced to life. Having done that, he could safely stick to middling stands on abortion rights and welfare reform. "My basic philosophy is a conservative one," says Ridge. "But I recognize there are times when government intervention is appropriate, much to the chagrin of some of my Republican counterparts...
...Congressman Rahm Emanuel of Illinois had a nice moment on Meet the Press about a month ago. He said Democrats would run on their "ideas" in the 2006 congressional elections. "But what are the Democratic ideas?" moderator Tim Russert asked skeptically. Emanuel proceeded to rattle off five big ones, which seemed to shock Congressman Tom Reynolds of New York, his Republican debate opponent. "Those are the first solutions that have come out of (any Democrat's) mouth," Reynolds said...
...bipartisan credentials have long been burnished by her relationship with Keith Sebelius, a veteran Kansas Republican Congressman; she is married to his son Gary, a federal magistrate judge. Her father John Gilligan was Governor of Ohio in the 1970s, making the pair the first ever father-daughter combination of Governors. But it was her married name that helped Sebelius rise from state legislator to insurance commissioner and then Governor. With an approval rating near 60%, she is now popular in her own right--so popular that a number of high-profile Kansas Republicans have decided against challenging her when...
June 20, 2002, 10:15 a.m. A lobbyist to his co-worker Tony Rudy, former chief of staff for Texas Congressman TOM DELAY, on their boss Jack Abramoff presumably agreeing to funnel corporate donations to DeLay via a charity: "I'm sensing shadiness. I'll stop asking. I'll break it up over the various requests to a total of $25K." Rudy replies: "Your senses are good...