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DIED. PETER RODINO, 95, unassuming, gravel-voiced Democratic Congressman from New Jersey who, with a steady hand, led the compelling House impeachment investigation of President Richard Nixon; in West Orange, N.J. Born to Italian immigrants in working-class Newark, N.J. Rodino was an aspiring novelist before he turned to law school. Elected in 1948, he served quietly for 25 years before becoming a household name in 1973 during the Watergate investigation. "If fate had been looking for one of the powerhouses of Congress," he said at the time, "it wouldn't have picked...
...charges against Congressman DeLay are mounting, and the time has come for DeLay to be held accountable for his actions. At last, Republicans have begun to realize that this majority leader is garnering more bad press for their party than he is worth. If they are wise, GOP leaders will press for DeLay to be replaced by someone who can restore integrity to the Republican Party and earn the trust of the American people...
...article in his state's largest newspaper took note of House Majority Whip Roy Blunt's strong defense of the man who stands one rung above him in the House leadership. BLUNT MUST WALK FINE LINE ON DELAY, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch declared two weekends ago. MISSOURI CONGRESSMAN COULD FACE SCRUTINY. The DeLay saga is playing in Peoria, judging from the questions that Illinois Republican Ray LaHood is suddenly getting there. And Indiana's Mark Souder has found himself answering questions about the embattled Majority Leader at a fundraiser in his district, as well as on the plane rides...
...first, it was easy to believe that the storm clouds gathering around House Majority Leader Tom DeLay signaled little more than another Washington tempest. After all, most Republicans reassured themselves, hardly anybody outside the Beltway or DeLay's district in Sugar Land, Texas, had even heard of the Congressman, much less cared about his inflammatory comments about judges or his overseas junkets that might have been paid for by lobbyists. But not any more. Letters and phone calls to congressional offices about DeLay have picked up sharply of late, an aide to the House GOP leadership says. The Majority Leader...
...event, the group received input from attendees and leading scholars, policy advisors, bureaucrats, and politicians. They included Sharp, a former Congressman, Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson, Iowa Secretary of State Chet Culver, and former Congressman Martin Frost...