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...culture wars. Bush the son is careful to avoid coarse language about gays and lesbians. As Air Force One flew to South Carolina last week, the President made clear his opposition to gay marriage but added, "I'm not against anybody," according to Jim DeMint, a Republican Congressman who was aboard. "If some people want to have a contract, that's O.K., but marriage is the foundation of society...
...marriage when conservatives wouldn't listen. When the alliance held a press conference to announce the idea in the summer of 2001, Daniels says, "there wasn't any debate going on about a marriage amendment." But by the following May, the alliance had lined up a Congressman--a Democrat, actually--to introduce the Federal Marriage Amendment. Today it has 109 co-sponsors in the House and five in the Senate...
...think it's more a question of being focused on the work. And clearly for many years being preoccupied with getting home to be with my kids. I mean, for 17 years I never spent a weekend in Washington, D.C. When Thursday night came, I was like a Congressman. I was gone...
...determined when Bill Luther, former four-term Democratic congressman from Minnesota, will serve...
...give seniors "the modern medicine they deserve" and touted the new drug-discount card that the Administration says will save them 10% to 25% on pharmaceuticals. The even larger Canadian discounts, meanwhile, have attracted a popular passion that is shared by politicians on both sides of the aisle. G.O.P. Congressman Dan Burton--who represents Indiana, where drug giant Eli Lilly employs thousands of voters--has accused the industry of "raping the American people." In the Democratic presidential debate last week, Senator Joe Lieberman described the trend toward buying drugs from Canada as "a kind of Boston Tea Party...