Word: congressmen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rude to our parents at home. His "my generation" song, "The Times They Are A-Changin'" announces the passing of power from the burghers of middle-aged authority to their children. In succession Dylan addresses these mammoths who don't realize they're dinosaurs: writers and critics, senators, Congressmen and finally mothers and fathers. His acute message to parents: "Don't criticize what you can't understand. / Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command. / Your old road is rapidly agin'. / Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand, / For the times they...
Even by Washington standards, the D.C. premiere of Al Gore's new global warming film, An Inconvenient Truth, was lit by some very low-wattage celebrities: political journalists, Congressmen, people from National Public Radio. Also: Moby. Those concerned about greenhouse gases would have done well...
...Congressmen Are Such Easy Marks They may have power as a group, but their junior-varsity status can get them into trouble...
...either. Several GOP members challenged Hayden with such hard-hitting questions as: "Will you brief the committee when invited?" ("Yes, sir" Hayden" responded.) Democrats complained that few members of the Congress were told about the NSA's programs - but Hayden had nothing to do with the decision about which congressmen to tell about the program...
...roguish quality of these exploits dovetails nicely with Americans' rather sordid assumptions about whom they send to the Capitol. Polls have found that most Americans believe both senators and congressmen to be "petty politicians fighting for personal gain," (63%) "out of touch with what's going on in the country," (63%) and 41% believe that their own Congressman has taken a bribe. Of course, they are still electing them - perhaps as a way of rewarding their sheer stick-to-it-iveness and initiative. Being this corrupt, after all, must be hard work. Between the tabloid stories and the presumption...