Word: congressmen
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...Congressmen Are Such Easy Marks They may have power as a group, but their junior-varsity status can get them into trouble...
...this will be easier for Harvard students because they are part of an “international brand.” Sage also said that students should hold politicians responsible for ignoring the abuses in North Korea. Qingni Lin ’09 suggested that LiNK try to bring congressmen to the campus to discuss the issue or organize a protest at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Lee said that the organization will seek official student group status next semester, and will host a series of awareness events next fall...
...Congressmen Are Such Easy Marks They may have power as a group, but their junior-varsity status can get them into trouble...
...embroiled in a rancorous race to midterm elections, congressmen and senators seem more concerned with pandering to the vagaries of focus groups and opinion polls than devising a genuine solution to our oil addiction. They seek to find the proverbial silver bullet, unwilling to face the hard truth that our gasoline problem is not amenable to simplistic panaceas. But so far, Congress’s fixes have been impotent at best, its lobby-driven debate pusillanimous at worst. Americans deserve better...
...high gasoline prices, such as the Senate Republican plan to mail $100 checks to voters or the Democratic plan for a 60-day suspension of the federal gas tax, are short-sighted quick fixes. It is no wonder that incensed constituents across the political spectrum have called their congressmen to protest their pandering antics—they realize that the gasoline problem will extend far longer than the few months until midterm elections. Instead of racing to find a superficial solution that will give a favorable spike in the polls, congressmen should act courageously and do what?...