Word: congressmen
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...should seize that opportunity. It could save not only billions of dollars. It could also save American lives." The Bush administration, like the Clinton administration, has been suspicious of the fractured Iraqi opposition, which has never been able to deliver on its promise of a united front against Saddam. Congressmen in the House believe the administration is waiting only for the Arab-Israeli conflict to cool and for weapons stocks depleted by the Afghan war to be replenished before it launches a military attack on Iraq. "By January of this year the Pentagon's toy box was empty," says...
...couple had finished dinner at Blake's favorite Italian restaurant; in Los Angeles. BORN. To actor JOHNNY DEPP and his wife, French actress and singer VANESSA PARADIS, a son, Jack; in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. CHARGED. ALBERTO FUJIMORI, former President of Peru, with using government funds to recruit congressmen to his party; in Lima, Peru. This is the fourth in a series of criminal charges against Fujimori, who has lived in self-imposed exile in his parents' native Japan since November 2000. SENTENCED. FATHUR ROHMAN AL-GHOZI, 31, Indonesian national arrested in Manila in January for ties to terrorist groups...
...Your congressmen and senators aren't doing much for you at the moment...
...before I get a slew of angry e-mails from Capitol Hill, let me explain what I mean. Your congressmen and senators are working hard. In fact, they put in incredibly long hours that often stretch into the weekends. It's just that most of their work at the moment is on their own behalf - not yours. Congressional elections are still seven months away, when one-third of the Senate and the entire House of Representatives will face voters, but already incumbents and challengers are campaigning with gusto...
...Congressmen and senators will get their backs up when you confront them with the fact that they spend so little time in Washington tending to official business. "We're doing the public's business when we're meeting with constituents, answering our mail or traveling back to our states," they'll insist. Actually, that's not the case. Most of a member's time is spent getting reelected. Congressional staffers tell me privately that as much as three-fourths of their day is spent ensuring that their boss keeps his job. The mail the congressman sends out, the district newsletters...