Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...It’s really too early to tell what kind of congressmen any of the candidates would be. Moakley was relatively unknown and wasn’t that outstanding when he was elected. It took him many years to develop his expertise,” O’Connor says...
...American Senators, Congressmen and governors began their careers long ago as president of the senior class. They won the American Legion's "I Speak for Democracy" contest, or, like Bill Clinton, shined in Boy's Nation and posed in the Rose Garden. Then - except maybe in the case of Jesse Ventura - there ensued nothing more colorful or original than the grind through law school and after that - ambition, elections, shoeshines, smiles...
...much you could use the economic stimulus. Wall Street is counting on it to hold up consumer spending until the business cycle has a chance to come around again. So is Alan Greenspan, who?s running out of interest rates to cut. So are a lot of GOP congressmen who would actually like to get re-elected next fall...
...certainly possible. But I do think that if Bush can peel off enough about a dozen congressmen to side with him, you could see this voted on next week...
...hard to tell. The White House is trying to talk to Norwood on this because they haven?t had a lot of luck with other congressmen. And much to the frustration of the White House, Norwood hasn?t moved too much on these negotiations...