Word: congressmen
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...These sentiments did not issue from some short-wave broadcast in the Ozarks, or from a Minuteman bunker in Montana. They were expressed by hosts, guests and callers on some of New York City's top radio stations. In America's most liberal city - where most Democratic congressmen, solidly to the left of the President, were elected with 80 to 90 percent of the vote - the airwaves roil with right-wing rant from WOR's Bob Grant, WABC's Sean Hannity and Steve Malzberg. And in this weird election week, when pundits were as befuddled as that...
...tragic that we in Brazil have been warned about the destruction but are doing nothing to stop it. Most people I have spoken with feel the same. But I believe your report may change the minds of many Brazilian Congressmen. DAKIR LOURENCO DUARTE Porto Alegre, Brazil...
...Clinton has already fired back, issuing an even- later-night veto of a $33 billion measure that was to fund the Congress, the White House and the Treasury Department - and would have given congressmen a pay raise. "I cannot in good conscience sign a bill that funds the operations of the Congress and the White House before funding our classrooms, fixing our schools and protecting our workers," he said...
...good box office for Pay It Forward would be a start. "I hope this movie makes the world a better place. I hope it starts a human chain of goodness and kindness," she says. "We sure need a good dose of it." And--this is something parents, teachers and Congressmen can agree on--so does Hollywood...
...Gore has a similar grasp of issues but little emotional reach. He made Dingell-Norwood sound like some scam rather than the best effort of Congressmen holding competing world views to balance the needs of patients against those of HMOs. It's called legislation, and until the Constitution is amended, it is how things get done. Washington can be venal and small. Viewers of 60 Minutes learned last Sunday that if you want a highway-construction contract, you have to hire a certain lobbyist named Ann Eppard, who happens to be the campaign manager and close personal friend...