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...their campuses or risk forgoing federal funds. For the last two years, universities have challenged the amendment on both constitutional and statutory grounds, and Harvard has lobbied against its most recent revision. But the most recent ruling dismissed the legal challenges to the law. Nine of the ten congressmen who compose the Massachusetts House delegation voted against the resolution, which passed 347-65. Among those voting “no” were Rep. Michael E. Capuano, Cambridge’s congressman, Rep. Barney Frank ’61, one of the nation’s most prominent openly...
...ever-increasing partisanship, this issue seems to be creating an unusual level of consensus. In the next few days, the Senate is likely to pass a bill that stops lobbyists from offering gifts, including meals, to members, requires more disclosure of members' contact with lobbyists, makes ex-congressmen wait longer before they cash in on their congressional service and become high-powered lobbyists and allows a majority of senators to strike pork-barrel spending from spending bills...
...Cunningham filing offered a rare glimpse of the workings of the Attending Physician's office, headed by an admiral and generally shrouded in a veil of secrecy rivaling that of the CIA. Jon Brandt, spokesman for the House Administration Committee, said congressmen are asked to pay a "recommended annual fee" if they want to see doctors in the Capitol office. He would not reveal the amount, but in 1992 it was reported to be about $275. Brandt says the Attending Physician's referrals are sometimes to private sector doctors and sometimes to military doctors. A Navy spokesman provided a section...
...Experts say it's important for congressmen, like anyone else, to have somewhere to turn when they are distraught or depressed. "Anybody can have psychiatric problems, the high and the mighty as well as the average Joe," says Dr. Steven Sharfstein, a Baltimore psychiatrist who is president of the American Psychiatric Association. "Psychiatry is good for anybody who needs...
...port terminals—including New Orleans and Newark, N.J.—in the hands of a Dubai state-owned firm. The Dubai firm, DP World, bid $6.8 billion to buy the British company that currently operates the ports. The Bush administration approved the deal, but some congressmen have objected to the acquisition on national security grounds. Dubai is one of the seven sheikdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Critics of the port deal point to the fact that two of the Sept. 11 hijackers hailed from the UAE. Zoellick noted that the port deal could...