Word: congresswoman
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Keating is also being sued by Lincoln customers, who claim they came into the bank to make insured deposits but in a classic bait-and-switch were steered into buying uninsured securities issued by ACC to keep the institution afloat. In hearings held by the House Banking Committee, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio read a letter from a 65-year-old man who was persuaded by a Lincoln saleswoman that the ACC bonds were just as safe as insured certificates of deposit, paid a point more in interest, and ran only ten months. "If ACC goes under in ten months...
When Democratic Congresswoman Pat Schroeder arrived in Washington in 1973 with two young children, she thought it would be only a year or so until Congress passed a federal child-care plan. Sixteen years later, Schroeder's children are grown, and the U.S. still lags far behind most other industrialized nations in national family policy. House Democrats have taken a big -- and expensive -- step toward catching up by defeating White House efforts to weaken legislation to create a national child-care program...
Leland's successes came in part because he was hard not to like, and he would not give up. The dashiki he wore in the Texas legislature gave way to Armani suits, the clenched fist to working within the system. After persuading New Jersey Republican Congresswoman Margaret Roukema to join him on a trip to Africa in 1984, Leland got in to see Ronald Reagan, who then agreed to support more foreign food aid and order ships loaded with grain to head for Ethiopia. Leland leaves his wife Alison, who is two months pregnant, a son -- and a world less...
...radar screen. Despite the love feast between Jackson and Michael Dukakis at the Democratic Convention, the telegenic preacher quickly became the invisible man of the campaign as the network cameras turned their eyes elsewhere and Jackson retreated after a string of slights from Dukakis aides. His withdrawal provoked former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, a member of the Dukakis campaign steering committee, to charge that Jackson was supporting the ticket "grudgingly and reluctantly." In fact, since September, Jesse has been at full steam. He even flew into Washington to urge members of the Democratic Caucus to pull out the stops for Dukakis...
Suddenly, parental-leave legislation that House Democrats were afraid to schedule because it was sure to fail was put on the calendar. The bill, first introduced by Democratic Congresswoman Pat Schroeder in 1986, would require employers of more than 50 people to allow men or women up to ten weeks of leave to care for a newborn, a seriously ill child or an ailing parent. When House Majority Whip Tony Coelho took a head count this week, he found so much new support among moderates that he has decided to schedule a vote as soon as possible...