Word: congresswoman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...flame-throwing challenger Linda Smith, a second-term Republican Congresswoman, has built a reputation for trashing money-grubbing colleagues whose spines drip into their shoes at the mere mention of campaign-finance reform. "When have I ever been obedient?" she was overheard asking an aide by telephone last week...
Moreover, even as he challenged black establishments, Williams gathered friends in white ones. He became close to a Yale instructor named Stan Greenberg, who would later become Bill Clinton's pollster (and whose firm now works for Williams' campaign). Greenberg's wife Rosa DeLauro, a Congresswoman from Connecticut, also became a friend. Other prominent New England families helped advance his career...
...finger at their wayward President. "I am very disappointed in his personal conduct," said Dick Gephardt. "My trust in his credibility has been shattered," lamented Senator Dianne Feinstein of California -- previously one of the President's most vocal defenders, now a vituperative detractor. Hell hath no fury like a congresswoman scorned...
...outrageous allegations were later proved wrong, and the reporter who wrote the story, Gary Webb, resigned. Justice abruptly pulled the report at the last minute, citing catch-all "law-enforcement concerns," and now says it has "no immediate plans" to release the report. Such secrecy only fuels those like Congresswoman MAXINE WATERS, who want to know more. "The Department of Justice is keeping something from the American public," says Waters. "There's something there that would help support the charges of cocaine-trafficking connections." Whether that's true or not, we may never know...
...were later proved wrong, and the reporter who wrote the story, Gary Webb, resigned. Justice abruptly pulled the report at the last minute, citing catchall "law-enforcement concerns," and now says it has "no immediate plans" to release the report. Such secrecy only fuels the suspicions of those like Congresswoman Maxine Waters, who want to know more. "The Department of Justice is keeping something from the American public," says Waters. "There's something there that would help support the charges of cocaine-trafficking connections." Whether that's true or not, we may never know...