Word: congresswoman
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Mere labor union boilerplate doctrine? Not necessarily. Critics like California Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi fear that American companies, in their quest for sales are handing China "our technology, our production and our genius, the very blueprints of our economy." President Clinton and Congress, with support from Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, are renewing China's most-favored-nation trade status. Yet, during his 1992 campaign Clinton pledged, "If other nations refuse to play by our trade rules, we'll play by theirs"--implying that he would retaliate against protectionism. Pressed to explain the gap between his rhetoric and his record...
...Dole's threat as campaign rhetoric, and experts say it would be ineffective. "That would be counterproductive," Fisher says. "Arafat is very important in the equation. He holds a lot if influence over a large percentage of Palestinians. Israel can't afford to fight Hamas alone."SALT LAKE CITY: Congresswoman Enid Greene Waldholtz, a star GOP freshman accused of mishandling her campaign finances, announced Tuesday that she will not seek re-election to Congress this year. Waldholtz said that she would be unable to represent her Utah constituents because she was too busy taking care of her young daughter...
...degree of closeness in case one is reported for impermissible fraternization with a known lobbyist. The House guidelines mix lawyerly analysis with primer language the most ethically challenged can understand, employing kindergarten names such as Moe Member, Larry Lobbyist and Stella Staffer to make their points. (Example: Carla Congresswoman lunches periodically with Edna Executive. Edna always picks up the tab. Aside from these lunches, the two never socialize. Although they have known each other for years, theirs is not a "personal friendship.") Of course, this being Washington, Edna may become godmother to Carla's first born, but never mind...
AUSTIN: Finally succumbing to the multiple sclerosis which had crippled her for the last several years, former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan died on Wednesday. She was 59. The daughter of a Baptist minister, Jordan attained national prominence for her ringing oratory during the Watergate hearings in 1974 and a keynote address that galvanized the 1976 Democratic National Convention. "My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total," she declared during one of the House Judiciary Committee hearings on whether to impeach Richard Nixon. "She had a voice that sounded like the voice of the Constitution itself," recalls...
RISING STAR OF THE YEAR: Alicia Silverstone. Runner-up: Edward Burns, ethnic auteur of The Brothers McMullen, made for $25,000 Comeback of the year: Jay Leno, with the help of dancing Itos and a CBS slump. Runner-up: Philippine Congresswoman Imelda Marcos...