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Senior House Judiciary Committee Democrat John Conyers of Michigan joined Arab-American and civil rights group in attacking the Clinton Administration's tough anti-terrorism bill as unconstitutional.Acting CIA DirectorWilliam Studeman and other Administration officials countered that the legislation is necessary because Americans have become potential targets of international terrorism...
But congressional liberals are still bound to resist expanding capital punishment, especially given the absence of evidence that doing so will actually prevent violent crime. "If you can show me how adding 50 more death- penalty provisions is going to deter one person, then I am for it," says Michigan...
Washington, a city that pulses with conformity, loves exotic visitors with colorful pasts, which helps explain the reception Reno has received in her two months on the job. But it is her performance under pressure that has sealed her stature in the capital. During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on...
Listening to Conyers' attack, the 54-year-old, 6-ft. 2-in. Reno thrust out her jaw and glared. Then, her voice quavering, she replied, "I haven't tried to rationalize the death of children, Congressman. I feel more strongly about it than you will ever know. But I have...
In that instant, Reno, who had already pretty much captivated Washington with one gutsy performance after another, achieved full-fledged folk-hero status. She was cheered by people throughout official Washington who had endured similar assaults by Conyers and other posturing lawmakers. She was cheered in the Clinton White House...