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...received a pat down, and sprinted around a corner to encounter a cheering crowd standing along 1st Street, with thousands in front and millions behind. Finding a spot amongst the craning necks, I could just begin to focus on the dignitaries on the Capitol steps as Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) introduced the Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr. ’76 to conduct the swearing-in of the president-elect. The time...
...before any measures could be taken against the company, five Senators came calling at the FHLBB, requesting that the charges against Lincoln not be pursued, on the basis that the S&L was a major employer in their states. These Senators - McCain , John Glenn (D-OH), Alan Cranston (D-CA), Donald Riegle (D-MI) and Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ) - had little in common. Most of them came from different states and different parts of the political spectrum. One of the only elements that linked the men together was Charles Keating. The banker had been a major contributor to each...
...operetta. Last week, President Bush vetoed a bill to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP) by $35 billion over five years. Immediately, the Democrats yanked out the tissues. Reid called President Bush “heartless.” Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) moaned that “all [the President] cares about is war and more war.” And Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-MA) wailed, “the same President who is willing to throw away half a trillion dollars...
...Democrats aren’t obliged to tell both sides of the story, but what’s maddening is that the Democrats insist they are above the fray. After the Congressional elections, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) proclaimed that the Democrats would reign over the “most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history.” Using the Senate floor to slur your political opponents isn’t exactly ethical...
...June 20, Reps. Martin T. Meehan, D-MA, and Henry A. Waxman, D-CA, sent a letter asking the Office of Professional Responsibility, a branch of the Justice Department, to investigate Bazerman’s claims...