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Relations between Republicans and Democrats in Congress have rarely been worse. But leaders in both parties hope an even bigger fight won't erupt after a Democratic Congressman last week lodged a complaint with the House Ethics Committee against majority leader Tom DeLay. Texas Representative Chris Bell--who lost his seat in a primary last March in a district that had been redrawn by a Republican redistricting plan DeLay helped engineer--charges that one of DeLay's political-action committees illegally funneled corporate money into the 2002 Texas state house races, an allegation that an Austin grand jury is investigating...
Bell's complaint breaks an informal seven-year truce between parties on members of Congress filing such actions against one another, an agreement dating back to the nasty battle that led to the unseating of House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Now the gloves may come off. One DeLay ally has threatened to file retaliatory complaints against Democrats, though DeLay told reporters, "I do not encourage anyone to file complaints." Democratic leaders, who claim they had no role in Bell's action, also were eager to keep the conflict contained. Meanwhile, G.O.P. Representative Ray LaHood of Illinois says he will...
Your item "Hold The Acceptance Speech?" explained how John Kerry might delay accepting the Democratic Convention's nomination for five weeks in order to raise more campaign funds [May 31]. I am glad he ultimately rejected the idea. I remember fondly the suspense and excitement of conventions decades ago in which the presidential candidates were truly selected. I have a plan to restore some degree of drama to what has become a meaningless exercise. A person nominated for President would not follow the current custom of naming the vice-presidential candidate before the convention. Instead, the candidate would present delegates...
...year endeavor that does not have to involve original and intensive academic research or writing—deserves scorn, too, for providing seniors with what would likely become an easy way out of doing real work. Finally, we question the value of the report’s recommendation to delay concentration declarations, which would eliminate often essential first-semester sophomore tutorials...
...more we diversify and spin people out of the recruiting program into self-directing searches, because it is student-managed searches rather than corporate-managed searches, the more there’s a delay,” he said...