Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...LIEBERMAN Democrat is Mr. Above-the-Fray in Donorgate hearings, inheriting Howard Baker mantle...
...perfect for a place like, say, New Delhi, it is Weld's liberal social views that have made him anathema to the most conservative leaders of his party. For Clinton, the real value of the appointment was getting Weld out of the Massachusetts governor's office so that a Democrat -- say Joe Kennedy, who wants the job -- would not have to run against the extremely popular Republican moderate. Now that Weld's stepped down, the President has little to gain by getting involved in the GOP's family fight...
...down. In testimony Thursday before the Senate campaign fund-raising inquiry, the former RNC chairman dismissed charges that he used the National Policy Forum to funnel a $1.6 million 'loan repayment' into RNC coffers as "infuriatingly phony" and "outright false." Barbour even tried to turn the tables on Democrat John Glenn by coyly referring to the senator's own experience on the other side of the microphone during the 1989 "Keating Five" investigation. "I understand very well the resentment that boiled up in you during that inquiry," Barbour said, "but I'm going to do my best to keep...
...button in the middle, President Clinton is in the political catbird seat, safely above the fray and loving it. Tuesday, Clinton was offering political cover to legislators who support hiking Medicare premiums for wealthy seniors. "I would be happy to defend the vote of any member of Congress, Democrat or Republican, who votes for this," Clinton said. He also proposed that the Treasury Department collect the premium increases rather than the IRS, so that seniors don't get confused and think they're faced with a tax hike. "It's very important now to complete...
...been planned that way. And in a way it was. Thompson may yet dream of using the hearings to drive reform, but there aren't many elected officials in either party who want him to tear apart the system that has fed them so well. In fact, the Democrats made their strategy clear: unless we all play nice with one another, everyone is going to get hurt. When Thompson warned of Chinese influence peddling, his counterpart, ranking Democrat John Glenn, raked over former Republican Party chief Haley Barbour for funneling foreign money through his National Policy Forum. Majority whip...