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...would the bills affect lobbying on Capitol Hill? The Senate bill, claims cosponsor Christopher Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, would effectively put a NOT FOR SALE sign in front of the Capitol. But it is so weak that some reformers--including Republican John McCain and Democrat Russell Feingold--voted no. Both bills, says Fred Wertheimer, head of the nonpartisan Democracy 21 watchdog group, "leave lobbyists free to function in Congress exactly the way they have been functioning...
Even my well-to-do, liberal Democrat brother-in-law rejects the notion of Hillary as President and says he might vote for John McCain. Are you listening, decision-making Republicans? McCain can beat any Democrat...
VEEP'S VITRIOL In 2004, Vice President Dick Cheney told Senator Patrick Leahy to "go f___ yourself" after the Democrat criticized Halliburton, which Cheney once...
With attention on the ruckus within the G.O.P. over immigration, it was easy to lose sight of the Democrat who has emerged as a playmaker on the issue. Kennedy's Senate rivals acknowledge that he outmaneuvered them. "He had the votes," concedes John Cornyn of Texas, a key opponent. Realizing the state of play, President George W. Bush reached out, pulling Kennedy aside last week after a meeting on education, the issue that inspired their first collaboration, in 2001. "He said, 'We want to try and work this out,'" says Kennedy...
Kennedy spent the next 10 months building support. In the end, two Senators proved crucial: Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California and Republican Sam Brownback of Kansas. Both faced immigrant-hostile constituents but also pressure from the agriculture industry to legalize a huge portion of its workforce. Three days before the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on a modified version of the Kennedy-McCain bill, Kennedy's and Feinstein's staffs worked out a path to citizenship for illegal agricultural workers, a deal that would pave the way for unlawful immigrants working other jobs. Where Bush will come down is unknown...