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...immediate post-Sept. 11 world, the President, though, got whatever he asked for. The antiterrorism bill sailed through easily, even though the Democrat-controlled Judiciary Committee was able later to hammer Bush's Justice Department for trampling on civil liberties. Now that the war is abating, Dems are again wielding the bat Jeffords handed them. Last week they beat the G.O.P. to a standstill on the economic-stimulus package. Jeffords, who chairs the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee, still believes his decision was right. "I have no regrets," he told TIME. "I accomplished my major goal, and that...
...recent past that made this conservative Democrat from Ceres, Calif., the centerpiece of a cable-TV talkfest in the slow news months before the world changed. Levy, a Washington intern from Condit's district with whom he admitted having a "close relationship," was last seen at a Washington health club on April 30. Condit is not a suspect in her disappearance, say Washington police. His crime, Condit claims, was not participating in the feeding frenzy, at least until a disingenuous interview with Connie Chung on ABC last summer. "From the outset I was talking to law enforcement, being helpful, telling...
...Giuliani himself said once (while in drag) that he was a "Republican dressed as a Democrat dressed as a Republican." While, you, as we know, are a Democrat who dressed up as a Republican because the primary was easier. Never mind. It doesn't matter. Politics and partisan sabotage have not yet rushed back in to New York City, and New Yorkers are still ready to believe that the city can be reborn stronger and better than it was on Sept. 11. All this is in your favor...
...Karl Rove, held sizable chunks of Enron stock. Now questions are being raised about the role Lay may have had in the energy task force overseen by Vice President Dick Cheney, which deliberated in secret and made policy proposals seen as friendly to industry. Representative Henry Waxman, a California Democrat, has just written Cheney to ask whether his panel was "influenced by unreliable data or opinions provided by Enron." Meanwhile, the General Accounting Office, a nonpartisan investigative arm of Congress, is pressing its long-standing (and so far denied) request for task-force records. Comptroller General David Walker, who runs...
...were caught off guard and left displeased by the U.S. decision, and the Germans also expressed some concern. Other fears were more concrete: Chinese leaders worry a missile defense shield will essentially negate their entire (minimal) nuclear arsenal - sparking fears of a new arms race in Asia. Many congressional Democrats echo those concerns. "Unilateral withdrawal will likely lead to an action-reaction cycle," Sen. Carl Levin told the Associated Press. "?And that kind of arms race would not make us more secure," The Michigan Democrat is chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and joins other high-ranking Dems...