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...Wednesday, the Senate Republican leader shuttled, unannounced and unaccompanied by aides, between the offices of Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, the wily Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Tom DeLay of Texas, the fire-breathing House Republican whip. Lott's proposal: federal employees would be hired to do the screening, but airports could switch back to private contractors if they wanted after three years. "We've got to get this done," Lott pleaded with DeLay. "This...
...Monday, after a month hiatus, Washington, D.C. postal workers began delivering mail to government offices. By Tuesday evening, two Senate office buildings were closed again after trace amounts of anthrax were found in the offices of Democratic Senators Christopher Dodd and Edward Kennedy. Officials say the bacteria presents no health threat. Investigators believe the bacteria came from a tainted letter addressed to Senator Patrick Leahy, also a Democrat. The Leahy letter, still unopened, has tested positive for lethal amounts of anthrax, and appears to be identical to the tainted letter delivered to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. It was uncovered...
...Among the possibilities he'd been mulling: President of the United States, Secretary-General of the United Nations and--his top choice--mayor of New York City, and never mind that he had no experience in government. Giuliani could see he was serious about the third idea. A lifelong Democrat, Bloomberg intended to switch parties in order to have a clear shot at the Republican nomination. Giuliani, who has known Bloomberg for years, understood he had the resources to run and figured he'd be a moderate. He promised his support, the mayor told TIME, but he didn't think...
Never mind that one of that amendment’s two co-sponsors, guitar- and trombone-player Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota., is a Democrat. He sits on the left side of the aisle, you see, and is therefore blameless. In an especially trenchant bit of analysis, the editorial decided that the musical instruments amendment was an example of the GOP leadership catering to special interests. And there you have it: what looked like an honest bipartisan blunder was in fact nothing but the old Republican-musician racket rearing its ugly head once again...
...long and winding road for the airline security bill: Earlier this month the House passed a version (favored by the President) which differed on one important count from the bill passed in the Senate 100 to 0. The issue dividing the House and Senate? Federalizing airport workers. The Democrat-controlled Senate says it's a necessary move, that screening and hiring federal employees is the only way to ensure public safety. The GOP-dominated House disagrees, arguing that allowing private firms to hire their own workers is a far more efficient way to address safety concerns...