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They're an odd couple - a liberal Missouri Democrat who likes to fire up party faithful and a conservative Arizona Republican who likes to buck his party. But House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt and Sen. John McCain now have two things in common - passions for the presidency and for getting Congress to pass campaign finance reform. Gephardt, who's exploring a run in 2004, has staked his legislative reputation and perhaps his future campaign, on the measure. McCain, who hasn't gotten over his primary loss to George Bush and might be tempted to mount another try if W falters...
...keep 56 members of the Hispanic and Congressional Black Caucuses from defecting, the bill's chief sponsors, Republican Christopher Shays and Democrat Martin Meehan, added last-minute sweeteners to allow these groups to raise some soft money for their get-out-the-vote programs. But House Speaker Dennis Hastert had managed to drain support for the Shays-Meehan bill with a substitute drafted by GOP Rep. Robert Ney which capped soft-money donations to national parties at $75,000. With the outcome too close to call, Hastert ordered the Rules Committee to rig the floor procedure for considering the measure...
...Harvard paying for a direct mailing to all residents instead of paying the full taxes [owed if exemption existed]?” said State Representative Rachel Kaprielian, a Democrat who represents Watertown...
...that it has cleared the taxation committee, the legislation is in the hands of the House’s Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling. According to State Representative Rachel Kaprielian, a Democrat who represents Watertown and originally introduced the bill, under the rules of the House this committee must act on the legislation by the end of the month...
...Steven A. Tolman, a Democrat who represents Watertown in the Mass. Senate and introduced a version of the legislation in the Senate, said that such a bill was needed to protect the financial stability of small towns against wealthy non-profit institutions such as Harvard...