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...finding the voice that could have made him unbeatable had he stayed in. "If he had shown that kind of heart for the past two years, Rudy might have been deciding today whether to run for President or Vice President," says Representative Gary Ackerman, a New York Democrat. Rudy without the rancor--what a concept...
Fulbright would roll over in his grave at the comparison. The Foreign Relations Committee is only a shell of what it was when the influential Arkansas Democrat was its chairman from 1959 to 1974. "The dirty little secret is they don't do very much now," says a senior Administration aide. Helms sticks to a few cold war issues like Russia and China and lets the panel's younger Republicans lead hearings on other subjects. But Helms' committee still approves State Department nominees and treaties, a power he has used in a masterly way to become a de facto Foreign...
There was more to Al Gore's hangover Thursday morning than an excess of champagne during the previous night's $26 million Democratic fund-raising gala. He'd scored one for free trade and corporate campaign donations by being on the winning side of the China trade bill, but he'd had to buck the Big Labor heavies - and like a boozy faux pas, it might be coming back to haunt him. He'd asked unions the classic New Democrat question - where else you gonna go? - but this time they were giving it some serious thought. "In the end, most...
That is one of several arguments DeLay hopes will bring home 150 Republican votes, probably the minimum to ensure passage of the bill. The Democrats have also made their pitch to those who doubt China's sincerity. The White House announced that it would establish a special compliance office at the Commerce Department to keep track of whether China is honoring its pledges to open markets and reduce tariffs. In addition, the Clinton Administration publicly endorsed a proposal by Representatives Sander Levin, a Michigan Democrat, and Doug Bereuter, a Nebraska Republican, to create a special watchdog commission that would keep...
Clinton's Democrats are proving a much tougher sell than DeLay's troops. Democratic leaders need the support of Big Labor to win back control of the House this November. And the unions are solidly against the bill. So most of the undecided Democrats--a group now fewer than 30 (perhaps 60 are yes or leaning to yes)--fear retaliation from labor, even though many are inclined to vote for the bill. Freshman Democrat Anthony Weiner received an assuring phone call from Clinton, and was invited to the White House residence for a pro-trade seminar with Martin...