Word: democratics
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...woman with the power to give Dole's on-the-spot approval was his chief of staff, Sheila Burke, 44, a former registered nurse -- and former liberal-leaning Democrat. By virtue of her power to speak for the majority leader and negotiate on his behalf, Burke is the most powerful woman on Capitol Hill -- with a chance to hold even greater power in the White House if her boss becomes the next President. The remarkable thing about Burke's working relationship with Dole is that she enjoys the complete trust of a man who does not offer it easily...
Senator Barbara Boxer said she'd force a vote to order public hearings on chargesSenator Bob Packwoodhas sexually harassed numerous women since 1969. Boxer, a feisty California Democrat, took to the Senate floor asserting, "We irrevocably lose the people's respect by sweeping our problems under the committee room rug." But Ethics Committee Chairman Mitch McConnell, who could but hasn't ordered such hearings, shot back "Perhaps everyone needs a cooling-off period." Other Republicans threatened to pursue harassment charges against Democratic SenatorsEdward Kennedyand Tom Daschle unless Boxer relents. Republicans say Boxer has been hypocritical on the hearings issue...
...with money. And because the tax and spending committees still must deliver large net savings, the Republicans' side deals mean that the burden of chopping the deficit is growing heavier on those Americans who have little influence on the party. Republicans, says Representative David Obey of Wisconsin, the ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, "are very good at taking on the poor and the lame, but not very good at taking on the muscle guys...
...Even after working two years in the West Wing, there isn't a single one of my White House friends from those days who could tell you today whether they think I'm a Republican or a Democrat. That was part of the code I lived with. Now I'm no longer protected by my uniform. As I go around the country, I'm trying to develop a political philosophy, just to be a good citizen, not necessarily to run for office...
With prodding from the Justice Department, Georgia created three such "majority minority" districts, including one now represented by Cynthia McKinney, a black Democrat. In a suit brought by five white voters, the court ruled that because race was the "predominant'' consideration in drawing McKinney's district, it violated their rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. "Racial classifications with respect to voting,'' Kennedy warned, "threaten to carry us further from the goal of a political system in which race no longer matters...