Word: democratizer
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House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Representative Lee Hamilton, the ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee, next weighed in with letters to Clinton urging him to end the restrictions. Gingrich's 1996 campaign had received $27,000 in PAC money from the F-16's and F/A-18's manufacturers. Hamilton's campaign had received $18,500. On March 10, aerospace executives met with a Gore aide and presidential counselor Thomas ("Mack") McLarty, who is Clinton's special envoy on Latin American trade issues. Chile, the executives warned, would probably take delivery on new jets by 2000, an election year...
This is probably the reason why most College Democrats, including myself, are not up in arms about the fundraising issue. Of course, it bothers us. We donated a considerable amount of time to the campaign, and it is disheartening to know that it was not conducted as ethically at the top levels as it was at the grass-roots level. But at the same time, we also know that scandals can happen to anyone, Democrat or Republican. We also know that scandals can happen to anyone, Democrat or Republican. We knew this before we became active in the party...
...funnel cash. A few months later the NSA took its information to the FBI, which began a probe. Of the six U.S. lawmakers who emerged as major targets, four were from California, where the business community began courting the Chinese soon after Richard Nixon renewed ties in 1972. Democratic Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer are longtime supporters of China's MFN status. (Feinstein's husband has extensive business interests there.) Representative Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, is a leading opponent. Representative Tom Campbell, a Republican, sits on the House International Relations Committee. Another target was New York Senator Daniel Patrick...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Ignoring the threat of a Presidential veto, House Republicans rammed through a bill which would allow workers to choose between time off and pay for overtime. The legislation, considered by most Democrats and unions as potentially harmful to workers' rights, narrowly won House ratification by a 222-210 vote with 13 Democrats joining Republicans. If the bill passes the next legislative hurdles, it would effectively amend an existing labor law and give private employees a right many public workers have had since 1938. Under the legislation, each hour of overtime worked would equal 1/1/2 hours of paid time...
When Colmer, a Democrat, in 1972 announced his retirement from the House, Lott declared his candidacy--as a Republican--and eventually won his mentor's endorsement. Lott proved an energetic and persuasive campaigner. As he later explained to his son, "If a little old lady with a cane and a mustache asks you to kiss her, you better do it and enjoy it, or she's gonna know it." Lott lost 15 lbs. that he didn't have to lose. He sometimes lost his voice. But he won the election...