Word: democratizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Power engenders fear. The Representative from Cobb County is more than a legislative bomb thrower. In the past 16 years, his guerrilla techniques have toppled one House Speaker -- Jim Wright of Texas -- and prompted the resignation of a senior Democrat -- Tony Coelho, now a part-time adviser to the Clinton White House. This year Gingrich ambushed the crime bill and forced an embarrassed Clinton Administration into overdrive to save it. Says Mickey Edwards, a former eight-term Oklahoma Republican and now a full-time lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government: "He's made the Democratic leadership deal with...
...share dopey explanations for marijuana use. (Clinton: "I didn't inhale." Gingrich: "I tried it once; it had no effect on me.") Both took the names of their stepfathers (Clinton was born Blythe; Gingrich, McPherson). Most important, Gingrich one-on-one is as effective as Clinton. Said a multiterm Democrat: "I do think many on our side have miscalculated when it comes to him. He can be very charming...
...ready smile, punches out the message that Foley has succumbed to Beltway-think. "Mr. Foley is a nice man, but he personifies Congress's reputation," he says. Nethercutt's point is coming through loud and clear. In the state's open primary two weeks ago, five Republican and Democratic candidates split the vote so badly that Foley squeaked by with just 35% of the vote, his weakest showing ever. Last week there was worse news for the top House Democrat: a newly released poll shows Foley trailing Nethercutt by 14 points...
...103rd Congress slouches toward its scheduled adjournment this Friday, Clinton and his Democrats look unable to win passage for any of their remaining legislative priorities. Most urgent among the stalled bills: the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, which would create thousands of new U.S. jobs and enjoys majority support. But it is held hostage by a single Democrat: Senate Commerce Committee chairman Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, who is battling to shelter his state's powerful textile interests from the global competition that other U.S. industries and workers are facing -- and winning. Senate leaders vowed to press...
Edward Sullivan decided to run for Clerk of the Courts in 1952 when he found that no Democrat had ever held that position. He lost his bid that year, but ran again and won in 1958. He has been serving as clerk ever since...