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...their campaign-finance-reform bill in the House next week. And believe it or not, the two men have a fair chance of getting both the attention and the cooperation of their colleagues. "There is much talk in the House of burying the hatchet," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. "The opportunity may arise over campaign reform. Not much needs to be done on it. There is a majority of votes...
...Senate fails to pass campaign reform again this year, the upper chamber may have its own opportunity to demonstrate that it too can salve wounds and move on following an impeachment trial. "The appetite for bipartisan activity in the Senate is focused on saving and reforming Social Security," says Dickerson. "Both parties there are for it." Maybe the realization of the Great American Dream -- Get On With It -- could be near...
...Sound like the Republicans' old plan? Essentially, it is. But TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson says that Friday's play-nice decision to delay the decision on witnesses could still play into Democrats' hands. Unified Democrats would need only six GOP votes to proceed without witnesses -- which leaves Henry Hyde the task of convincing 51 weary jurors that there's more that they need to hear. Meanwhile, the White House legal team bears the schizophrenic burden of planning for the worst while hoping for the best. But it's clearly the Senate's show now, and after nearly morphing into...
...Conservatives would still prefer an open-ended trial," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. "And Democrats want it as short as possible. Lott is still trying to land somewhere in between." So far, the new Senate looks a lot like the old House -- Republicans running the agenda, and conservatives running the Republicans. And that seemingly inexorable rightward tide has the White House betting that the long national nightmare will come with a very long coda...
...Reported by Jay Branegan, James Carney, John F. Dickerson, J.F.O. McAllister and Karen Tumulty/Washington