Word: dirksenism
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...crown in a federal office building, declares himself the Messiah and claims to have redeemed the souls of Hitler and Stalin. When Salon.com revealed last week that dozens of legislators attended a bizarre event staged by eccentric businessman and wealthy campaign contributor THE REV. SUN MYUNG MOON in the Dirksen Senate Office Building last March, red-faced pols said they had been duped by invitations to a "peace-awards banquet." "This went far beyond anything that I expected," said Representative Danny Davis of Illinois, who carried a crown for Moon's wife. A spokesman for Moon said all members...
...couldn't hide his relish over returning to power. Sen. Pat Roberts, who's in line to take over the Senate Intelligence Committee and who's eager to have that post, phoned Lott shortly after Cheney's call to smooze. The two men set up a lunch in the Dirksen Senate Office Building cafeteria that day. Lott planned to give Roberts the post, but he decided that when he met Roberts for lunch, the first words out of his mouth would be: "I'm going to make you chairman of the Ethics Committee" a panel most members detest serving...
...former Commerce Secretary denounces him and Morgan Stanley apologizes to its clients for paying him to speak, Clinton isn't the only one being damaged. His wife's Senate debut has been spoiled by the calls that are flooding her makeshift work space in the basement of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Hillary last week went to three Brooklyn churches to talk about racial profiling--and ended up answering questions about whether she had properly reported the glittery handbags she'd received...
...tries not to let it show. Clinton is beaming Tuesday morning as she walks briskly through the tunnel connecting the Capitol to the Dirksen Senate Office Building. She has just given her first speech on the Senate floor, a call for more affordable health care (and a typically proud move, given her history on the subject). No matter that only a couple of other Senators drifted in to hear it; the New York press pack that surrounds her afterward wants to talk about the speech, not the scandal. That's a good way to start...
...bipartisanism, top Senate aides are quietly reaching across the aisle. Administrative assistants for three GOP senators - Snowe, Jeffords and Chafee - sent out invitations to Democratic chiefs of staff to join them for an "AAs' Christmas Party" Thursday night in the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. "I've never gotten an invite like that before," says one startled Democratic AA. Other Democratic AA's are calling Republican AA's out of the blue to see if they'd like to talk. Some are trying to organize monthly bipartisan breakfasts...