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...Spitzer may imagine that he has the largest say in whether he returns and on what terms. But two books chronicling his meltdown are about to come out. One, Rough Justice: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, by Fortune editor-at-large Peter Elkind, purports to divulge new details about Spitzer's dealings with the Emperors Club prostitution ring, including revelations that he was a client for longer than was previously thought, according to someone familiar with the book's contents. The second, Journal of the Plague Year, by Lloyd Constantine, a former senior adviser and close confidant...
Republicans are promising that Democrats will pay a price this fall for passing such a sweeping and controversial bill this way - and they may be right. "A raw exercise of legislative power," Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell called the emerging game plan. He vowed, "It will be the issue in every race in America this fall." Yet this use of the reconciliation procedure - ironically misnamed, given the antagonism it has stirred - would not be as radical a maneuver as Republicans claim. Created in 1974, reconciliation has been used 21 times, mostly by Republicans, who employed it to, among other things...
...miracle of miracles, it may pass. And if it passes - contrary to the conventional wisdom - it will work to the Democrats' advantage. Next fall, their candidates will be able to say, "Because of us, no one can ever take away your health insurance. My Republican opponent voted against that." That is, if they have the brains to make the argument...
...even if all these pieces fall into place, there's still no assurance that the Democrats can find the votes to pass the bill in any form - especially in the House. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has virtually no room to maneuver: since her chamber adopted its original measure in November, a death, several retirements and the defection of the bill's lone GOP supporter have cut her five-vote margin to zero. She's facing revolts in her caucus on a number of fronts; dozens of Democrats, for instance, have given notice that they will not accept the Senate's more...
...nearly 40 miles (60 km) inland, says Dam Hoa Binh, deputy director of the Irrigation Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Hanoi. Most of the winter-spring crop has already been harvested, but saltwater is reaching where it has never gone before, putting the summer-fall crop in jeopardy, says Binh. "We are trying to strengthen our irrigation systems to prevent further salinization," he adds, but the extreme conditions are making it "one of the most difficult situations in 100 years." (See pictures of drought in Kenya...