Word: filibusterer
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One rarely watches a congressional filibuster on C-SPAN and thinks--hey, add a guitar lick and this would make a really rockin' song. Still, politics, or at least social commentary, can add an invigorating edge to pop music, and it's something too many musicians shy away from. What...
MUSIC . . . TO THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED: "One rarely watches a Congressional filibuster on C-Span and thinks -->
So far it seems to be working. Last week, under pressure from Daschle's troops, Senate Republicans dismayed their counterparts in the House when they added $2.7 billion for education demanded by Clinton to a spending bill that would keep the government operating for the rest of the year. In...
Dole and Daschle, both Senators with long experience in the trenches, will do what they can to rescue any bill that looks viable. They even discussed the possibility of treating any budget agreement as if it were a "reconciliation bill." That means debate would be limited and opponents of the...
In the areas of his greatest success, it was Newt the professor at work, a careful student of power who recognized that if he hoped to change the world, he would need to change the Congress first. His problem was that the House was never intended to be very powerful...