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...House aides dismiss the criticism as the usual whining of a messy and undisciplined Congress. Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley, who insisted on the smaller $350 billion price tag for any tax package that comes out of his tax-writing committee, is dismissed as a headline hound. Majority Leader Frist, who allowed the budget to pass that limits the size of the cut, is portrayed as a newbie rolled by his more experienced colleagues. " (Budget Chairman Don) Nickles wanted a budget before recess" says a White House official involved in selling the tax plan, "and Frist gave...
...fiery congressional conservative known as "the Hammer." But the House majority leader now seems to have Bush's ear. In early March DeLay became the fifth invitee to the regular breakfasts that the President holds with House Speaker Dennis Hastert, House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate majority leader Bill Frist and Senate minority leader Tom Daschle. It was an invitation DeLay's predecessor Dick Armey had sought--only to be turned down...
...Frist is majority leader of the U.S. Senate
...official Washington lunch where she and some colleagues exchanged table napkins on which they wrote the charter for the National Organization for Women. Carrie Fisher tells about the day when Star Wars premiered and her identity as Princess Leia Organa became larger than life. Senate majority leader Bill Frist recounts how the news of the world's first heart transplant inspired him to become a cardiac surgeon, and Cantor Fitzgerald chief Howard Lutnick gives an eyewitness account of the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center that foreshadowed 9/11...
...Frist staffer said the package contains several initiatives that would help vaccine victims, such as extending the statute of limitations for filing claims with the VICF to six years. But, said a Democratic staffer, "this isn't the time or place to be giving out special interest favors...