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...words, "bring great compassion and a commitment to helping people build better lives" to her Cabinet post. And few doubt Chao will, in fact, take office. Even before she was officially nominated, Republican senators were promoting her candidacy far and wide. "I support Elaine Chao," Tennessee's Bill Frist told reporters Wednesday. "She would certainly be confirmed." Some even call Chao's relative inexperience in the labor arena an asset for the Bush team - sometimes during the confirmation process the only good record is no record...
...almost invisibly, he has his arms around the congressional G.O.P. in a way his father never managed--a way that could serve him well if the election ends up being decided in Congress. Bush is holding regular discussions on legislative strategy with key allies such as Tennessee Senator Bill Frist, Ohio Congressman Rob Portman and Missouri Representative Roy Blunt, a conservative leader close to Tom DeLay. Bush has a team of lobbyists and consultants--known as the Gang of Six--on call to remind uncooperative members of Congress where their campaign money comes from. And Bush has even weighed...
...through with it." In early June, the former Senator and Episcopal minister called Cheney and withdrew his name. Bush called the next day, but Danforth stood his ground. With Danforth out, the list of contenders grew. Cheney paid a visit to the Capitol Hill office of Tennessee Senator Bill Frist. Vetters were dispatched to the New York law firm of Dewey Ballantine to review Pataki's old records and set up meetings between him and the Texas Governor...
...spend when the calculation of the budget surplus is less optimistic." While GOP leaders balked at the President's big spending plans, the party's overall response was cautious - where Clinton worked a traditional Republican theme on tax cuts, the GOP's designated respondents, Senators Susan Collins and Bill Frist, emphasized their party's activist commitment on the Democratic staples of education and health care...
Congressional Republicans have yet to coalesce around a single plan, but most G.O.P. measures are likely to be built around a bipartisan Senate bill, sponsored by Democrat John Breaux and Republican Bill Frist. Just last week the pharmaceuticals lobby in Washington announced its tentative support for the Breaux-Frist approach, which would compel insurance companies to provide a "high-option" plan with drug benefits and then help cover the cost of that insurance for the poor and near poor. With its bipartisan cachet, the Breaux-Frist bill is likely to become the big starting point for a fiery debate, particularly...