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...Jeff Bingaman, D-New Mexico, of the rival bill - and he wrote the darn thing. But that won't stop senators from expending a lot of energy on it, and with everybody agreed on the need to reduce our dependence on that nasty foreign oil, some hybrid of the GOP and Democrat bills may even limp through into conference. But energy debates are extra tricky because of all the local interests involved. Everything's a hot-button for somebody, and it may be asking too much in an election year to have legislators compromise on anything. Or pass anything...
Vice President Dick Cheney's stop on the 'Tonight Show' last week signaled a new visibility after his time in the bunker. But if you happen to be a GOP donor, there's a good chance you've seen plenty of the Veep since he all but vanished from public view after Sept...
...Republican officials confirm to Time that Cheney was the star attraction of at least three party fund raisers during the period he was ostensibly holed up in "secure, undisclosed locations." Two of the events for GOP congressional leaders fell just a few days after the White House's Dec. 3 public warning of possible new terrorist strikes. On Dec. 6, Cheney traveled to Dallas to address 1,200 people at a dinner for majority leader Dick Armey's special-election fund. The following day the Vice President arrived at Oklahoma City's Petroleum Club for a $1,000-a-person...
...last week by a 240-189 margin so the two chambers don't have to go into a House-Senate conference to resolve language differences. In past conferences, the Republicans have been able to stall the bill forever and they'll do it again if they have the chance. GOP senators will likely try to filibuster the measure in their chamber, so Daschle is now busy behind the scenes collecting the 60 votes he needs to break the filibuster and send the measure to George Bush's desk. Bush, who has opposed the campaign reform his old primary rival John...
...Bush proposed in domestic spending programs - which his own party would likely oppose - Daschle could end up dipping into the Social Security and Medicare surpluses or running up a deficit as well. "I'm anxious to see what they can produce and stay consistent with their rhetoric," chortles conservative GOP Congressman John Shadegg. Indeed, the budget war will get interesting for both sides in the coming months...