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For 30 years, Jesse Helms has tormented liberals in the Senate. Now the buzz is getting louder in Washington and his home state of North Carolina that the 79-year-old ultraconservative will soon announce his plans to retire when his fifth term ends next year.
The buzz, interestingly enough, is coming primarily from Republicans who say all the signs point to Helms stepping down. His wife and children want him to retire; he suffers from a host of ailments, including the peripheral neuropathy that's forced him to navigate Capitol Hill in an electric scooter...
It was no surprise that the U.N. Security Council in the same week unanimously, and with acclaim, reelected Annan to a second term as Secretary General. No surprise not only because nobody ran against him - indeed, if Annan has enemies, they don't reveal themselves in daylight - but also because...
He and his allies are plotting to make life difficult for Daschle. Conservative Jesse Helms plans to force Democrats to vote on an education amendment cutting off federal funds to districts that refuse to let Boy Scouts use their schools because the groups won't admit gay members. Two of...
Democrats have been salivating over U.S. District Court Judge Terrence W. Boyle, 55, a prot?g? of North Carolina conservative Sen. Jesse Helms, whom Bush has tapped for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Boyle, however, may be saved by North Carolina's other senator, Democrat John Edwards. Edwards opposes...