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...Abramoff scandal has already taken down the political player who invented the system that has helped keep Republicans in power for more than a decade. The once feared DeLay?whose office had been Abramoff's biggest claim to access and influence on Capitol Hill???announced he would resign as House majority leader. "I have always acted in an ethical manner within the rules of our body and the laws of our land," DeLay wrote in a letter to his G.O.P. colleagues, but added, "I cannot allow our adversaries to divide and distract our attention." Because of his tightfisted regime that...
...injured the presidency even more than we thought. Reverence for the office is diminished. Personal disdain is often open, as when Senator James Abourezk suggested during the natural gas filibuster that Carter had lied. Ever increasing staffs of experts have bolstered the self-confidence of the men on the Hill???some of whom had ample self-confidence to begin with. The aides often know as much or more about the subjects than the newcomers in the White House and can stun the Carter spear carriers with questions...
...ahead to fairly good times in the economy, he faces a tough time fulfilling his promise to reorganize the Government and reduce the bureaucracy. As a start, he plans to ask Congress for a somewhat stronger version of the power to make limited changes?subject to veto by the Hill???that was granted to every President from Truman to Nixon. Says Carter: "I don't desire to abolish or create entire departments or to eliminate any members of the Cabinet without going to Congress for permanent legislation. But I've got to have the authority to transfer programs back...
...nation, it remains in doubt whether he can indeed move it and (as he himself said he wanted to do) rekindle the Spirit of '76. As for Congress, Nixon does not relish the sweaty rituals of persuasion and blandishment that are necessary to marshal support on the Hill???especially when facing a Democratic majority. Indeed, one of the continuing surprises of Nixon's presidency is that Nixon, regarded as a master politician, is not very good at dealing with the politicians in Congress, even those of his own party...
...only to bring people back from the suburbs to shop, but back to town to live. Philadelphia is now devoting 50% of its renewal outlay to residential work not involving major demolition, and some of Bacon's most interesting labor on this level is to be found in Society Hill???so-called after the Free Society of Traders, which originally bought 20,000 acres there from William Penn, rather than the Social Register. Society Hill is studded with 18th century houses and historic landmarks, and Bacon opened up vistas around them by chopping out factories and dingy warehouses, threading greenery...