Word: hille
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that week, Republicans all over the Hill who opposed the McCain bill were talking about the DiVall poll. Never mind that the survey had been partly funded by the tobacco industry and the questions had been written in a way that tarred the bill. "If this is a crisis in America," said Gramm, "America doesn't know it." Flying with Lott to Barry Goldwater's funeral, Speaker Newt Gingrich had also made it clear how desperately the House wanted to avoid a big fight with its base supporters before November...
...just Republicans who have declared themselves in no mood to deal. Democrats on the Hill, who had acceded to Bowles' pleas to accept things they hated, like the marriage-penalty tax cut, found themselves burned when the Republicans walked out anyway. Their only hope for regaining their majority in November--and it's a slim one--is in getting voters riled against a Republican majority that happens to be enjoying some of its highest approval ratings ever. Democrats are relishing the prospect of labeling the Republicans in November as captives of Big Tobacco and a do-nothing bunch of laggards...
...heated atmosphere of early-'90s gender politics, in which Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment before an audience of millions, Paglia quickly began turning up all over the media voicing her controversial opinions on the sex wars. Feminism wasted time trying to persuade us that men are tameable, she proclaimed. Relish sexual power, she told women, but don't go to frat parties expecting men to be saints. The argument was powerful and full of merit, but deployed by lesser minds it quickly devolved into an excuse for media-hungry would-be feminists to share their adventures...
...ATOP THE HILL On a clear day, you can see forever. Senior Transportation panel member Rep. Jim Oberstar gets a National Scenic Byways Center for Duluth. $9 million...
...perfect Clinton initiative -- small, focused and inexpensive. Best of all, it provides political air cover to renew the fight for tobacco legislation. "Democrats on the Hill want an issue; Clinton wants a bill," says Branegan. "The hope is that the White House can maximize the political pressure, giving Democrats an issue for the fall elections." Better that than teen...