Word: istook
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...worked a little harder to stroke Congress. Ted Stevens, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Democratic chairman Robert Byrd in an angry letter to Bush two weeks ago over Bush's refusal to allow Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge to testify before Congress. Republican Congressman Ernest Istook, who chairs the House subcommittee that controls the Office of Homeland Security's budget, hinted that he might hold up funds unless Ridge comes forth. (After all that, the White House began talking about a compromise.) And some Republicans grumble that by refusing to release information to Congress about Vice...