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Susan Collins had to change lunch tables. When the Maine Republican entered the Senate in 1997, she joined a group of five Republican moderates who lunched together every Wednesday. But one of them died in 1999, and in 2001 Vermont's Jim Jeffords fell out with the G.O.P. and became an independent. The lunch club got so small it soon disbanded, and Collins now occasionally eats with the Republican Steering Committee, a group of strongly conservative Republicans that has ballooned in membership. "I wanted to find out what they were saying and remind them of another view," Collins said...
...inquiry. As for airing the dirty family laundry, her father would say only that the affair "is unfortunate for our family and unfortunate for the state." The Governor told TIME, "I fully expected these attacks because I made powerful interests angry." Blagojevich, who defeated then state attorney general Jim Ryan in 2002, has seen his approval rating drop sharply, from 52% to 35% in a recent poll. "This is a fight that should have been avoided at all costs," says Paul Green, director of policy studies at Roosevelt University. "It can't be a positive...
...minority. They have little patience for arcane traditions that can allow the objections of even a single Senator to bring the place to a halt. "The institution is important, but the future of the country is what we're here for," said South Carolina freshman Jim DeMint at a Capitol Hill news conference to express support for Bush's judicial nominees. Georgia Republican Johnny Isakson recalled that when he was elected to the Senate last year, his House colleagues joked that he would have to get a lobotomy to fit in. "Every Senator has immense power...
...Tokyo. The new chairman and CEO of Daiei, one of Japan's largest department-store and supermarket chains, will need all that sales savvy to reverse the ailing giant's fortunes. Hayashi must prove she has the same touch in the rag trade that she had selling ragtops. --By Jim Frederick
...Autodata Corp. "The Japanese are moving into new segments [like hybrids and small SUVs], while the Americans are struggling to update their aging product lines," says Nikko Citigroup analyst Andrew Phillips. At the head of the pack: Nissan, with a 32% gain in sales compared with April 2004. --By Jim Frederick/Tokyo