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...Committee just had a three-day event in Palm Beach. Individuals and corporations who donated at least $175,000 over four years were invited to consort with leading Republican leaders including Sen. Trent Lott (R-Mich.), the majority leader, Sen. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), the speaker, and Rep. Robert Livingston (R-La.), chair of the House Appropriations Committee. To give access to and listen to the needs of only those who can pay seems to be a rather odd way of running a democracy...
DIED. OSCAR AUERBACH, 92, American pathologist who examined thousands of slides of human lung tissue to document anatomical evidence of a link between smoking and the development of lung cancer; in Livingston, New Jersey...
...Livingston--running unopposed--has a flair for the theatrical. In his first appearance as chairman of the Appropriations Committee, he brandished two knives and a machete to show how he would cut the budget. Fortunately, from that powerful position he was also able to funnel federal money into Jefferson Parish's Avondale shipyard, where he once worked summers to pay his college tuition...
...JEFF LIVINGSTON...
...Livingston, a moderate Republican in the mold of one-time Representative and former New York City mayor John Lindsay, is pro-choice and pro-gun control. He also supported welfare reform, provided its harsh edges be blunted. In a district famous for bleeding-heart capitalists, Livingston preaches economic productivity to constituents who probably don't need his help, but traditionally like to help others...