Word: mikulski
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...proved to be no match for Barbara Mikulski. On July 26 the diminutive but unquestionably ferocious Senator from Maryland went to the White House with several Democratic colleagues to review major legislative problems like health care with Bill Clinton. But she pressed a different priority: removal of Wilhelm as party chairman. If the Democratic caucus were polled, she said, it would be unanimous -- Wilhelm must go. Party elders, notably Senate majority leader George Mitchell, demurred. But Mikulski's complaints had wide resonance. Last week the White House informed Wilhelm that Tony Coelho, a tough and controversial political pro, would...
...suggesting voter suppression when she ran for a U.S. Senate seat from Maryland in 1986. But Chavez told Time that she was actually referring to a secret proposal from Maryland's former Democratic Governor Marvin Mandel to use G.O.P. funds to support Chavez instead of Democratic candidate Barbara Mikulski. "I felt I was being hustled," says Chavez, who turned down the "bizarre" offer. Mandel says he has "absolutely no recollection" of the incident...
...performance on the Senate floor last week was no better. On Monday, summoned to debate the diaries, Senators listened to Packwood deliver a rambling, ranting soliloquy that basically charged the committee with prying into his private life. Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski countered, "We are not the Senate Select Committee on Voyeurism." When the droning debate tied up Senate business for a second full day, legislators grew impatient. Finally Tuesday evening, Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia implored his embattled colleague to sacrifice himself for the larger good: "None of us is without flaws. But when those flaws damage the institution...
Witt has made four visits to the flood region and has swiftly provided victims with cash and other help, including a fleet of massive trucks that offer emergency communications, electrical power and water purification. Even FEMA's most vociferous congressional critic, Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, seems to have softened, saying of Witt, "He absolutely gets A's for effort." His midnight bus ride to Madison might indicate that he has a lot to learn about the high-powered ways of Washington. Then again, maybe Washington could learn a thing or two from James Lee Witt...
...high school. Neither figure would come close to purchasing a private education, but the White House says four years at many state universities could be covered by $20,000. The three legislators most associated with national service over the years -- Representative Dave McCurdy and Senators Sam Nunn and Barbara Mikulski -- are dead set against favoring college grads. "Skew it to those who've completed college," says Nunn, "and you've wiped out a major rationale for the plan, which is to get / kids of varied backgrounds to work together in a common civic experience. You also want...