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...Charles Robb (who beat out controversial Iran-contra figure Oliver North) and, apparently, California's Dianne Feinstein. Kansas' Bob Dole, a possible presidential contender, will become the new Senate majority leader. Colleagues in line to head key committees include Strom Thurmond at Armed Services, Jesse Helms at Foreign Relations, Orrin Hatch at Judiciary and Alfonse D'Amato at Banking...
...especially crucial that Kennedy be re-elected in order to prevent gridlock, while maintaining a Democratic majority in the Senate so that control is not turned over to Republicans like Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond and Orrin Hatch...
While the Racial Justice Act's fine points are steeped in legal arcana, the bill inspired fierce rhetoric in the Senate last week. The act, said Orrin Hatch of Nevada, "has nothing to do with racial justice and everything to do with abolishing the death penalty" by employing "unreliable and manipulable statistical quota." To the act's defense came Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois -- with statistics. Since 1988, she said, the government has sought the death penalty for drug kingpins in 36 cases involving four whites, four Hispanics and 28 blacks. Said Moseley-Braun: "Keep in mind that...
...capital in the Senate. Above all, the President doesn't want a messy confirmation fight. On that score Breyer, a onetime chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will vote on his nomination, can't be beat. In fact, he has the support of such ideological opposites as Orrin Hatch and Ted Kennedy...
...Kramer told Michael Stein, Esq. and Mr.Karasick in separate phone conversations that hewould go to the press and ruin Mr. Tribe'sreputation and provide damaging information aboutProfessor Tribe to Senator [Orrin] Hatch [R-Utah]if Mr. Tribe refused to accept the reduced...