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That "something" came in the form of two articles of impeachment signed by 10 council members. The Boston Globe, in a mocking article, wrote that "those defending the accused, however, see the work of a vast right-wing conspiracy with racist overtones, seeking to overturn an election that replaced a conservative administration with a liberal...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, | Title: The Council's Misuse of Race | 2/10/2000 | See Source »

...Sept. 13, Dole arranged a breakfast meeting with Kantor and Lindner. A day later, according to an internal USTR memo, Kantor and his staff had a follow-up meeting with Lindner and his colleagues to discuss "possible strategies" to overturn the European quotas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Become a Top Banana | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...life candidate--and then, in a clarification issued soon after, that it would be a "family decision." For pro-life activists, McCain's purity on the issue has been suspect since last summer, when he told the San Francisco Chronicle that he would not work to overturn Roe v. Wade. (He later rescinded the comment, or tried to.) Now there was fresh fuel on the fire, and McCain had to spend the rest of his day smothering flames from reporters and rivals such as the surging fringe candidate Alan Keyes, who sermonized on the subject during Wednesday night's G.O.P...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Giving McCain The Boot? | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

Council members say that Burton's subsequent loss of authority has led the council to question--and in this most recent case, overturn--his decisions as vice president...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Overrides Burton, Sets New Special Election Date | 2/3/2000 | See Source »

...campaigns on reforming the U.S.'s political contribution system, including White House hopefuls Bill Bradley and John McCain, still have a lot left to fight for. You can still give as early and often as you like to party war chests, which means that the ruling does nothing to overturn the 1976 Buckley decision that paved the way for the soft money contributions that are the scourge of today's finance reformers. Still, allowing states to impose spending caps will have far-reaching consequences; currently about two thirds of all states have such limits for state races. So that particular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Shot in the Arm for Campaign-Cash Reform? | 1/24/2000 | See Source »

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