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Congressman Chris Shays (R-Conn.), chairman of the House Government Reform national security subcommittee, has a problem with the part about "known." He calls the vaccine primitive and untested and dubbed the mandatory vaccination program "a gigantic mistake," and his panel has called for the Pentagon to make the shots optional until a better version comes along. But Shays doesn't have anywhere near the votes needed to get the shots stopped. Ask folks around here about Congress riding to my rescue, and they shake their heads and smile...
Stay tuned for another episode of "As the Windmill Turns," starring John "Don Quixote" McCain. Campaign finance reform?s champions in the House, Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) and Marty Meehan (D-Mass.), have done their part again after getting their soft-money ban past an unfriendly Republican leadership on Tuesday night. After running a gauntlet of poison-pill amendments designed by GOP bigwigs to erode its support ? and picking up one, courtesy of upstate New York Republican John Sweeney, that would make Hillary reimburse us for riding Air Force One to campaign stops ? the bill sailed through...
That is why last week's race so important. Feingold and McCain have tirelessly worked to spread the message, saying, "We can change the system, if you help us." And they have. Earlier last year two House members, Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) and Martin Meehan (D-Mass.), brought up their own campaign-finance reform bill. While many members of Congress dismissed the legislation, everyone was watching as the bill made its way to the House floor. It passed...
...case you were wondering, there are people in Congress who are intent on getting back to business. Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) and Rep. Martin Meehan (D-Mass.) intend to reintroduce their campaign-finance-reform bill in the House next week. And believe it or not, the two men have a fair chance of getting both the attention and the cooperation of their colleagues. "There is much talk in the House of burying the hatchet," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. "The opportunity may arise over campaign reform. Not much needs to be done on it. There is a majority...
...also recognizing that the defection of a mere 31 Democrats Thursday was not exactly the heartiest support they could have wished for. Republicans, too, are uneasy about the Pandora's box they just opened: "It feels like it's out of control," said Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.). All in all, a good time to take a break...