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...latest TIME/CNN poll--Bush has been on a surprising losing streak in Congress since Sept. 11. Democrats forced him to go along with making airport-security workers federal employees and yanked his corporate tax breaks out of the economic-stimulus package. G.O.P. leaders persuaded him to "postpone" Social Security reform, and members of both parties compelled him to rewrite his faith-based charity initiative so drastically that it now bears scant resemblance to the original proposal. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee shot down his nomination of Charles Pickering for the federal appeals court. And just last week the Senate...
...choosing his fights, and backing off when he knew a cause was lost. He is following the same strategy in Washington, but congressional Republicans grumble that he is often too choosy. House Speaker Hastert was quietly enraged last month when Bush all but abandoned G.O.P. Congressmen battling campaign-finance reform. (During the 2000 campaign, Bush frequently suggested the reform bill was unconstitutional but has since signaled that he will sign it. "How can he sign a bill he believes is illegal?" asks one Republican.) Bush barely tried to rescue Pickering's nomination at the 11th hour, even though the judge...
NIGERIA Code of Conduct African leaders sought to bolster international investment on the continent by implementing a peer-review system to monitor economic reform and good governance. Meeting in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, representatives of 19 countries agreed on eight draft codes of conduct to be monitored by an independent African body. The aim is to ensure Africa keeps its side of the deal to attract some $64 billion a year under a proposed "Marshall Plan" for Africa, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD...
...plan to campaign in 2002 for Republican candidates who supported campaign finance reform...
...relations are very cordial. When they say that I've been a thorn in their side, it might be nice for them to be specific. I campaigned on campaign finance reform. That was pretty well known. I campaigned on the patients' bill of rights. We had our differences, well articulated and ventilated during the primary...