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...since 1954 has the Republican Party controlled the House, the Senate and the presidency, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the White House, Rep. Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts was Speaker of the House and California Sen. William F. Knowland was Senate Majority Leader...
...most nationally publicized race has been the competition to fill the New York seat formerly held by Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rep. Rick Lazio (R-N.Y.) have been engaged in a cutthroat race, and for the moment it appears Clinton has a slight edge in the polls...
...State Rep. Alice K. Wolf, who proposed the 1992 Cambridge ordinance as a city councilor, has authored a bill to replace the 1955 law and allow state workers domestic partnership benefits and municipalities the option of such benefits...
Some quirk of gerrymandering years ago in my town's Congressional district has turned this year's race into one of the most tightly contested in the nation. To complicate matters, the incumbent is 43-year old Rep. James Rogan (R-Calif.), one of the more outspoken of the House impeachment managers. With control of the House in question, these factors have turned the wide, palm-lined streets of the San Gabriel Valley north of Los Angeles into a high-profile political battlefield. The New York Times Magazine cover story two weeks ago reported the race in California's 27th...
...Bush seems to have a more fundamental problem with the estate tax, a problem reflected in his use of the phrase "death tax." Implicit in this phrase is an argument most commonly made by one of the estate taxes most prominent opponents, Rep. Bill Archer (R-Tex.): "Death as an event should not be taxed...