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Yesterday, the Massachusetts House of Rep- resentatives overwhelmingly passed home rule petitions from Cambridge, Boston and Brook line...
House Democrats re-elected Rep. Richard Gephardtof Missouri as their leader today, swatting away a centrist challenge from North Carolina Rep. Charlie Rose by a 150-58 vote. Gephardt, who ran unsuccessfully for president in 1988, will return to the post he's held since 1989 -- this time as head of a minority that, after today's vote, may swerve hard to the left. "Our mission is to represent workers, middle income families, the poor families of our country," Gephardt told reporters after the secret ballot. "I also look forward to winning the House back in 1996." His right-hand...
...after its Senate counterpart delivered ascathing assessment of the CIA's handlingof the Aldrich Ames spy scandal, the House Intelligence Committee weighed in today with a verdict that the agency took a "negligent attitude" in trying to find the mole and stop him from damaging worldwide U.S. intelligence operations. Rep. Dan Glickman (D-Kan.), the committee chairman, called the Ames affair "a case of sloppiness in big capital letters" -- in part because the CIA didn't tell Congress it suspected a double-agent was loose in its ranks. The FBI also came under fire for being "inexplicably passive" during...
...Democrats when the vote is tallied Friday. Dodd refused to concede. "We're absolutely in the race," said his spokesman. The impact of a Daschle victory is unclear: Both are centrists, although Dodd has, historically, been more outspoken.In the House, the picture is more certain: Ex-presidential candidate Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.), the current majority leader, is expected to beat off a conservative challenge from Rep. Charlie Rose (D-N.C.). Rose claims support from 110 House members, while Gephardt says his supporters are in the 150 to 160 range. (At least one of them probably...
...House ethics committee -- whichincoming Speaker Newt Gingrichrecently considered folding -- today took up a festering mini-scandal concerning Gingrich himself. A new complaint from the candidate Gingrich recently defeated, Democratic Rep. Ben Jones, alleges newly obtained phone records show there were frequent calls about a college course taught by Gingrich, involving the Georgia Republican's congressional staff and his political action committee (known as GOPAC). A committee letter said the documents raise questions about whether the activity was, in fact, partisan. But some on the bipartisan panel are angry the letter was leaked to the press, saying it's unclear that...