Word: repping
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...Even after its unequivocal victory in the Senate, the bill is having trouble across the Capitol, where House Republicans are balking at a move they consider a boon to unions - and the Democratic Party. The Republican bill, sponsored by Rep. Don Young, takes a big step away from total federal control. The GOP version maintains a commitment to sky marshals and to stricter employment screening of airport employees, but allows airports to either hire federal workers or hire security jobs out to private contractors. Young is blunt in his opposition to the Senate version. "If people think there will...
...measure was sponsored in the House by Rep. Ralph Ragula (R-Ohio), who chairs the subcommittee that funds the DOE, and Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), the ranking Democrat on that subcommittee...
...York shuttle can as much as go to the bathroom, thanks to a new "no leaving your seat in the first or last half-hour of a trip or the plane will be diverted to the nearest airport" rule. Frequent flyer New York Rep. Charlie Rangel counseled understandably antsy people on his flight last week to hold tight or they?d be touching down in Dulles, 25 miles from Washington and three miles, by mobile-lounge, from the taxi-stand. "I've had it with people-movers," grumbled the Harlem congressman, who, like the rest of Washington, has been relegated...
...transition from campaign manager to candidate was a natural one for Murphy, according to Cambridge State Rep. Alice K. Wolf, whose 1996 campaign was one of many Murphy has worked on over the past 15 years...
...enough light is shined on the issue, however, that might change. When Rep. Jim Oberstar suggested to a line up of well-dressed airline executives at a House hearing this afternoon that some limit on executive compensation might be in the cards, heads started bobbing obediently. "We certainly would talk to you about whatever terms you want," said one. Now that's more like...