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...That is doubtful. But Gonzales heard plenty of what the Senators had to say. When Senator Russ Feingold, Democrat of Wisconsin, suggested the former White House Counsel had been less than truthful during his Attorney General confirmation hearings a year ago for saying that a question about warrantless wiretapping was "hypothetical," Gonzales remained firm; the question was indeed hypothetical, he retorted, because Feingold had asked him whether he thought the President could authorize eavesdropping "in violation...
...more transparency. Under this plan, lobbyists would have to disclose every dollar they spend on lawmakers. The limit on the value of a gift that aides and lawmakers would be allowed to accept would be lowered from $50 to perhaps $20. Chance of passage: 90%. Many, like Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, think gifts should be banned outright. "All the T shirts, golf caps and cheap luggage I've been given aren't even worth having," said a lawmaker. "None of these are gifts worth having...
...same time, Democratic opponents, led by Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Dick Durbin of Illinois, held moderates like Mary Landrieu of Lousiana and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, and the increasingly hawkish Hillary Clinton of New York. The numbers left the GOP and the President short by 8 votes in their attempt to override the filibuster. As the clock ticked down Thursday night, the GOP leadership launched a last-ditch effort to swing Senators, threatening to let the law's sunsetted provisions expire entirely. "Tomorrow's vote is going to be the only vote," warned Frist aide Bob Stevenson...
Their season was supposed to have ended in January. Violation of team rules, suspended for the year, Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. They were good kids, he stressed, but what they’d done had left him no choice.Sophomore Russ Schober had been arrested by officers from the Cambridge Police Department for public intoxication. Classmate Desmond Bryant had done something serious enough to warrant the same penalty, though neither he, nor Murphy, nor anyone else was quick to say what. Didn’t really matter. Harvard was out a defensive back and a likely All-Ivy defensive...
Your story showed how the malfeasance of our congressional leaders and the greed of business executives have turned the American Dream into the American Nightmare. Shame on them! DEBORAH RUSS Aurora, Colo...