Word: scandalizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kept a low profile, Senator Kerry has emerged from his second term with an impressive record of behind-the-scenes successes. A pivotal player in the 1994 Crime Bill, Kerry successfully incorporated crucial funding increases. An investigation he sponsored led to the uncovering of the BCCI scandal, and as Chair of the Select Committee on POW/MIA affairs, Kerry led the campaign for information about missing veterans which ultimately led to the normalization of relations with Vietnam...
...years in the House, Leach has made a name for himself as a savvy moderate who has gained considerable influence as chair of the Banking and Financial Services Committee, from where he directed an energetic pursuit of the Whitewater scandal. After winning his last two elections by a wide margin, Leach makes for a formidable incumbent...
Smith suffered a narrow loss in a January special election to fill the vacant Senate seat of Bob Packwood, who left under a cloud of scandal. In this bitter race, Smith has accused Tom Bruggere of hiring a San Francisco private-investigation firm to "dig dirt." Smith has tempered some of his more conservative positions for this race, but in a state that has elected moderate Senators for the past 30 years, the winner here should still be a moderating influence on Capitol Hill...
...veteran of the South Korean army, moved to California at age 22 and at age 53 became the first Korean American in Congress. In the House, he is a G.O.P. loyalist. And if he survives a campaign-contribution scandal--in which he denies involvement--Kim is favored to win a third term...
ALREADY OUT: Representatives Mel Reynolds and Walter Tucker and Senator Bob Packwood quit because of scandal. Representative Kweisi Mfume took over the NAACP. Representative Norman Mineta took a job at Lockheed. Representative Bill Emerson died of lung cancer...