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...foot in the front door of the political world. He tells of internship experiences that make him “a member of the intelligence community” where he has rubbed elbows with the likes of Gore, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Sen. Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.) and Sen. Russell Feingold...
...Senate Democrats did pick up a seat in Arkansas where Senator-Elect Mark Pryor essentially ducked the abortion issue. When pressed, Pryor said that while he personally opposes abortion, he believes a woman should have the right to choose in cases of rape or incest. Combined with questions about Sen. Hutchinson’s “family values,” this was enough for Democrats who oppose abortion to feel comfortable supporting Pryor...
...Trent Lott's empty Capitol office, pulled out a bronze name plate from a bottom drawer and put it on top of the senator's desk. MAJORITY LEADER was engraved on the plaque under Lott's name. Lott never considered Daschle's coup 18 months ago, which got Vermont Sen. James Jefford to defect and gave Democrats control of the Senate, a legitimate transfer of power. He was never able to digest it. So he never threw away that plaque, but rather kept it stored in his bottom desk drawer. And in the waiting room outside Lott's office, Daschle...
...private he couldn't hide his relish over returning to power. Sen. Pat Roberts, who's in line to take over the Senate Intelligence Committee and who's eager to have that post, phoned Lott shortly after Cheney's call to smooze. The two men set up a lunch in the Dirksen Senate Office Building cafeteria that day. Lott planned to give Roberts the post, but he decided that when he met Roberts for lunch, the first words out of his mouth would be: "I'm going to make you chairman of the Ethics Committee" a panel most members detest...
...most immediate change will be the release of legislation “bottled up” in committee by Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and the Democratic leadership, he told the dozen attendees...