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...Senator Slade Gorton of Washington, home of Microsoft, responded later...
TUESDAY I stopped by Senator [Patty] Murray's office and had a doughnut before walking over to the hearing room. It was great to have Senators Murray and [Slade] Gorton take...
Gates will be joined at the witness table by archrival CEOs JIM BARKSDALE of Netscape and SCOTT MCNEALY of Sun. But Gates won't face a stacked deck: he persuaded Hatch to have Microsoft-friendly witnesses balance out the panel. Gates will be escorted to the hearing by Senator SLADE GORTON of Washington State, who wants Hatch to be nice to his famous constituent. It's a favor Gorton can return: he's chairman of the subcommittee that controls Interior spending, which affects many of Hatch's Utah constituents...
...Gates lolled around in the office of home-state senator Slade Gorton, chatting with reportersbefore TV cameras. He met for over an hour Monday with Orrin Hatch, who is leading the grilling of Gates and other software kingpins Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He threw a few scraps to Internet service providers, allowing them to promote other browsers as heavily...
...budget and voted overwhelmingly to block the states from inheriting the agency's grant-making powers. Left without a penny for even a kindergarten fingerpainting show, defenders of the grant-making agency are looking to the Senate and President Clinton to help keep their agency alive. Republican senator Slade Gorton, chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee, has indicated a willingness to fund the agency with at least $99.5 million next year. Republican Senator Jim Jeffords, head of the Senate panel which oversees the NEA, chimed in yesterday with a promise to reauthorize the agency, a move which would make...