Word: speaker
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...Massachusetts' Eighth Congressional District isn't like anyplace else. Encompassing nearly half the city of Boston, all of what locals call the People's Republic of Cambridge, and several limousine-liberal suburbs, the Eighth has sent just three Congressmen to Washington since 1946: John F. Kennedy, former House Speaker Tip O'Neill and Joseph P. Kennedy II. It is a shrine to old-school liberalism and one of the safest Democratic seats in the country. And so, when Joe Kennedy announced his retirement earlier this year, it wasn't long before 10 local Democrats had swarmed into the race...
...Berman and top staff members to talk about the Lewinsky scandal, the timing of a report from Starr and its probable impact on Democrats in this November's midterm elections. The outcome of the elections could determine Gephardt's future. If the Democrats pick up 11 seats, Gephardt becomes Speaker of the House, a prime launching pad for a presidential campaign. But if the Democrats lose seats in an anti-Clinton tidal wave, Gephardt's prospects could be seriously diminished. "[Gephardt] knows his fate, and the fate of the whole Democratic Party, is inextricably linked to Clinton," says a party...
...never deliver another speech without mentioning the Clinton investigations. The G.O.P. base loved the return of the old, attack-happy Newt, but Gingrich, who is considering a run for President in 2000, saw his already low personal-approval ratings take a dive. And so, since mid-July, the Speaker has been dismissing questions about impeachment with feigned indifference. "I won't pay any attention to it," he told the newspaper Roll Call recently. "If the word begins with i, you talk to [Henry Hyde...
...impeachment proceedings almost certainly couldn't happen this year. But if Starr has a report to deliver, the House will be forced to deal with it. "We can't just sit on it until January," says a senior House Republican. And so, within days of Starr's notification, the Speaker will bring a resolution to the House floor limiting access to Starr's findings to the members of Hyde's Judiciary Committee. Then the independent counsel will deliver the report, and leaks will be inevitable...
...through the balmy Caribbean night on its final preinaugural cruise. "We're not moving, you know," one of the journalists joked. "It's just a big fan out there." Behind them, a sturdy voice piped up, "Well then, when you leave, would you turn it off?" The speaker was Michael Eisner, Disney's chairman and CEO, ever eager to make a joke about saving a buck...