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When Hillary Rodham Clinton took the oath of office last Wednesday, she wasn't the only new Senator arriving by way of marital tragedy. As the President looked down from the gallery, Hillary was sworn in by Vice President Al Gore, in his role as president of the Senate. The last time President Clinton was before the Senate was on charges of impeachment, when many did not think he would come out with his presidency or marriage intact...
...knows, partly from staying twice in the Lincoln Bedroom ("And it didn't cost us a cent"). Carnahan celebrated with the family left to her: daughter Robin, 39, and son Tom, 31, who may move to Washington to be near her. Son Russ, 42, was just then being sworn in to the Missouri house of representatives. All day, people cried as they came up to her. She held steady. Only when taking the oath did she fill up with tears, feeling her husband's presence "flood my soul. I had to push it aside," she said, "or I would have...
...prospect of Republican disarray and by the chance to send Bush an unwanted gift. Democratic leader Tom Daschle told TIME he plans to make the McCain measure, which is co-sponsored by Wisconsin Democrat Russell Feingold, one of the first bills his party takes up after Bush is sworn in. Daschle wants to start debate next month, but that may be earlier than some of his Democratic colleagues want. John Breaux, a key moderate Democrat, says he's cool to the idea of "starting with something that's polarizing...
...time in a blue-and-orange-tiled hall at the Laf-Weyn (Big Bone) Hotel, a few minutes' drive away. The 245 M.P.s shuffled in, got as comfortable as they could in the white plastic chairs and began discussing the appointment of ministers. A problem arose. Ministers had been sworn in before the parliament had approved them. The process would have to begin again. "We are learning by doing things," says Galaydh, a Harvard fellow who earned his Ph.D. and taught public administration at Syracuse University. "Nothing I taught prepared me for starting a state from zero...
...Linda Chavez. Until Jan. 20, Democrats have a majority in the 50-50-split Senate because Al Gore still has his job as vice president of the nation and president of the Senate. Gore can cast tie-breaking votes; after Jan. 20, when Bush and Dick Cheney are sworn in, Cheney presides over the Senate, giving Republicans the majority (and the return of those coveted chairmanships...