Word: tauscherism
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...political consultant James Carville, Rep. Barney Frank ’62 (D-Mass.), Democratic Leadership Council Chief Executive Officer Al From and Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) were unclear on how exactly the party could achieve these goals...
...complaint is bipartisan. For all of Bush's promises to reach across the aisle, says California Democrat Ellen Tauscher, he hasn't done so. Though Tauscher backs Bush on taxes, trade and missile defense, the response has been underwhelming. "I felt like the ugly duckling at the prom," she says with a laugh. Bush, she believes, "is running against me in '02." It's easy for Bush to have Ted Kennedy to the White House, Tauscher says--his seat isn't ripe for a Republican takeover. "The centrists are a different bag, and Bush has yet to really deal with...
...Republicans in both houses rolled back Clinton Administration regulations meant to curb repetitive-motion injuries in the workplace. And Bush continued his tough-love approach to bipartisanship, wooing vulnerable Democrats on taxes by flying to their home states and threatening their political survival. "Hostage taking!" fumed California Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher...
...Winston, "to help the economy so it enhances their job security." Democrats sense this as well, so they're fortifying their attacks with a tax cut of their own. They'll dump the "targeted" tax cuts Gore pushed during the campaign, which "were a mistake," says California representative Ellen Tauscher, new vice chair of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council. "It looked like Big Government picking winners and losers." Instead, the Democrats will offer across-the-board cuts - but no more than $900 billion of them - with the cuts weighted toward lower-income taxpayers. To sweeten the deal, Daschle and Gephardt...
...Mart. "It was 'My way or the highway,'" says a Democratic legislator who had run-ins with Davis early on and found out that the buttoned-up, innocuous-looking Davis could cuss like a sailor. "Sharks are gray too, aren't they?" asks an admirer, Democratic Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher...