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...last week that he will retire came as a surprise to most of his colleagues. But it has been clear to those around him that Armey hasn't been having much fun. The conservative Republican was beaten down and marginalized in his behind-the-scenes power struggle with majority whip (and fellow Texan) Tom DeLay, and has been edged aside in the day-to-day House operation by Speaker Denny Hastert, who is more engaged than predecessor Newt Gingrich...
DeLay is almost sure to get Armey's job. But his effort to consolidate his power in the House may run into resistance. DeLay, who engineered the ascension of his deputy Hastert to Speaker in 1998, wants his current deputy, Roy Blunt of Missouri, to succeed him as whip. Some House Republicans are balking at giving the hard-line DeLay so large a power base. At least seven other Republicans are considering a run for the No. 3 spot. "People really like Blunt," says a key G.O.P. strategist, "but this isn't about...
...analysis, and so when Minority Leader Trent Lott calls the Senate a "black hole of inaction" and wonders if it's time to "cut bait" on an economic stimulus package, you have to consider that at least partly bluff. But when the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, Majority Whip Harry Reid, declares legislative black holes a good thing - "Thank goodness we're here and we're in control of the Senate" - you have to consider the possibility that America will not be getting an economic stimulus package for Christmas this year...
...Since 1987, Yucca Mountain in the Nevada desert has been the only permanent repository the Department of Energy has considered to store the toxic garbage for at least the next 10,000 years. But Nevada's congressional delegation, led by the Senate's powerful majority whip, Harry Reid, has been fighting tooth and nail to keep the underground nuclear dump out of their state. Yucca Mountain is just 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas and they fear radioactivity from an underground storage facility there would eventually leak, contaminating nearby ground water used for drinking...
...nuclear waste be located at Yucca. If Bush agrees, Nevada's governor and legislature can still veto the site. But Congress then has 60 days to override the state's disapproval. If it gets to that point, count on Reid to use all his powers as Senate majority whip to block the congressional override...