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...them does. Last May, Nevada's Democratic Senator Harry Reid succeeded in persuading Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords to bolt the Republican Party. Jeffords' switch gave Democrats control of the Senate--and promoted Reid from minority to majority whip, a perch he is currently trying to use to block the Bush Administration from putting the nuclear dump in his state. "This is wrong what they're trying to do," insists Reid. Last May, majority leader Tom Daschle flew to Las Vegas to speak at a fund raiser for Reid. "As long as we're in the majority," Daschle vowed, "[the Yucca...
...jury awards that patients can receive in federal courts, allow no cases to be filed in state courts, and put in place ironclad guarantees that employers can't be sued over the health-care benefits they offer. "This bill is a disaster for employers and employees," claims Senate minority whip Don Nickles. The new regulations and costs it imposes on insurers and HMOs, he adds, "could cause millions of people to lose their insurance...
...After Vice President Dick Cheney announced Bush's energy plan last May, "he went underground," complains another top GOP aide, leaving Democrats an open field to paint it as pro-business and anti-environmental. Top House GOP leaders like Speaker Dennis Hastert and Majority Whip Tom DeLay felt marooned, along with West Coast Republican congressmen taking the brunt of public anger over energy shortages and rising gas pump prices...
...Bush had another problem within his own party. A majority of the GOP's senators didn't support the patients right bill Frist had introduced. Most backed a more HMO-friendly measure Republican Whip Don Nickles had offered in the past. A week before Daschle planned to bring the Democrats' version of the patients bill to the floor, the White House still couldn't decide how it was going to attack it - whether to push for the Frist compromise measure or to side with the more partisan Nickles version. Lott was forced to stall Daschle on beginning the patients bill...
...state's ratepayers hasn't forced Bush to rethink the wisdom of price caps, the plight of its Republicans may have. Control of the House in next year's midterm elections could depend on half a dozen endangered G.O.P. seats in California. That's why House majority whip Tom DeLay told Bush two weeks ago that he shouldn't count on Republicans to beat back price caps. There may be collateral damage at the other end of the Capitol as well. Sources say Senate minority leader Trent Lott has warned Bush aides that California's problems could infect 10 Western...