Durbin Accuses White House of Intimidation
A senior Democratic Senator warned that any effort to try to force Durbin to step down would result in a full-blown political fight.
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A senior Democratic Senator warned that any effort to try to force Durbin to step down would result in a full-blown political fight.
Wheeler plans to step down from his post at the end of the year.
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), will not be able to make the luncheon because she has a long-planned book signing two blocks away at Trover Books on Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast.
According to the group’s strategy memo, it plans to target Daschle with humorous ads subtly suggesting he is out of step with South Dakotans on issues like taxes.
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). “This is the same aggressor who stages invasions into my apartment, loots Snapples from my fridge and then later claims that he was merely liberating them.”
At one point, Hatch gave the nationwide audience the direct phone number for the Democratic cloakroom, going a step further than most phone-drive lobbying efforts, which usually just give out a number
Republicans are seeking to win over the Democratic dozen — mostly Southern or Western Senators — even as they have taken the highly unusual step of pushing the business community to get involved