Van Hollen Balances Three Tough Roles
“Obviously it’s juggling a lot of things but I’m trying to do it without dropping any balls,” the 46-year-old Congressman said.
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“Obviously it’s juggling a lot of things but I’m trying to do it without dropping any balls,” the 46-year-old Congressman said.
While the race remains in its infancy, leadership aides and committee insiders said they see Putnam and Ryan as the most viable entrants.
Keough said that move was more obvious. “I think anybody should recruit anyone who has $50 million to spend,” he said.
After tirelessly listening to her politically charged attacks on the president without answering his questions, Stephanopoulos asked in point-blank fashion, “Why should the American people trust the Democrats
“It’s taken me months of bubble baths and real meals and life away from the campaign, and I’m glad I can go through a whole conversation without talking about Howard Dean,” she said with a laugh.
Could a woman raped by a vacuum cleaner salesman sue the company, which had hired him without a background check? Owen said no.
“If I could clone myself I’d be a happy camper.” Without LaBrache, Dunn said, her advocacy career would be far less promising. “We add much more value to the firm,” she said.
“Nobody said that the Democrats or the Republicans always agree on every issue,” she said. “But I know why we are Democrats, and I feel very good about how we’re going forth.”
When I came to Congress almost 20 years ago, 30 of us, newly elected Members, were invited to the White House to meet with President Ronald Reagan.
You’ve got the folks who said, well, first they of course predicted we’d get bogged down.
The decision to switch did not come without much consideration and anxiety. However, the one thing that made my switch easier was knowing I had my father’s support.
By invoking their self-described nuclear option without changing the rules, a Senate majority will effectively erase them.
“We’re very far along and as I review the situation, I question whether we’re getting the working space we need,” Obey said, adding that the current design amounts to “all show and very little work
“But I’m not at all excluding the possibility that I might jump into something else.” Facing the daunting prospect of trying to upend popular Sen.
But without a big name like Douglas to clear the field “there probably will be a Republican primary in September 2006,” Davis predicted.
“She welcomes the other bills but supports her own,” said Norton spokeswoman Doxie McCoy, referring to the No Taxation Without Representation Act. Sen.
Bush, on the other hand, won a clear majority for his second term and is doing exactly what he said he would do. No chameleon tactics for this president.
“I do think having him at the head of DNC will be a good thing” for governors. Dean’s “50-state strategy” of reaching out even to solidly red states should increase his contact with governors.
Rob Kelner, who heads the election law practice at the firm Covington and Burling and who recently questioned the wisdom of the pending legislation, said: “I don’t see it making much of a difference
Kappel added that, in this situation, “I doubt the ethics committee would issue a serious sanction if it was a single incident.