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</p> Jim Jordan, former campaign manager for Sen.
</p> </p> Ties That Bind</p> The rate of recusal by Weintraub and Toner far exceeded that of their four fellow commissioners, who abstained on only a handful of occasions combined during the period
</p> Penczner’s political client list includes then-President Bill Clinton’s 1996 re-election bid as well as Al Gore’s 2000 presidential effort. He served as ad director for that campaign.
</p> “This is a bad bill,” Dingell said, adding that he’ll go wherever the leadership asks him to go. “We’re going to tell people what it’s going to do.”
</p> The day after the vote, Smith, who opposed the bill despite extensive lobbying from Hastert and other top Republicans, charged that unnamed party leaders used “bribes and special deals” to convince
</p> City Comptroller Bill Thompson got 4 percent, state Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin got 2 percent, and City Councilman Charles Barron got 2 percent. Seventeen percent were undecided.
</p> We’re talking, of course, about interest group Congressional scorecards.
They all count Bill Clinton as a friend, and they all contributed recipes to the Clinton Presidential Center Cookbook.
</p> “I’d like to see them do better than that,” he said. </p> Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), the panel’s ranking member, supported Kingston’s decision.
</p> Susan Lagana, spokeswoman for Bowles, said only the campaign was “glad to have [the DSCC’s] support and interest in this race.” </p> Rep.
Scanlon was DeLay’s communications director until 2000, playing a leading behind-the-scenes role in DeLay’s effort to impeach President Bill Clinton.
Scanlon was DeLay’s communications director until 2000, playing a leading behind-the-scenes role in DeLay’s effort to impeach President Bill Clinton.
</p> Ose, in particular, appears to be the wild card.
</p> This could get interesting. </p> Assistant Secretary McCheese? Rep.
</p> If the highway bill passes first and conservatives view the final number as bloated, they could increase their insistence on a fiscally disciplined budget.
The Senate unanimously passed the bill in November.
</p> “If they want these pilot programs, they should only go to those states where the Senators voted for this bill,” said Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).
</p> Stiefel said “that’s comparing apples to oranges.” </p> Some Republicans who voted against the energy bill did so because they disliked a provision having nothing to do with Alaska.
</p> Peter Cleveland has been tapped to serve as a counsel and professional staff member for intelligence issues.