Word: annunzio
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...FDIC, Seidman got an Irish wolfhound, which he named Proxmire after the Senator who opposed his confirmation. "Heel, Proxmire," Seidman would bark. But not long ago, as Seidman prepared to step down from his post, William Proxmire wrote a flattering valedictory to the chairman. So Seidman renamed his dog Annunzio in dubious honor of Frank Annunzio, chairman of a House Banking subcommittee, who has sparred with Seidman over the S&L bailout. Seidman tells colleagues that when he calls "Annunzio! Annunzio!" the dog rolls over and plays dead...
...incumbents nothing is so damaging as being linked with the S&L scandal. Republican campaign tacticians in particular reasoned that some House Democrats would be vulnerable because of their ties to the scandal-plagued industry. One plump target: Chicago's Frank Annunzio, who had two relatives on the payroll of an S&L lobbying group, took campaign donations from S&L PACs and promoted legislation sought by the industry. His Republican opponent, state senator Walter Dudycz, seemed capable of making a strong challenge. Then Dudycz ran into an ethics problem: the accusation that he had double dipped by taking...