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Upholding a decade-long tradition, the political satire comedy troupe Capitol Steps performed yesterday afternoon before a packed Sanders Theatre...
During the two-hour show entitled "Who Put the Mock in Democracy?," the professional comedians of Capitol Steps were quick to capitalize on the comic material Harvard offers...
...Capitol Steps' annual Harvard performance has special meaning for its director, William A. Strauss '69, who noted that he graduated with Gore, who is now prime fodder for the Steps' antics...
...dropped in on Capitol Hill from Mars last week, you might have thought George W. Bush had tapped liberals for two of his most sensitive Cabinet posts. John Ashcroft, the hard-right nominee for Attorney General, told astonished Senators at his confirmation hearing that he would "aggressively" enforce abortion laws and wouldn't challenge the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, even though he has spent much of his career trying to overturn it. In another hearing room, Interior Secretary-designate Gale Norton, a James Watt disciple who used to champion the rights of oil companies and mine operators...
Bush advisers and Capitol Hill Republicans say Rove has laid out a plan--in a series of memos and calendars--for the boss's first four weeks. In his first legislative act, on Tuesday, Bush plans to send Congress a package of education reforms that would require states to test students, promote character and abstinence programs, and give parents of kids in failing public schools vouchers that they can use to help pay tuition at private and parochial schools. Next week Bush will introduce legislation on another signature issue, a proposal to funnel federal funds to community- and faith-based...