Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...newly elected abortion foes are women, blurring the battle lines of gender for the first time. "Their agenda is very clear. First, Newt Gingrich's hundred days; now, it's Pat Robertson's hundred days," said Democrat Nita Lowey of New York, who heads the House women's caucus. "We don't have the votes to stop any of this in the House...
...DEMOCRATIC PARTY WERE A movie, its title might be Small and Smaller. House G.O.P. leaders were especially gleeful about the prospect last week, saying they expect to preside this Wednesday over a caucus consisting of 232 members, one more than usual. The addition, they said, would be Greg Laughlin of Texas, who abruptly resigned two weeks ago from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Reports from Laughlin's home district indicated that he was about to leave the Democrats entirely. In anticipation, Republicans were signing a letter to welcome their newest recruit...
While most caucus members have strong views about whether or not council President Joshua D. Liston '95 acted inappropriately when he took a public stand saying that Gina Grant should be admitted to Harvard, they do not feel that the council's time should be spent discussing such matters...
...major concerns of the Freshman Caucus is to make sure that the council is to make sure that the council is more in touch with the concerns of students. Most members seem to agree that the recently-approved popular elections for council officers will help make the council more representative...
...significant portion of the Freshman Caucus, however, is interested in nothing but putting on more and better events to improve life at Harvard...