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...Howard M. Metzenbaum (D--Ohio) stated the argument bluntly in an April 23 New York Times editorial. A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he supported a proposal to condemn membership in discriminatory clubs among judicial appointees...
...Iraq, and many leaders on the Hill supported the theory that Saddam could be wooed into gentility. Senators flew to Baghdad to chat with him. Alan Simpson, a Republican from Wyoming, advised him that his problem was simply his bad image in America's "haughty and pampered press." Howard Metzenbaum, an Ohio Democrat, told Saddam, "I am now aware that you are a strong and intelligent man and that you want peace...
Rallying the Arab world to the American cause has been trickiest. Saudi Arabia feared that the U.S. might tire of its mission and pull out, leaving the oil-rich kingdom at Saddam's mercy. But the resolve Bush projected was perceived as firm, in part because he waived the Metzenbaum amendment -- a restriction on the sale of U.S. jets to the Saudis. Coupled with the satellite intelligence showing that Saddam's forces were positioned to strike the Saudis, that action turned King Fahd into a believer, and U.S. troops were promptly invited to defend Saudi Arabia...
...while the Administration was taking credit for nailing McBirney, it was attracting criticism for allowing yet another set of dealmakers to get rich. Last week Senate judiciary subcommittee chairman Howard Metzenbaum called on the government to tear up a deal made by M. Danny Wall, former chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, with Arizona insurance executive James Fail. In 1988 Wall allowed Fail to acquire 15 insolvent Texas S&Ls in exchange for $1,000 in cash and $70 million in borrowed money, and threw in $1.85 billion to cover the liabilities of the bankrupt thrifts. Fail...
Critics of cable have attacked the present industry arrangements on several fronts in Washington. The measures include a bill introduced last month by Ohio Democrat Howard Metzenbaum, chairman of the Senate antitrust subcommittee, that would limit the number of subscribers that any system operator could control to 25% of the total U.S. cable audience. The FCC, meanwhile, is preparing a report on the impact of cable deregulation that is due out next year. In a separate action, the agency has begun reviewing a rule that bars broadcast networks from owning cable systems. The networks already have interests in cable channels...