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...Kennedy that the part of his tax cut that goes to the wealthiest Americans should be repealed before it goes into effect in 2005. Most Democrats aren't even asking for that despite their criticism of the tax cut because they know the issue is not a winner with midterm elections coming...
...calendar slips forward (and the legislative agenda settles into midterm election year vigorous-debate mode) Lieberman's committee will likely be where the stars come out. Governmental Affairs is the headliner, the Watergate committee, and the trio of Lieberman, Levin and Thompson - who has already made a declaration of sorts by urging the White House to "get the information out" about Enron contacts - should make for ripe daytime-cable viewing all spring. But while Lieberman must be pleased to know Ken Lay's schedule is now officially cleared, he doesn't have any big guests booked yet, and will kick...
While Harvard’s academic calendar winds down to the end of the semester, it’s only midterm season for the 12 schools—er, students—enrolled in ECAC Men’s Hockey...
...course, this shooting match isn't really about the past, it's about the midterm congressional elections that are now a scant 10 months away - and Daschle doesn't lack for ammunition. Congress' first order of business when it returns to work Monday will be to heed Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill's plea and raise the current $5.95 trillion federal debt ceiling to $6.7 trillion, lest the U.S. government default on its paper, Argentina-style. And Friday morning Bush's own Labor Department gave Daschle a nice hook to work into his speech when it announces the unemployment numbers...
...these guys, it all depends on what the people think - now, and at midterm time in 2002. So far, they're giving both sides reason to stick to their differences. A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Wednesday found that voters prefer the Republican approach (that would be tax cuts) to the economy over the Democrats' by a decent margin - 44 percent to 35 percent. Which might worry Daschle, except for that those same voters are split right down the middle - 47 percent say yes, 49 percent say no - over whether the government should do anything about the economy...