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...high school students are given a survey before the congressional simulation to determine their political leanings. Each student is then assigned a real politician in Washington to emulate, ranging from liberal Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass.) to conservative Rep. Newt Gingrich...
...What you are seeing is an attempt to move more of the funding--particularly in low-income housing--from the federal level to the local level," said Jonathan Miller, chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Mass...
...suffer much damage, at least not in the South. The early, Klan membership of Sen. Robert, Byrd (D, W.Va.) has not hurt his career. The Sovereignty Commission agent who is indirectly responsible for the murder of the three civil rights activists in 1964 is now a staff member for Rep. Mike Parker, another Mississippi Republican. Even the two old and grizzled, foes of racial equality, Jesse Helms (R, N.C.) and Strom Thurmond (R, S.C.), continue to infest the Senate...
...first order of business, before we consider any new programs, is to see that current funds are being spent appropriately and effectively," says Jon Brandt, press secretary to Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.), a member of the House Economic and Educational Opportunities Committee...
...little, too late anyway. But as the day progressed, 12 previously wavering Republicans agreed to support Gingrich, bringing the number of those who oppose him down to about 15. Although heavy lobbying by the Republican leadership clearly paid off, some representatives remained dead set on not supporting the Speaker. Rep. Matt Salmon acknowledged Friday that he's changed sides, saying: "At the very least, it may be prudent for the Speaker to step aside at least temporarily, until these issues are resolved...