GOP has majority, not necessarily unity
04/29/05
President Bush's 60-day nationwide campaign for Social Security overhaul ends on Sunday. Hearings have started in the Senate Finance Committee, but Social Security no longer enjoys top political billing in the nation's capital. Both chambers of Congress seem preoccupied with their own power struggles. The House, over whether there will be rules in the Ethics Committee that will permit a meaningful investigation of majority leader Tom DeLay and his lobbyist-financed globe trotting. The Senate, over the confirmation of the pugnacious John Bolton as United Nations ambassador. ... The strange thing is that in both chambers the Republicans, despite their solid majorities, are acting as though they are not quite sure of their ground. ... So now, it is the Republicans who seem to be reaching out for compromise...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0429/p09s02-cods.html
from Christian Science Monitor, by Daniel Schorr
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
President Bush's 60-day nationwide campaign for Social Security overhaul ends on Sunday. Hearings have started in the Senate Finance Committee, but Social Security no longer enjoys top political billing in the nation's capital. Both chambers of Congress seem preoccupied with their own power struggles. The House, over whether there will be rules in the Ethics Committee that will permit a meaningful investigation of majority leader Tom DeLay and his lobbyist-financed globe trotting. The Senate, over the confirmation of the pugnacious John Bolton as United Nations ambassador. ... The strange thing is that in both chambers the Republicans, despite their solid majorities, are acting as though they are not quite sure of their ground. ... So now, it is the Republicans who seem to be reaching out for compromise...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0429/p09s02-cods.html
from Christian Science Monitor, by Daniel Schorr
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 29. Apr, 18:43
